Charlaine Harris doesn't disappoint in A Longer Fall (#882), the second book in her new western Gunnie Rose series. (See my post of 9/30/2019.) Lizbeth Rose is back as a gun for hire in a United States which disintegrated into separate nations after the assassination of FDR. She and the new crew she was hired onto are charged with guarding a crate until it is delivered in Dixie, a place she has never wanted to go. But work is work and they are almost through with this job.
Naturally, things don't go as planned. The train they are on is derailed and attacked just outside the town of Sally, their destination. The rest of her crew is either dead or badly injured, but Lizbeth is determined to see her job through to the end, or die trying. The problem is, she doesn't know who is supposed to take possession of the crate. Things become even more complicated when Eli Savarov, a wizard from the Holy Russian Empire, shows up unexpectedly at the crash site. What could he possibly be doing here? She hasn't seen him in months, although he is often in her thoughts. Lizbeth doesn't know who to trust after the crate and its mysterious contents are stolen, but she accepts Eli's help in navigating the dangerous undercurrents in the genteel southern community where blacks and women know their place. What is in the crate worth killing for? Lizbeth and Eli had better figure it out before they become the next victims.
A little magic, a little romance and lots and lots of danger in A Longer Fall. I can't wait to see what's next for Lizbeth...
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