Appaloosa

Robert Parker wrote an amazing series of books about a detective named Spenser. I feel in love with his writing in those books. When he sidestepped into a Western setting, I had my doubts, but they were quickly dispelled. My husband and I have shared and enjoyed these books several times, and the mov......more

Robert B. Parker’s later books seemed to prove the saying that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks with him becoming very repetitive with his characters and stories. However, maybe this one shows that if an old dog starts gnawing on a new bone that he might chew it up a little differently. At leas......more

(The following should be heard by the reader in a slow, laconic, western drawl...) Well, this here is a story 'bout the old American west. It ain't told as no parody (That's a long "o") "ner" is it to make funa' the genre. No sir this here's a "regaler" rip-snorten western. It ain't ashamed o' what......more

When Everett entered the town he saw an amazing thing: a big guy fled across the stairs of a public house, and the Sheriff followed. And he was followed by another three guys. The explanation of the phenomenon was simple: the guy wanted to spend a whole hour with a girl of different customs but she......more

Excellent start to Parker’s Western series. It’s much more about Cole & Hitch’s code of honor and ethics than the typical bad guy trying to take over a small town plot.......more