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Storm Riders
While en route to offer an amnesty deal to Billy Pecos--the most wanted man in the country--U.S. Marshal Earle Conlon witnesses a murder that will make Billy's exoneration, and ending the range war he is embroiled in, difficult at best. Original.
271 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 1, 1999
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Ed Gorman
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Edward Joseph Gorman Jr. was a prolific American author and anthologist, widely recognized for his contributions to crime, mystery, western, and horror fiction. Born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Gorman spent much of his life in the Midwest, drawing on that experience to set many of his novels in small towns. After working over two decades in advertising, political speechwriting, and industrial filmmaking, he published his first novel, Rough Cut, in 1984 and soon transitioned to full-time writing. His fiction is often praised for its emotional depth, suspenseful storytelling, and nuanced characters. Gorman wrote under the pseudonyms Daniel Ransom and Robert David Chase, and contributed to publications such as Mystery Scene, Cemetery Dance, and Black Lizard. He co-founded Mystery Scene magazine and served as its editor and publisher until 2002, continuing his “Gormania” column thereafter. His works have been adapted for film and graphic novels, including The Poker Club and Cage of Night. In comics, he wrote for DC and Dark Horse. Diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2002, he continued writing despite his illness until his passing in 2016. Critics lauded him as one of the most original crime writers of his generation and a “poet of dark suspense.”
There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name
Edward Joseph Gorman Jr. was a prolific American author and anthologist, widely recognized for his contributions to crime, mystery, western, and horror fiction. Born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Gorman spent much of his life in the Midwest, drawing on that experience to set many of his novels in small towns. After working over two decades in advertising, political speechwriting, and industrial filmmaking, he published his first novel, Rough Cut, in 1984 and soon transitioned to full-time writing. His fiction is often praised for its emotional depth, suspenseful storytelling, and nuanced characters. Gorman wrote under the pseudonyms Daniel Ransom and Robert David Chase, and contributed to publications such as Mystery Scene, Cemetery Dance, and Black Lizard. He co-founded Mystery Scene magazine and served as its editor and publisher until 2002, continuing his “Gormania” column thereafter. His works have been adapted for film and graphic novels, including The Poker Club and Cage of Night. In comics, he wrote for DC and Dark Horse. Diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2002, he continued writing despite his illness until his passing in 2016. Critics lauded him as one of the most original crime writers of his generation and a “poet of dark suspense.”
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January 14, 2019
A loose retelling of the Lincoln County War with "Billy Pecos" standing in for Billy the Kid. It was fast paced with a good mystery at the heart of it. Not my favorite Ed Gorman western but a solid read and enjoyable.
April 9, 2020
My 24th Gorman book turned out to be a real winner. Storm Riders deserves a place on the top tier of Gorman's noir westerns alongside Blood Game, Lawless, Ghost, Lynched, Sharpshooter, and Wolf Moon. It's got a thinly disguised Billy the Kid biography, a murder mystery, a love story, and all the usual hallmarks of Ed Gorman writing at his peak.
One serious criticism isn't with the author but with the book's editor. Whoever was supposed to be doing his or her job needs to be horsewhipped. The names of minor characters change and then change back again every few pages(Sheriff Stievers becomes Sheriff Glencoe and then he becomes Stievers again. Bounty hunter Greaves becomes Modly becomes Greaves again.) It mars an otherwise stellar novel.
But enough carping. On to book 25!
One serious criticism isn't with the author but with the book's editor. Whoever was supposed to be doing his or her job needs to be horsewhipped. The names of minor characters change and then change back again every few pages(Sheriff Stievers becomes Sheriff Glencoe and then he becomes Stievers again. Bounty hunter Greaves becomes Modly becomes Greaves again.) It mars an otherwise stellar novel.
But enough carping. On to book 25!
December 21, 2012
All in all not a bad novel, but as it wasn't something I usually read (i.e. a western). It wasn't too bad though, for reading something "outside my comfort zone".
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