| Frank Carron and his fellow bank robbers manage to
gain a few hours breathing space from the relentless pursuit of lawman Will Faraday and the posse he headed. Carron and his gang need urgent time to rest, exhausted they limp into Snakeback. They're not looking for trouble, just time to regain their
strength, recover from their wounds, before moving on. Snakeback's young lawman, Tom Starr, is as yet untested, and soon he and Snakeback's population are living under Carron's Law: do as I say and leave us be...or die. This is a straight forward
western. A very quick read that doesn't have a complicated plot. There's a slight attempt at adding a touch of mystery near the end but I found the answer easy to work out. I was also surprised at the strength of the language in this story, much
stronger than any I've come across in other Hale westerns. The whole plot builds towards the final climatic shootout, and when this arrives, it seemed to be over far too quickly. Readable but not very memorable. Not sure who this writer
really is, other than he/she also writes BHW as John Renwick and J. R. Duncan. |
