Longarm meets some actors studying their lines—of fire! Down in Tombstone, Arizona, some uppity types get together every payday for some invitation-only poker at a fancy-schmancy hotel. But one night, an actor in bellhop duds stages a massacre. Soon after, it happens again at another R.S.V.P. round in Santa Fe. Custis Long’s got a hunch that some actor-assassins are honing their craft across the Southwest. In exchange for private services rendered, he gets himself some stage lessons from the ironically-named actress Modesty—and sets the scene for bringing a lead curtain down on the killers.