Review: Tough Deputy US Marshal meets an old flame
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 16, 2012
David Cranmer created Cash Laramie from whole cloth. Now authors other than David are fleshing the Deputy US Marshal out. In Bullets for a Ballot, veteran author Nik Morton tells us how Cash handles a power broker who thinks he can buy off a western town and become its mayor. What's more, his opponent is a woman, and everyone knows a woman should stay home and do the dishes, along with other chores. Politics oughta be left to the men.Mrs. Tolliver is the female candidate for mayor. She's got good things to say about how the town should be run. Current Mayor Nolan is milking the town of Bear Pines. Cash has been sent to help, but when he left Cheyenne, he didn't know who Mrs. Tolliver was. Or that she had a son . . .Twists and turns in the plot are Morton's stock in trade, and he does a fine job with Bullets for a Ballot. A fine tale of the Old West growing up.Charles Whippleaka Chuck Tyrellauthor of Return to Silver Creek