Lassiter #7: The Man from Del Rio

Lassiter #11

by Jack Slade, Jack Slade

When Lassiter found the man with two arrows in his back, he picked his pockets and found a gilt-edge invitation to muscle in on some easy money. He left the corpse to bury itself and high-tailed it into a situation that had him fighting for his life from the very beginning. But that was part of Lassiter’s business—no matter how many other men died.
Now Lassiter’s trying to find a hoard of buried silver worth a cool $100,000. The only trouble is, ten other tough hombres have all got the same idea.

Genres: Westerns

120 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1973

Reviews

[Éric Kasprak · Rating 4 out of 5]

James Reasoner wrote about Perter McCurtin book High Lonesome from the Lassiter series the following: "McCurtin is one of those writers whose prose is almost unmistakable. He has a distinctive style that is crude, profane, and violent, but it’s also very effective in moving the story along". After finishing my second book in the Lassiter McCurtin run, I could not agree more. The Man from Del Rio is as impactful a story as High Lonesome was and Lassiter has been resourceful as ever and looking for "easy" ways to make money. Like the first one, the writing is direct and to-the-point, the action is sudden and the pacing is furious. I highly recommend that you read the book and that, like me, you start tracking down more stuff from Peter McCurtin.

[Dan Blackley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another bodice ripper from Slade. Lassiter is after chests of silver but a young woman is determined to have them both. Quick read.