Private detective Slade is hired to track criminals, retrieve stolen goods, and solve murder mysteries in the Old West, blending elements of crime shows with the Western genre, relying on compelling characters and storylines over action.

Slade serves as bodyguard to primadonna performer Jenny DuPree, who is receiving death threats and a dwindling number of roses from an assassin who bills himself as her "ultimate admirer."

Two escaped convicts, a grieving woman, and a widowed doctor who faithfully lays flowers on his wife's grave are among the seemingly incongruous elements factoring into Slade's investigation of a baffling bank robbery.

An amateur embezzler who glamorizes a life of crime learns a hard lesson when he falls in with a gang of bandits after they free him from Slade's custody during a train robbery.

The smoking gun in a masked bank robbery comes in the unlikely form of a charcoal pencil held by the drunken sketch artist who witnessed the criminals plotting the robbery and can now capture their faces on paper. Can he complete his drawings before the killers get the drop on him?

A hook-handed gunslinger nursing a grudge lures Slade to Grover's Bend for a showdown with his fast-drawing young protégé, Billy.

Slade travels to New Mexico Territory to split open a land grant syndicate and expose the identity of the swindler behind it.

A freight-liner needs to renew its contract in order to stay in business. Several accidents have put the renewal in jeopardy. Slade is called in to put a stop to the "accidents."

Slade comes to the Cody Ranch and goes undercover as a hand to smoke out a murderous band of horse thieves.

Doc Benson, harmless old kleptomaniac, is suspected of murdering a couple who ran the general store in Central City after an argument over a missing penknife.

The Gold Run Mining Company engages Slade to uncover a criminal cabal of high graders who have been robbing the firm of its best quality gold ore.

Slade is summoned to a new town to settle a dispute. As soon as he arrives, he is asked to leave. He soon becomes aware of a dispute between a town founder and the sheriff who has been unable to solve a murder.

Slade reports for a job and receives a payment in advance for solving a bank robbery mystery. It turns out to be a set up. The money is marked and Slade is taken to jail.

Detective Slade finds evidence a beautiful woman had something to with the murder of the trail boss, she was to marry.

Slade is summoned to the lumber town of Big Fir to investigate an axe murder at a crooked casino.

Slade finds himself in possession of the key that three treasure seekers have long sought and will kill to get back. The key promises to unlock the Treasure of the Seven Emeralds of Quetzalcoatl.

Slade is engaged to ensure the safety of a Stradivarius violin during a vaudeville troupe's tour in Denver.

Slade's visit to an old friend turns deadly when some people will stop at nothing to steal a last will and testament entrusted to Slade's care.

Slade is hired to locate a train car with $1 million in coins that disappeared into thin air.

A.S. Batson purchased a mine for $40,000. She sent for Slade to help her prove the mine was salted and that she had been defrauded.

A bank robbery gone wrong brings Slade to Willow Ridge to rout out the guilty party and his accomplice.

Slade unwittingly serves as a messenger of death, delivering a booby-trapped Spanish Box to a beloved banker, and must quickly clear himself by finding the real killers before the town's lynch mob musters its courage.

Shotgun Slade is hired to carry $75,000 from Denver to Tucson for the purchase of a ranch and delivers the money to a man posing as the owner of the property.

Slade is hired to investigate suspicious dealings at a local bank, so he assumes a dead man's identity to crack an embezzlement case.