CAROL BUCHANAN. The Devil in the Bottle. Paperback, 214 pages, $9.60.
After ending the rule of crime, the Montana Vigilantes set up a People’s Court, but a drunken Joseph (Jack) Slade challenges its authority. The Vigilantes’ prosecutor, Dan Stark, fears that if Slade wins, the criminals will return. But how can they uphold the law without hanging Slade, who has committed no capital crime?