The Shopkeeper
by James D. Best
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Author: James D. BestEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-12-15
ISBN: 1587369222
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Wheatmark
Book Reviews of The Shopkeeper
Book Review: Interesting and disappointing
Summary: 4 Stars
I just read the Shopkeeper and found it to be an interesting read with some surprises and disapointments! It really got my attention after the first 25 to 30 pages. After that I read for hours not wanting to lay it down, I had to know what was going to happen next. I am like one of the other reviewers who mentions that Steve Dancy was as bad as some of the crooks he was trying to shut down. I was suprised at his cold blooded killing of the crooks. Sometimes I didn't feel the crooks were fully developed in the story and because of that it was hard to justify in my mind why he had been able to get by with the killings. But he always did.
I would like to hear a bit more on Jenny. I was greatly disturbed by the way she misled Mrs. Bolton when she wanted her to leave the ranch. I noticed that a lot in this novel. Lying and cheating to get whatever. I feel a great story could come out of Jenny as she struggles to run the ranch she is willed by her dead husband.
I didn't care for the way Steve treated Mrs Bolton even if she was a spoiled old woman. At least a little respect was in order.
I felt "The Shopkeeper" pulled me into the story in the beginning but lacked a really great ending. I did love the background of Dancy and how that came out in the story. All in all it was a good read and I will probably pick up the next one coming along by James Best.
Summary of The Shopkeeper
In 1879, Steve Dancy sells his New York shop and ventures west to explore and write a journal about his adventures. Though he's not looking for trouble, Dancy's infatuation with another man's wife soon embroils him in a deadly feud with Sean Washburn, a Nevada silver baron.Infuriated by the outrages of two hired thugs, the shopkeeper kills both men in an impulsive street fight. Dancy believes this barbarian act has closed the episode. He is wrong. He has interfered with Washburn's ambitions, and this is something the mining tycoon will not allow.
Pinkertons, hired assassins, and aggrieved bystanders escalate the feud until it pulls in all the moneyed interests and power brokers in Nevada. Can the former city slicker settle accounts without losing his life in the process?
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