Mer Barr

I'm not a big fan of novellas so not happy that I have to walk thru several 'books' to get the complete story. To its credit, in this instance it appears the series may have started out as a podcast, and is an independent publisher.

The plot is intriguing because it's the 'old' west in the future, as Stephen King's Darktower is. And the audio presentation has a similar feel to another podcast called 'Old Gods of Appalachia', which I like to listen to.

The author refers a lot to Ms. Walters' biography, which has me wondering what the author can contribute that Ms. Walters didn't already say in her memoir?

And I'm scratching my head as to why there is so much time spent on the father's biography when the subtitle only mentions his daughter. Does she feel they're that tied at the hip so to speak? I mean, it seems she was heavily involved in pulling him out of his own messes but does it justify this much of Ms. Walters' biography?

Otherwise, for those of us who didn't read the memoir, this book provides a lot of details of her personal life and thought processes that I wasn't aware of. Granted, I was still fairly young when I saw her on 60 Minutes and doing interviews with famous people, and not all that interested in knowing more about her, or reading about her in papers.

Great continuation of the series. More of our favorite men and women and 3 new mysteries.

Moving on to the next in the series.

I love the character Anna Pigeon, and the narrator of this series of books does a fantastic job of telling the story, but this story is just too dark for my taste.

Another great ‘chapter' in Harry Dresden's life.