The Posse

What kind of men would trample a little girl to death? Only the worse kind of low-down, subhuman varmints - and that's why Clint Adams agrees to join a posse to track down the gang of murdering bank robbers. But with a posse made up of a resentful deputy and merchants who don't know one end of a gun from another, the Gunsmith is in for a lot more trouble than he bargained for - especially when he realizes the gang is heading for the one town in the West no lawman has ever entered! Perhaps one of the more gruesome opening scenes to a Gunsmith book I've read and it's no wonder Adams decides to join the posse. All the main participants are well drawn - the robbers being portrayed as a bunch of double-crossing, savagely evil characters that will have the reader urging Adams on to deal out some western justice. The story moves fast and is very readable, although I thought the arrival of some real people from America's history seemed an easy way to save Adams and co from certain death came across as a little unbelievable. Lots of references to previous Gunsmith books help create a past for Clint Adams. In conclusion, a very enjoyable read.