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LAST STAGE TO HELL JUNCTION – Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins
WESTERN WEEK Mickey Spillane writes westerns? Well … yes and no. Max Allan Collins writes westerns based on Mickey Spillane characters. That makes a little more sense. A stage coach, bound for Denver never arrives. Aboard the coach are two women and a wealthy banker. A dead stagecoach driver, riddled with bullets is the only Continue reading
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DIG YOUR OWN GRAVE – William W. Johnstone & J.A. Johnstone
WESTERN WEEK This is only the second Johnstone(s) book that I’ve read (despite a history of enjoying western fiction) and for an action-packed western I enjoyed it. Will Tanner is a U.S. Marshall out of the Oklahoma Territory. He is highly skilled at tracking and hunting down criminals. But this time Tanner is chasing six Continue reading
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WAR VALLEY – Lancaster Hill
WESTERN WEEK Hank Gannon was a Confederate soldier from the plantations of Florida. After the Civil War he decided to work to make the entire country a peaceful nation and, putting his skills to good use, joined the Texas Special Police. He had a plan to work hard and well and make a good home Continue reading
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STRANGLEHOLD – William W. Johnstone & J.A. Johnstone
WESTERN WEEK Charles McGregor, a former battalion commander from the Black Watch Regiment of Her Majesty’s army is now in New Mexico as the mayor of the mining community of Antelope Wells. Unfortunately for McGregor, there’s a powerful madman named Ebenezer Schofield, looking to take over all of the ‘boot heel’ of New Mexico and Continue reading
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THE FLIMFLAM AFFAIR – Bill Pronzini
I’ve been reading Bill Pronzini books for about as long as I can remember. His may not be a well-known name, but I know when I pick up a Pronzini book that I will get strong characters and a solid story. It has been a year or more since I last read a Pronzini book, Continue reading
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THE TRIALS OF SOLOMON PARKER – Eric Scott Fischl
Once in a while you come across a book that you can tell you should like – it’s well written, it touches subjects that appeal to you, characters that are strong – but for whatever reason you just can’t connect with it. The Trials of Solomon Parker by Eric Scott Fischl is just such a Continue reading
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LOUIS L’AMOUR’S LOST TREASURES VOLUME 1 – Beau L’Amour, editor
I was trying to find a way to describe my relationship with the works of Louis L’Amour. At one point in my life I believe I owned a copy of everything L’Amour had published. But owning and reading are two very different things. I have not read everything Louis L’Amour has written. In fact I’ve Continue reading
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DEPTH OF WINTER – Craig Johnson
Depth of Winter is the fourteenth book in the Walt Longmire series. I haven’t read all the books in the series yet, though I am working on it. Why? Because they are entertaining. Generally a quick read, with appropriate machismo and suspense. This one fits well alongside the others in the series quite well. Sheriff Continue reading
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Four Longmire novels by Craig Johnson
Having watched the Longmire series on Netflix, and awaiting the final season, I went back to the original books and found them much more interesting and delightful than the television series (which I enjoy). For my daily commute I’ve been listening to the books on CD. The narration by George Guidall is incredibly spot on and Continue reading
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DEATH WIND – Travis Heermann and Jim Pinto
It is 1891 and the massacre of Wounded Knee has already occurred and there are many strange, dangerous things going on in the territory. Men have slaughtered another man, wolves have viciously hunted in packs, and there’s an ill wind blowing, creating much fear at the nearby fort and throughout the area. Seeing a connection Continue reading
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DAWN IN DAMNATION – Clark Casey
Well this was just a heck of a lot of fun. “Damnation,” is a lot like what the Christian church-goers might refer to as “Purgatory” – that place in-between the land of the living and either heaven or hell. But with a twist. Those arriving in Damnation have a past that’s checkered with some foul Continue reading
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SIX-GUN IN CHEEK – Bill Pronzini
THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE If you mention ‘western fiction’ or simply ‘western’ to most people – even generally well-read people – they will likely have one of two first thoughts: it’s the world of Louis L’Amour and Zane Grey and/or it’s the world of cheesy gun-fights and prose so purple you’ll wonder if Crayola Continue reading
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