Fire in the Hole — Richard S. Wheeler

In Skeleton Gulch, Brave Men Disappear...
...where widows are turned into whores, and suckers end up dead in rat-infested alleys. Dink Drago's specialty is getting rid of vermin, and now the Rocky Mountain Detective Agency has sent him to Skeleton Gulch in the Montana Territory. His job: make contact with an informant, find a legend named Vanishing Jack, and figure out how to crack the kingdom of a curvaceous, six foot madam who calls herself the Yellow Rose--and who loves to see people die...


But One Tough S.O.B Just Won't Go Away...
Using his own brand of guts and brains, Dink gets personal with The Yellow Rose while posing as a professional exterminator. But the Yellow Rose knows exactly who Dink is, who sent him, and why. The next item on her agenda will be to throw the detective headlong into the world of wicked corruption she rules with an iron fist--and dare him to survive...