Review: Exhilarating And Entertaining: Makes You Yearn For The Old West
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 6, 2013
Van Holt's Blood in the Hills is another fine book from writer whose prose makes the old west come alive in all of its glory.  The book is well written in Van Holt's descriptive narrative which makes it possible to visualize the time, the place and the people. The chapters are short and easily read, fast paced and exhilarating.Holt takes you on the journey, you are engaged to the point that you feel that you are a member of the "the Circle Eight". The situations they encounter as they try to leave behind a colorful past are just what you would expect in a great western. We find the Circle Eight trying to live as normal business men, trying to overcome their past as outlaws. As luck would have it, the past refuses to stay buried. A young gun, hell bent on revenge soon finds them and they are in for the fight of their lives. Like many great western writers before him, Holt's Blood in the Hills is not about "happily ever after" but the cold harsh realities of Karma at work. I enjoyed every minute of this thrilling tale and so will you. Hang on to your hat this is one ride you will not want to miss.