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1890. The lawless New Mexico Territory is overrun by criminals who steal money and land without consequence, and everyone carries a gun.
In Montaña Roja, robberies threaten Fred Harvey’s newest Harvey House restaurant. Disguised as a Harvey hostess, undercover Pinkerton agent Clare ventures west, risking exposure at every turn as she searches for answers the law won’t pursue—relying only on her instincts and her derringer to survive.
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James Byrne explains the genesis of Des the Gatekeeper
Dana sez, Now and then I bat my eyelashes at authors of books I have loved and ask them to write a little something for the blog. Sometimes they say yes. James Byrne writes When I decided I wanted to create a single male protagonist action/adventure mystery, the first thing
“They chased me out of the goddam sky with a flare?”
Des is back! As in Desmond Aloyius Limerick, a Renaissance man slash wetwork guy, what a Korval Scout would call “first-in” as in first in to any dicey situation where someone he likes needs help. He’s officially retired from being a gatekeeper, the guy who can open any door, but