DWD's Reviews

Published by Dreamscape Media in 2022. Read by Cady Zuckerman. Duration: 9 hours, 18 minutes. Unabridged. Edgar Award nominee. Synopsis: An Unforgiving Place is the second book featuring Felicity Harland of the Investigative Services Branch. If you are not familiar with the ISB, join the club - I had no idea that it was the "FBI" of the National Parks Service. If the local park can't deal with it, they call in the ISB. That always include murders. Harland is partners with a park ranger nicknamed Hux. He is a big, strong guy. Harland is a short (but very tough and determined) lady. There is always of undercurrent of romantic attraction between the two, but it is never acted upon for fear of messing up their friendship and working relationship. Her dog rounds out the trio. In this series, the ISB moves the agents around from park to park. I have no idea if that is what happens in real life but it does let the reader get a feel for a new park in every book. An Unforgiving P

Published by Blackstone Audio in 2007. Read by Stefan Rudnicki. Duration: 54 minutes. Unabridged. Louis L'Amour (1908-1988) was an amazingly prolific writer with a career that lasted 50 years. He wrote up to 200 books, both novels and non-fiction works, depending on how you count them up, but he began writing short stories for magazines. I assume The Black Rock Coffin Makers is one of those stories. Synopsis: A cowboy rides into a strange town hundreds of miles away from home. He is immediately mistaken for a local man who was driven out of town and possibly killed by ruthless competitors so that he couldn't make a claim on a ranch. He looks so much like the other man that armed man try to kill him within minutes of arriving in town. Luckily, he runs into a local woman who is also involved in this mess and that's when the real adventure starts... My Review: This story starts out very strong. I was immediately drawn in. But, as it went along it just lost some of its steam.