From Library Journal
Wheelchair-bound Lobo Blacke, a former lawman, and New Yorker Quinn Booker, a former dime novelist, thrive on the trouble they find in Le Four, Wyoming Territory. First, they learn that a murderer sent to prison by Lobo has escaped and may head their way. Next, poisoned elixir unwittingly sold at a traveling medicine show results in several deaths. Booker fills in for the recovering sheriff so that he and Lobo can unmask the saboteur and foil the escapee. A lively plot, rigorous action, dry humor, and a distinctive Western flavor: a most attractive sequel to Written in Fire
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Order has been restored in the Wyoming frontier town of Le Four since the arrival of Lobo Blacke and his assistant/biographer Quinn Booker. Blacke is paralyzed from the waist down courtesy of a back-shooter, but with Booker doing the legwork, they manage to keep the bad guys off the street. Then Dr. Herkimer's medicine show comes to town, complete with a dancing Egyptian princess and a cure-all tonic called Ozono. When the cure-all turns into a kill-all, Blacke and Booker save Herkimer from an angry lynch mob and then set out to determine who is really behind the fatal elixir. The plot is engaging, but what Blacke and Booker are really all about is Blacke and Booker: their budding friendship, their growing understanding, and their subtle commentary on everyday life. Toss in a bit of gunplay, some understated sex, and DeAndrea's sly wit, and what you have is a thoroughly entertaining, Old West version of Archie Goodwin and Nero Wolfe. Wes Lukowsky
