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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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Lagniappe Sunday
Sign in front of the Poisoned Pen Bookstore a few years back, rediscovered while cleaning out my photo file. Every fossil fuel company in Alaska, not to mention the current occupant of the Alaska governor’s mansion, clutched their pearls when this story published. (Alaska Beacon) Dana sez, Terrific story, well
Random Saturday
“There is no such thing as them. There is only us.” So I watched this and there at the end when he says he sees “a blossoming unity spreading across this planet, a blossoming awareness of our interdependent nature,” I had a thought. Nothing new or revolutionary, just a thought.