THE TRAILSMAN #360
By Jon Sharpe
Signet, October 2011
In a booming Gulf Coast town, Skye Fargo and more than a
dozen of the best cardsharps around are competing in a high-stakes game being
held by Fargo’s old friend Senator Deerforth. But someone wants Fargo to fold
before the games even start, and the Trailsman is going to have to play things
close to the vest if he’s going to survive….
Right from the opening page this book had me hooked as an
attempt on Fargo’s life left unanswered questions which in turn lead to more.
Why are these two men trying to kill Fargo? Why him and none of the other card
players? Who is behind the assassins? My need to find out, and the author’s use
of very short chapters that all end in either a cliff-hanger situation or
another question, meant this would be a hard book to put down until the end.
The story soon becomes a hunt for a thief and kidnapper and
Fargo finds himself riding with a posse made up of an excellent mix of
characters. One being Vin Creed, who has some great comments to make about just
about everything that happens, most of his observations being sarcastic humour,
many of which had me laughing to myself.
The book is filled with fast moving action, often quite
graphic and a number of times happening without warning. There’s some neat
twists to the tale too that provided some surprising revelations and who gets
killed and by whose hand.
As many of you will be aware The Trailsman is classed as an
adult series, but don’t let that put you off reading this book, as the author
(this time David Robbins writing as Jon Sharpe) only includes one sex scene
that takes up a couple of pages, which isn’t just added to the story for sexual
gratification as it becomes an important part of the plot development.
No story threads are left undone by the end and the final
lines left me grinning and looking forward to The Trailsman’s next adventure.
Just a final note about the cover; for some reason Signet
have used the same cover art they used two books ago, on The Trailsman #358:
Six-Gun Vendetta, so if you are a fan of this series and see the book on the
shop shelves don’t make the mistake of passing it by because you think you’ve
already read it, because if you do you’ll be missing out on a great read.
2 comments:
Steve, My gratitude, again, sir. Glad you enjoyed it. Hopefully, fans of the series won't be put off by the mixup in the covers when they see it in the stores or at on-line sites. A special thanks for mentioning that. David
Got this one on order,love the series.Robbins does great work.
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