Tom's Lawyer — Peter J. Heck

When Mark Twain arrives in the unfamiliar town of Missoula, Montana, for a lecture tour, he's surprised to find a familiar face: Tom Blankenship, his boyhood pal and the real-life model for Huck Finn. While Tom has made a respectable new life for himself as a judge and model citizen, it is not long before his checkered past comes back to haunt him ...

An old enemy has a bone to pick with Tom. But before the man even lifts a finger, he's found dead. With a gun in hand and not an alibi in sight, Tom Blankenship is charged with the crime. The victim had plenty of enemies, including sharpshooter Annie Oakley. But even she has a perfect alibi. And now it's up to Mark Twain to be just as good a lawyer as he is a friend ...