This book, in my opinion, was not up to the normal standards. Trying to follow Clem and Charlie and their shenanigans was like trying to follow a drunken slug. Slow moving and without much direction. Enter an old wife, a bank President, financier Leland Stanford and a golden spike then throw in a drunken wastrel son some other robbers, a crew looking to shanghai some crew….AND well you get the idea of the convoluted twists.

I did read this to the bitter end but it was not much fun!! Hard to recommend this particular story!

There is no such thing as a bad Johnstone western. Each series is built around main characters whose belief in the law and family is absolute, even if they've had to be reformed to get there. From Preacher, the original mountain man to the Jensen family to Perly Gates, to.....well, you get the point. Many times, characters from one series will show up in another as supporting hands. The communities are true to the era, clothing, guns, food and troubles are all what you'd find if you looked them up in the history books. No two stories are the same, each character or set of characters is unique and so are their stories. The writing is skillful, readers are pulled into the story and you will laugh and cry right along with the characters. I made the mistake of picking up a Johnstone western my uncle was reading. Ive been hooked ever since. Now I share them with my reading family and will continue as long as new Johnstones are released.