A heinous murder of a young girl breaks the peace of a community in Yuma, Arizona.<br /><br />It&#39;s 1890. The town is growing and changing, with many emerging farms and ranches. But some of its people are not changing in concert with the times. After the brutal murder of a young girl, the killer escapes from prison with the help of his father.<br /><br />Determined to bring Jenny&#39;s killer to justice, Ralph Forney and his best friend Ross Hendershot enter into a deadly chase to capture the killer. But even at the 19th century, the West is a dangerous, unforgiving place. Can the law keepers catch the criminals before it&#39;s too late?<br /><br />A Running Man is the third novel in H. Berkeley Rourke&#39;s Hendershot Series.