Review: SONGBIRD Rocks!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2013
Songbird is a young, lovely, talented singer on the brink of moving on to bigger and better things. In the meantime, however, she is obligated to fulfill a series of bookings in a string of rugged Western towns. Shooter's Cross, Texas, is her next scheduled stop.In addition to her singing talents, Songbird also possesses some surprising self-defense skills that have served her well in many of the tough towns where she has performed.And now it looks like they may be needed once again in Shooter's Cross. Other players -- some already present in town, others converging even as Songbird arrives -- are on courses aimed to intersect with hers, few in a good way.Luckily, Songbird knows she can always count on her Chinese traveling companion, Ying, who practices defensive techniques at an even higher level than hers, to have her back. And she is about to learn she can also count on several Rancho Diablo hands (including one, in particular, who is smitten with her) to pitch in when the going gets tough.Bill Crider is the writer behind the Colby Jackson byline this time around, and he turns in another winner in this highly popular (and rightfully so) Western series.SONGBIRD has plenty of action, a healthy dose of humor, a smidge of romance, and colorful characters galore. Songbird and Ying make a particularly memorable pair the reader will be left wanting to see more of. Also of note is a pack of bumbling would-be outlaw brothers -- one who has been conked in the head and left mentally unbalanced, another who endured a low blow in the same altercation that injured his brother and is now suffering his own delicate damage.Terrific Western entertainment. Strongly recommended.