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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Cal Hooper ends his relationship with the Chicago Police Department and his wife at about the same time and retires to a farm in western Ireland because it looked prettier than any of the others he saw for sale online. He doesn’t tell anyone he was a cop in his
Fun! Click through and give it a try. (h/t Kottke) Headline: Voters question gubernatorial candidates in Anchorage speed dating-style event Dana sez, This actually sounds kinda cool, and they should do it again after the primary has winnowed the field down to four candidates. Read the full story here. (Alaska
I was sorting through the pantry and this surfaced. There was dust on the top and I thought “Hmmm.” Then I turned it over to look at the sell-by date. Trump wasn’t even in office for the first time yet. And before you ask, no. That can has been permanently