Review: A contemporary western thriller
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 4, 2014
They say that bad things can happen to good people. Well sometimes good people make mistakes that cause bad things to happen. One of the things that make the characters so interesting in this story is that we get to know the “bad guys.” Mustang Wars is not really about the message which may be that life can change in the blink of an eye. It is really about the joy of reading a well written book.The author develops two sets of completely different characters. From the very beginning, you get the feeling as you read that something bad is just around the corner; that somehow these two sets of characters will cross paths. You feel the story moving toward something ominous. You try to guess what is going to happen, but there are twists and turns and you are in for some surprises.I loved this book and rate it in my top 3 of all time. I haven’t enjoyed a modern western this much since I read Louis L’Amour’s “The Haunted Mesa” several years ago. In fact, I think Mustang Wars by Frank Roderus is a much more exciting book. Although it is a contemporary western, it is really a “thriller.” I mention that because I think anyone who enjoys suspenseful fiction in any genre would love Mustang Wars. I highly recommend this 5-star page turner.