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March 2009 In a new tale starring New York shopkeeper, Steve Dancy, this plenty tough Easterner is soon involved in helping out his friend, a Pinkerton agent. Joseph McAllen has been guarding Wells, Fargo ore shipments out of Leadville when he learns his daughter has been kidnapped. A novel of fast-paced adventure, there's gun play enough to satisfy the biggest fans of the shoot-'em-up style. But it's also a story of friendship and loyalty. I like the cast of characters eating, drinking, and staying in the finest hotels while making plans to live on cold water and hardtack and sleeping on the ground when they go into action. Once again, Best has penned a fine read. When New York City shopkeeper Steve Dancy moved west to experience the frontier, he wound up embroiled in a deadly feud...a feud that he was forced to settle with guns. Now, all he wants to do is follow up on a few business interests, write about his adventures, and continue his exploration of the West. But in the autumn of 1879, Joseph McAllen asks Dancy for help. Ute renegades have abducted a young girl near Mesa Verde, Colorado, and the Pinkerton captain wants him to join the rescue party. Surprisingly, the trail doesn't lead into the San Juan Mountains, but to Leadville—a rich mining town teeming with the worst elements of a raw frontier. Bitter feuds, vendettas, and greed turn the affair into a bloody conflict that spans the state. Dancy has proved that he can handle himself in rough mining towns. But can this shopkeeper survive a dangerous mountain wilderness?Pages of Leadville :