The Reluctant Assassin

I love a western with a fresh premise, and this has one: the notion that John Wilkes Booth escaped and lived out his life under a different name. The author is a magnificent wordsmith. I found myself backing up and reading some passages a second time because they were so perfectly written. As far as......more

This book has a great set-up: What if John Wilkes Booth was not killed in Virginia by Union Soldiers, but escaped and lived a long life under a pseudonym? I love historical fiction, so I was eager to read this. While it gets off to a great start, and has a reasonably interesting conclusion, the middl......more