Alright, first of all, I didn’t realize this was a series, I think it’s maybe second in the Brigid Reardon series, so there were references that I was clueless about. (Obviously doesn’t change my rating as that’s my bad). Overall, I really enjoyed this quick read, coming in at just over 200 pages, it was an easy read and I love western expansion books so this was fun. It seemed to read more like a YA or even a cozy mystery and I wasn’t mad at it. I did think it was lacking detail in some respects but that could be just because it was so short. I’d love to catch up with Brigid on her new adventure when the next book comes out!

I've been playing a lot of Red Dead Redemption and I am big on my city's wild west history, so this was right up my alley.
I love Brigid and all the dram she gets into.

Great job. I loved the authors note as well.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this historical mystery, the second in the Bridgid Reardon series after THE STREEL Inspired by the lives of the author's immigrant ancestors, this engaging story features a very young but highly independent young Irishwoman who has traveled with a male friend to Cheyenne, Wyoming, where the "big sugars" are the wealthy cattlemen who call the shots - and covet the land being parceled out to newly-arrived settlers like Brigid.

As the story opens, Brigid finds a terrible sight - her neighbor, a woman, has been hanged from a cottonwood tree. Who is responsible, and why was the woman targeted? Brigid aims to find out, even as she looks for her missing brother and tries to reconcile herself to life in a "soddy" with a man who she might eventually marry. The ending leaves room for another adventure in another part of the West.

Though it's the second in the series, it's not necessary to read the first - though you might want to, given the inevitable spoilers in this story. It's a short, engaging, and well-researched, though the author never bogs the story down with too much material. Recommended for mystery lovers, including young adult ones.

The big sugar is a rich cattleman in the old west, in Cheyenne. The story is entertaining, and it had a family from Ireland. Several of the action covered the lynch of a neighbor's woman. cattleman. Many included actions handled building a sodhouse farm, getting engaged and taming a wild horse. I am recommending this book for exciting and entertainment.