A Dangerous Beginning: A Western Adventure
(A John Tailer Bishop Western Adventure)
Book 1
I haven’t relaxed and read something different for a long time. And as for an out and out western? Well, the word ‘decades’ springs to mind. It’s been years since the likes of the Edge Series I enjoyed while I was still in the military.
So, in deciding on how to reintroduce myself to the Wild West, I took a look at Amazon, and one name in particular stood out: Wayne C Winkle. And especially his John Tailer Bishop series that started in the January of this year.
That series stars with A Dangerous Beginning. (And what better way to start)?
It was like I’d travelled back in time to the good old days. . .
Here’s the blurb:
*****
John Tailer Bishop never knew he had a daughter. But he didn’t hesitate when Henry Rankin came to his Missouri farm and told him she’d been kidnapped.
Someone wanted Bishop to suffer, so he led him on a long and dangerous chase with Rankin.
Once he got to where he was directed, Bishop was overwhelmed by surprise after surprise.
Will he find his daughter? Or has she been sold down in Mexico?
*****
Now isn’t that the stuff of western legend? Of good guys versus bad; doing what has to be done; being tough but fair; and of always finishing what you started?
I thoroughly enjoyed it. The easygoing pace helped you mosey along through the story arc as our main characters adapted to the trials before them, faced obstacles with determination, and never – not ever – backed down from doing the right thing.
Sorry if that sounds a bit generic, but I don’t want to give any details away, other than those already hinted at in the blurb. The events portrayed in the story speak for themselves. And they do so marvelously. The injustice of what happens; the anxiety created by how each character reacts; the relatability of those characters. (You really can identify with what they’re about); the pace of the story itself. It takes you on a journey. An easygoing adventure throughout the wide open west, interspersed with bouts of tension; sharp shootouts of action; and the building hope that everything will turn out alright.
Until the final showdown that is. . .
Yes, Wayne Winkle delivers a truly entertaining, Dangerous Beginning. What better way to start a new series off?
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