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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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I read S.J. Rozan’s most recent novel in January and reviewed it here, where I said, and I quote myself without shame: I do so love me an ending where maybe not everyone gets what they want but everyone who deserves it gets their due. A novel where you get
Pake Kokua (Hawaiian for, roughly, Chinese Helper, which really ought to read Saint).
I first read this book back in my teens, and I was in Hawaii recently and decided it was time to reread it. It has held up really well in the interim. Okay, Michener not the greatest master of the craft of writing, agreed, but he knows how to tell
Lagniappe Sunday
Quote: “The companies outline futures in which regular people can zip between neighboring cities in a matter of minutes, sailing above traffic and reordering the economy as they go.”Dana sez, Calling George Jetson… (h/t Wired Weekly) Dana sez, love There I Ruined It. And no, he didn’t. (h/t Kottke) Quote: