Did you ever wonder about the back stories of characters in a novel? THE GREAT WEST DETECTIVE AGENCY is filled with intriguing people with lives begging to be told. This mini-anthology gives the events that brought them together. Lefty the bartender at the Emerald City. Good, the half Creek, half-black frontiersman. Claudette, much more than a dance hall girl. Amanda whose scheming and conniving sets gambler Lucas Stanton on a hair-raising treasure hunt. Their 4 LIVES are revealed along with the first chapter of THE GREAT WEST DETECTIVE AGENCY to give a taste of an action-packed, romance-tinged, all-west adventure.