* Just to note: Due to illness and a hafty workload, I’ve fallen behind my goal of 100 books in 2018. So, I’m reading through a series of Mountain Man books to catch up.*

Justice of the Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Unlike the last few disasters of Mountain Man tails, ‘Justice of the Mountain Man’ is on a better track. The story is a very good one and tightly written. Again, there are needless flashbacks when the story could be fleshed out a bit more, not that it was needed. This is a great story, well written and worth reading….without flashbacks.

Entirely unlike the previous entry in the series, ‘Heart of the Mountain Man’, this is not like an excerpt from a previous novel. It has one of the more involved plots of the series to this point. Unlike most of the series, which usually involved Smoke stopping someone from “treeing” a town, this book seems to be going the easy route problems changes the trajectory of the story and the characters many times. It’s one of the few in the series where you won’t know how the story unfolds and ends within 20 pages.

Complaints again, as with the last few Mountain Man books are needless flashbacks, though the fewest of the last books, the title and the cover. The characters are many and well done, though are very similar to many other characters written in the ersies. The settings are lacking again, but better than other recent books.

Bottom line: I recommend this book: 6 out of 10 points.

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