Noose

My daughter bought me this book, since we both like Eric's horror / thriller movies. My first take on it is that I usually don't particularly care too much for westerns, except Bonanza. After reading it, in between writing my next thriller novel, I found it was very well done. I won't give anything awa......more

I liked it quite a lot. Really interesting characters. A unique writing style. Good action. My only complaint is that it felt a little too long to me. I felt like it could have been shortened in some places. Overall, though, quite enjoyable.......more

I'll admit that I don't read Westerns very often, almost never. So, I'm probably not a great judge of the genre. But in terms of judging a book...this one simply isn't very good. It's very linear, in that this happens and this happens and then this happens, with no red herrings, branches, subplots o......more

I like Eric Red, I like westerns. put the two together? Bam! Instant purchase! Good guy bounty hunter Joe Noose is framed for the murder of a marshal by bad guy bounty hunter Frank Butler and his band of cutthroats. From there, the rest of the novel is one long chase, with Noose hoping to make it to......more

Author Eric Red has quite an impressive resume, having written the screenplay to the classic thriller, The Hitcher, the groundbreaking vampire movie, Near Dark, and the wonderfully original werewolf film, Bad Moon. So it was no surprise that Noose was mighty enjoyable as well. I had expected the sto......more