title: Gunplay: The True Story of Pistol Pete on the Hootowl Trail
author: Robby McMurtry
description: Robby McMurtry is Irish, Cajun and Comanche descent. He was raised by coyotes near Loco, Oklahoma (ZIP CODE 73442). Today, he lives near Okmulgee, pretending to be a teacher, artist, man of letters, and cavalier, sharing his home with wife Lesa, grandson Jet, and assorted dogs and horses.
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  The Three Investigators
  
  Crimebusters #8
  
  Shoot the Works
  
  William McCay
  
  Based on characters created by Robert Arthur Contents
  
  Fresh Meat
  
  5
  
  Military Patterns
  
  11
  
  Target Practice
  
  17
  
  Tuning Down
  
  23
  
  Bolt from the Blue
  
  27
  
  Squeeze Play
  
  33
  
  The War Store
  
  37
  
  The Silent Sniper
  
  41
  
  Spy Scam
  
  45
  
  Kellyvision
  
  49
  
  Fort Beverly Hills
  
  53
  
  Pay Dirt
  
  59
  
  Communications Problem
  
  63
  
  Dead Giveaway
  
  67
  
  The Final Ambush
  
  71
  
  Double or Nothing
  
  75
  
  3
  
  Fresh Meat
  
  “We’re gonna go out there and kill them!” Pete Crenshaw’s eyes sparkled with
  excitement as he spoke. For about the fiftieth time, he hefted his holster. He
  was still getting used to the weight of a pistol at his hip.
  
  “I wonder if General Custer said that before he was completely surrounded by
  Indians,” Jupiter Jones said. He gave Pete an envious glance. From the old
  fatigue hat on his reddish-brown hair to the scuffed hiking boots on his feet,
  Pete looked the perfect soldier of fortune — all six feet