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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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This is the song the poets don’t sing.
[Reposting this because of all the hoohah about The Odyssey. Penelope’s voice is every bit as important as her husband’s (and I would argue far more worthy of listening to than any nasty thing their son has to say) and Claire North’s trilogy is inspired, hilarious, heartbreaking, and mesmerizing. Prepare
Lagniappe Sunday
Heh. (h/t Laughing Squid) I’m an optimist for the most part, not a doom-and-gloomer, but I also read history for fun. Hard to ignore the parallels between 1929 and 2026. (Heather Cox Richardson’s 250 to 250.) Quote: “Dishearteningly, but perhaps inevitably, [the priest] began to speak of the Great Replacement
The Roadhouse Report – July 2026
An excerpt… “Guns are noisy and smelly and too often it takes too long for the guy that gets shot to die. Now, a knife to the throat, if the guy who’s holding it knows what he’s doing, is quick and quiet and so long as