.45-Caliber Widow Maker

.45-Caliber #5

by Peter Brandvold

A prison wagon of caged killers means hell on wheels for Cuno Massey...

Cuno Massey is determined to start a new, peaceful life. But when he comes across a prison wagon under attack, he canÂ't just ride on. A gang of outlaws is hell-bent on granting four hardened convicts an early release, and with two other lawmen down, the marshal is badly outnumbered.

Dispensing frontier justice from the barrel of his Colt .45, Cuno does his best to even the odds and keep the murderous animals where they belong—in their cage.

Genres: Westerns

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published May 1, 2009

About the author

Peter Brandvold has written well over one hundred action westerns under his own name and his pseudonym, Frank Leslie. Born and raised in North Dakota, he has lived all over the West. He currently lives in western Minnesota with his dog. Follow him at Amazon and here peterbrandvold.blogspot.comand here: facebook.com/peter.brandvold.

Reviews

[Derrick · Rating 2 out of 5]

This one didn't do it for me at all. I just feel like the main actor has no actual characteristics that grab your attention. He just exists. I keep listening hoping he evolves, but he really doesn't. He just goes through life, thinking of his wife, but not really...

[Carl Grider · Rating 3 out of 5]

Solid western. Not overly predictable. Good stuff man!

[Anne Patkau · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cuno takes over wagon jail cage when marshals downed in ambush. Time for tomboy girl in jeans to repeatedly appear or one-liners, for friend or foe, to oppress him.

[Bob · Rating 3 out of 5]

A solid read, but reading a Cuno Massey book is becoming very predictable. He's doing his freighter thing and is attacked by bad guys; all of the good guys around him are killed; Cuno tracks the bad guys and eliminates them with his .45 or they wind up in jail. Somewhere in the story there will be a romantic interest or sexual experience that always works to the detriment of the female, more than once ending in her death.

This book has some variations to the main theme, but winds up with Cuno delivering the goods (in this case, four hard cases) for hanging, killing over a dozen more bad guys, a Marshal and Deputy killed by the bad guys, but the sexual interest isn't hurt (maybe because she's already a "soiled dove" and the author thinks that is punishment enough?)

Hopefully Cuno breaks out of his rut - if not, the author will need a new character (hopefully with no attachment to the freighting business).

[Doug · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another good book in the Cuno Massey saga...though not a step forward in the series...At this point I'm tired of Cuno trying to get back into the frieghting business, since it's completely obvious to everyone but him that he's become a gunslinger at this point. So whether he becomes a sheriff, bounty hunter, or gun-for-hire in the next book...I'm in, as long as he stops fooling himself into thinking "this isn't who I am" as he blows away half a town with his .45. The only way to run with Cuno as the "innocent frieghter" for one more book is if they kill his horse. There would be heck to pay then.

[Jt Greer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quite different and enjoyed the action and suspense.

[Jim · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like these novels by this author. I will read more by him.