Showing posts with label westerns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label westerns. Show all posts
Friday, April 03, 2026
Jerry's House of Everything: FORGOTTEN BOOK: APACHE LAW: SHOWDOWN
Jerry's House of Everything: FORGOTTEN BOOK: APACHE LAW: SHOWDOWN: Apache Law: Showdown by "Luke Adams" (Bill Crider) (2000) This is the fourth (of four) paperback westerns featuring Mitch Frye...
Saturday, February 14, 2026
Jerry's House of Everything: BIG TEX #1 (JUNE 1953)
Jerry's House of Everything: BIG TEX #1 (JUNE 1953): Alas, Big Tex wasn;t big enough to make past its first issue. Tex White is new to the town of Gambler's Gulch, which is under the thra...
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Jerry's House of Everything: THE CISCO KID: DISAPPEARING BULLET (JULY 22, 1952)
Jerry's House of Everything: THE CISCO KID: DISAPPEARING BULLET (JULY 22, 1952): The Cisco Kid and his sidekick Pancho rose into weekly adventure over the airwaves, courtesy of the mutual Radio Network, beginning on Octob...
Tuesday, January 06, 2026
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Jerry's House of Everything: WOMEN OUTLAWS (SEPTEMBER 1949)
Jerry's House of Everything: WOMEN OUTLAWS (SEPTEMBER 1949): Why should men have all the fun, robbin' and killin' and all that? Isn't it time for the distaff side to prove their worth? Bel...
Thursday, July 17, 2025
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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: A MAN CALLED HORSE
Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: A MAN CALLED HORSE: "A Man Called Horse" by Dorothy M. Johnson (first published in Colliers , January 7, 1950; reprinted in John Bull , May 6, 1950;...
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
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Friday, November 08, 2024
FFB Review: Vengeance At Sundown: A Lucas Fume Western by Larry D. Sweazy
Originally published by Berkley, this great read is now available through WordWise Publishing Services,
LLC. From the archive….
As in these times, just after the Civil
War there were men in prison for crimes they did not commit. Lucas Fume is one
such man serving time in the Tennessee State Prison. Convicted of the murder of
his business partner, John Barlow, Lucas has done a lot of questionable things
over the years. This was especially true during the Civil War. His guilt on
that is one thing, but he never murdered anyone.
Fortunately, Lucas Fume is a better than
average good fighter and has earned a reputation of being one of the toughest
guys in the prison. A reputation that somebody is looking to take down a notch
as there was no other reason for the stranger to come after him. Lucas has
taken some shots, but given as well as he has gotten and is holding his own
against his latest attacker. As the fight rages on while prisoners place bets
on the outcome, a fire has begun elsewhere close by in the prison. That fire
and the commotion it has caused have turned what was a simple fight between two
prisoners into a free for all between many of the men.
It also means others that Lucas has no
idea who they are have moved into range of Lucas. That includes a former slave
and fellow prisoner by the name of Ezekiel “Zeke” Henry. He has come looking
for Lucas for a reason as he started that fire as part of a plan to free Lucas
from prison. There really isn’t time to ask questions though Lucas tries as the
fire increases and guards beginning to respond to take control of the prison
back from the inmates and quell the violence.
Why he is being sprung now is just one of the many questions in Lucas’
mind as he takes a chance and follows Zeke in the unknown.
First of a new series featuring Lucas
Fume, this western is a good one. Like most of author Larry D. Sweazy’s main
characters, Lucas is a flawed human being who has done a number of things that
others would question and quite possibly hang him for. He is a complicated
human being, but his word means just about everything to him.
Couple that with a strong mystery
component which is usually present in the author’s westerns, a compelling
secondary storyline, and other ingredients and you have more of the quality
read that worked so well in The
Devil’s Bones and the Josiah
Wolfe, Texas Ranger series. When you read a Larry D. Sweazy book it isn’t
surprising why the author collects so many awards for his work. He has done it
again with Vengeance At Sundown: A Lucas Fume Western.
Amazon Associate Purchase Link: https://amzn.to/3Cir9Kv
Material supplied by the author in
exchange for my objective review.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2014, 2024
Monday, November 04, 2024
Friday, November 01, 2024
A Writer's Life....Caroline Clemmons: An Agent for Judith by Caroline Clemmons
A Writer's Life....Caroline Clemmons: An Agent for Judith by Caroline Clemmons: An Agent For Judith by Caroline Clemmons Buy Link An Agent for Judith is the last of my Pinkerton romances. New Pinkerton romances are comi...
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