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I'm trying the second book in Robert Parker's 'Appaloosa' series... (I did read the first that lays groundwork on the characters) It's rather like a horsey version of Spenser with 'Virgil Cole' and 'Everett Hicks' instead of Hawk and Spenser. Hicks is a West Point grad, who makes his living with his shotgun while Cole is the quintessential 'lawman' who shoots faster and straighter than any man... so far.
Even the dialog is Spenserian-turned-Cowboy; instead of "that is certainly the only option I can foresee' we get 'Yup, fer sure... have to kill 'em.'
No sentence of dialog is more than seven words long...
Spenser was great. Jesse Stone was pretty good. Sonny Randall was fair. I'm afraid that Cole and Hicks just don't make the grade.
Stitchawl
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