Westerns are not usually my thing, but I read this one because I liked Best’s The Shut Mouth Society. The story is a detective story set in 1879 in Nevada, related to a small mining town and state politics. When the Cutler brothers throw their weight around town, NY visitor Steve Dancy wonders why his whist partners, the respectable men of town, fail to do anything about the murderous behavior.
The Shopkeeper also has a sequel, Leadville.
Another western group of books I enjoyed is the books by Richard S. Wheeler, which I read because the author’s name is the same as my brother’s.
