I Didn't Do It

He didn't pull the trigger.He just happened to be holding the gun.When a small-time fixer is found dead and the wrong man is left standing over the body, the city is quick to decide who's guilty. Framed for murder and abandoned by the law, he's forced underground-into cheap rooms, darker alleys, and a web of corruption that reaches from backroom lawyers to the highest offices in town.As the truth begins to surface, survival means becoming dangerous. Allies lie. Power closes ranks. And clearing his name may cost more than losing it ever did.A grim, fast-paced pulp noir, this is a story of betrayal, political rot, and the price of truth-where justice is negotiated, innocence is irrelevant, and walking away alive is the only victory that counts. C.C. COCHRANE writes classic Western fiction rooted in moral consequence, quiet courage, and the hard choices that shaped the frontier. His stories favor atmosphere over spectacle, tension over noise, and characters who carry the weight of their decisions long after the dust settles.Drawing inspiration from traditional pulp Westerns and mid-century paperbacks, Cochranes's work explores towns that hide their sins behind manners, lawmen forced to choose between order and justice, and ordinary people tested by fear, loyalty, and survival.When not writing, C.C. COCHRANE is known for a lifelong appreciation of history, plainspoken storytelling, and the belief that the West was never simple-only honest.