Misfit Lil Cheats the Hangrope [Kindle Edition]

The Misfit Lil series is a favourite amongst western fans and no wonder - each book in the series, all are standalone novels though, delivers equal parts fun and adventure. This book is a paperback original and the first ever release from a new publisher. Well worth getting.
Jack Martin author of Tarnished Star and Arkansas Smith

The pace of Misfit Lil Cheats the Hangrope is very fast moving and features some superbly written set pieces, such as a breakout that's made possible due to the use of a rat, and an ingenious method of escaping from a hangrope. The book has plenty of the more traditional action you'd expect to find in a western, which includes an exciting gunfight with outlaws set on wiping out the wagon train Lil finds herself involved with.

The main plotline, of murder, sees Chap O'Keefe explore a different type of killing than one would normally expect to find in a western, proving that there are still new storylines to be found in the genre. Even though I did suspect the right person of this killing I was way out with the how and why and the answers definitely provide a memorable conclusion to this book.

breath of fresh air, when she's not cussing, that is. She's as stubborn and ornery as ever, and not afraid to order about her elders and betters, especially when they're wrong and she's right.

When she attempts to warn a wagon train about the oncoming snowstorm, she's ignored. They're bound to end up trapped in the mountains, so she determines to save the children, at least, while fighting the bitter ice spicules that stab and almost draw blood. This action doesn't endear her to the wagon train's scout, Reiner, a nasty sort who has eyes on the wagon train captain's young daughter, Honesty Petrie, who is quite a dish.

Lil's friend, scout Jackson Farraday is talked into assisting Reiner on the next leg of the journey. Soon, however, disaster strikes. A girl is murdered and Jackson is accused. It's up to Lil to find the real murderer and to free Jackson, the man she loves, though her affections aren't reciprocated.

As I've come to expect with a Misfit Lil book, there's plenty of action and enough suspicious characters around to make this western murder mystery adventure worth reading. The story moves effortlessly forward. At one point, it looks as though Lil has bitten off more than she can adequately chew when she's trussed up in a stable by some desperadoes...

Another enjoyable romp with the irrepressible Misfit Lil.