An aging marshal has finally tamed a town, but the murder of a saloon girl brings long-buried emotions to the surface in Harry Whittington's Trouble Rides Tall.
This is my first read by the prolific Whittington, a very hard-bitten western that almost reads like a hard-boiled mystery. Trouble Rides Tall has a solid noir element, with resonant characters, and is framed with plenty of gunplay.
Apparently this was a popular western by Whittington, as according to a forward to the novel, it was later made into a television show.
I got this in a collection of three Harry Whittington novels from the notable noir publisher Stark House Press, and read the first one quickly. I am eager to read the other two novels in the collection.
This is my first read by the prolific Whittington, a very hard-bitten western that almost reads like a hard-boiled mystery. Trouble Rides Tall has a solid noir element, with resonant characters, and is framed with plenty of gunplay.
Apparently this was a popular western by Whittington, as according to a forward to the novel, it was later made into a television show.
I got this in a collection of three Harry Whittington novels from the notable noir publisher Stark House Press, and read the first one quickly. I am eager to read the other two novels in the collection.
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