Comes A Time For Burning

Steven Havill is quite prolific as a writer, and the subject matter of this book intrigued me. His research into the subject matter, a cholera outbreak outside of a logging camp in the American northwest at the end of the nineteenth century, was very impressive. So was his knowledge of the medical kn......more

I found this gem while looking for copies of Havill's Posadas County mysteries. A departure from the mysteries, Comes a Time for Burning is a historical novel set in the northwest timber country in the late 1800's and follows a young doctor as he combats ignorance and filth during an outbreak of a d......more

Easy to read and set in an interesting place and time, but a little TMI about "evacuations" of cholera victims. I thought it could have been tightened up although at the climax things race along swiftly to the end (the final, two-page chapter, wraps up what happened to many of the main characters in......more

Fighting cholera in 1891, an appropriate book for reading in a pandemic.......more

Sept 2019 I wavered between 4 stars and 5 stars. The theme reduces the entertainment factor. Still enjoyed the writing and the characters.......more