Keith Souter, writing as Clay More, is, like
me, a Brit who writes westerns. He’s not afraid to mix genres, as in WANTED
DEAD OR REVIVED, which mixes the
western with steampunk! (And maybe a little bit of the vampire novel.)
He tells
me he has 2 joint favourites of his own work, one of which is DOUBLE-DEALING AT
DIRTVILLE, a western mixing action, mystery, romance and
suspense.
Dirtville is just a peaceful frontier settlement . . . until a sudden
eruption of violence leaves two people dead. A mysterious stranger comes to
town in search of vengeance, only to find that a web of corruption, greed, and
murder hangs over the entire community.
Its town-with-guilty
secrets-and-a-dark-underbelly theme reminded me of BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK, although ‘Dirtville’ is set
in the classic western period, not the modern west.
And also Clint Eastwood’s ‘weird
western’ HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER
and to a lesser extent PALE RIDER.
Reviews
average 4.8 stars!
‘Clay
More writes the most interesting and suspenseful stories.’
‘Fine Western
adventure. This is the kind of book I've come to expect from Clay
More, nonstop action and superb dialogue that captures the Wild West in all of
it's raw, violent and searing glory.’
‘Lots of
twists and turns in this highly satisfying Western mystery.’
I had to
like this reviewers comment, for obvious reasons:
‘It sometimes seems the UK
writers do a better job with westerns than US writers, and this is one of those
times.’ The reviewer also adds: ‘Another GREAT
one!’
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