This romance is for horse lovers---a Western about a mythos: the perfect race horse, the flock it comes from, and the thief who tried to steal it. Max Brand succeeds in mixing philosophy/religion and romantic adventure in one of his many well-written novels.

While the romantic adventure lover gets some action in this book, the actors are still to stiff eh polite to each other, and curing this would have shortened the book by half. The mystery buff will find a somewhat flat and contrived plot that is clearly written to introduce Nikola. Definitely not five points.

Romantic adventure in Borneo, where the Dutch occupiers have a problem. Fortunately, due to the serious meddling of an outsider, a retreat can be avoided this time. Well written (pseudo)historical fiction about a relatively unknown part of the colonialist era.

Mystery pulp action in the English Countryside. This was a page-turner to the end, and the solution of the mystery had only few improbablities and loose ends.

Touted as a short mystery collection, the author didn't succeed in finishing any of them: action is flat, the points are told too fast to evoke interest, solutions to problems are obvious and easy. Don't waste your time with this book.

Slow paced story of an abduction plus murder, giving characters the chance to develop. Astonishingly lenient for an U.S. book towards the murderer, for which alone it is worth reading.

Satisfying well-written mystery from the 1960s UK. Four points because of typos and incomplete sentences in the transcription.

Life on the trail with all ups and downs of crossing streams, lack of water, heat, stampedes, rogues, town events is in this book, with love to detail and the animals involved, and lots of small campfire narratives and good humor, even tears at the end. This, and not the occasional shooting and lawlessness is how it was. Don't miss it.

I only realized afterwards that it's not an autobiography but authentic fiction. The excellently written story of a remarkable life interwoven with slavery politics shortly before secession. Enlightening even if you're not US.

A girl's looks is threatened. Detective and his wife blunder along in this story of a stalking case. Couldn't stand the supposed stupidity of most people in this shortish (but way too long) pulp mystery.