Review: Lost Mountain Pass by Larry Sweazy

It is in the small town of Kosoma, a small town in the SE part of the Indian Territory (Oklahoma now), as Lost Mountain Pass by Larry Sweazy begins. It is May 1988 and the hanging has been done by the order of the Eastern District of Arkansas Judge Gordon Hadesworth. Accompanied by U.S. Deputy Marshall Sam “Trusty” Dawson for security and protection, the plan is to get out of town fast now that the three Darby brothers, Cleatus, Horace, and Rascal, are swinging slowly from the gallows and are most assuredly dead.

The Darby’s reign of terror is finally over and that should be a good thig for everyone. But both men are nervous about what comes next as some folks might take offense to the deaths. The plan is to get out of town as fast as possible, do some misdirection, and hide out in the nearly lost mountain pass where they can see trouble coming before it arrives on horseback.

Assuming all that works, the two men will then journey on to Muskogee and get the good judge safely home.

That was the plan and it was a good plan.

It just didn’t work.

There are certain authors who just cannot write a bad book. The legendary Bill Crider was one. Wayne Dundee is one. This is also true of Larry Sweazy. While I am partial to his westerns, anything he writes is always a good read.

Such is the case here with his new series that starts with Lost Mountain Pass: Trusty Dawson, U.S. Deputy Marshall. A complicated read full of plenty of twists and turns, action and double crosses, this is a western tale that runs on all levels. Simply put, it is a mighty good read and well worth your time.

 

 

According to the mighty Zon, I purchased this as an eBook back in August 2021. Probably when the publisher, Pinnacle Books, heavily discounted it as my local library was not getting it at that time. The local library system does have it now. Dallas Public Library System also now has book two, The Broken Bow, only in paperback, and I have a copy here from the library.

 

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