A WHISPER OF DEATH AND MISADVENTURE War clouds are gathering as civil unrest runs riot in the nation. In the gold rush town of Variable Breaks another war is looming. Belle Slaughter, released by her drink-sodden daddy from a grinding life in a Tennessee rundown shack, is aboard a snake-oil salesman’s travelling show when it blows into town. They walk straight into the flying lead of a crazy gunfight on Main Street but a drifting cowhand is on hand, in the shape of Kirby Langstrom, a man with a mean gun and attitude to match.
Finding themselves owners of a dead man’s saloon, Belle and her grifter boss are confronted by the envious eyes of Joe Bellows and his other fellow saloonkeepers, all of them vying for the lucrative gold trade in town. It’s the start of a bloody battle that leads Belle and her companion on a vengeful pursuit across a country about to be torn apart by Civil War…
The Belle Slaughter Collection includes: Over Your Dead Body, Lamb to Slaughter, Five Belles to Hell and Cut to the Quick.
Belle Slaughter: The Complete Series, Tony Masero – I love stories about the brave women of the Wild West. Too often, the focus is on just the men who dared to tame the lawless territories west of the Mississippi River. Behind most of them was a brave woman. Author Tony Masero’s Belle Slaughter is a good example in this four-part series. She pulls herself from the depths of poverty to join the ranks of Pinkerton agents, using grit, good looks and a fast draw. If you like heroines, Belle Slaughter is near the top of my list of fictional characters I’ve fallen in love with. Kudos to Masero for a job well done.
4 books with Belle, Kirby and Lomas Pinkerton agents mostly centered around the the the civil war was going on. Fairly well written with action and the love story between Kirby and Belle. Well worth the price.
This is a good series that starts out kind of slow,then keeps getting better as it goes along. The characters are all realistic and work well together for a good read.
Except for the incident when the bad guys just let them go, the events don't stretch belief too far. It's much, much better than I expected. Best learn what enervate actually means.