Review: Western grit
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 9, 2013
No-one knows who Travis is, or where he came from. The bounty hunter Link Colman only knows that five years ago, Travis shot Sam Grayon's brother in revenge for the death of a ranch hand. Now Link and Grayson's men are hot on his trail. Link's honour as a bounty hunter is at stake, and his main worry is that Grayson's men will capture Travis first; but their quarry is no easy target. Travis is a mean shot with his open-top Colt, and he knows how to look after himself.Travis is also looking for someone: the murderer who has run off with forty thousand dollars that rightfully belong to him. Can he afford to stick around too long? Van Holt skilfully weaves these plot strands into a gritty, realistic and thrilling Western. It isn't a particularly long book, but it feels epic.