Call Me Lonesome

Brett Cogburn

Apr 2022 · A Morgan Clyde Western Book 2 · Pinnacle Books

About this ebook

With a storm of hot lead he brought peace to the blood-drenched, lawless Ironhead Station, deep in the wilds of Indian Territory. Now Morgan Clyde, who fought criminals as a New York City policeman and Confederates as a Union soldier, has another war on his hands.

WANTED DEAD AND BURIED
 
The bloody barbarism of the Civil War scarred Morgan’s soul as well as his body. He sent so many soldiers to Hell and almost joined them when he was struck by a bullet from the sniper known as the Arkansas Traveler. The only man to ever survive the notorious Rebel’s sharpshooting skills, Morgan finds himself back in the assassin’s sights.
 
But the ex-Confederate isn’t the only one gunning for Morgan. The outlaw Kingman brothers have followed him from Ironhead Station out onto the Salt Plains of the Arkansas River, seeking vengeance for their brother who Morgan killed in a gunfight. Then there’s the Pinkerton Detective agents, answerable to no law but their own, on a mission to execute him.
 
And as his enemies close in, Morgan strikes with the speed of a rattlesnake, the ferocity of a grizzly, and the predatory instinct of a stalking wolf . . .
 
Praise for Spur Award winner Brett Cogburn

“Fans of frontier arcana will revel in Cogburn’s readable prose and lively characters.”
—Publishers Weekly on Rooster
 

Ratings and reviews

Call Me Lonesome by Brett Cogburn Morgan Clyde #2 Morgan Clyde gave up his star to play cat and mouse with a killer…who is prey and who predator AND who will win in the end? What I liked: * The gritty real feel of the story * Morgan Clyde: intriguing man that I want to know better, lethal, quick, intelligent, capable, and a whole lot more. * Dixie Rayburn: chief of railroad police after Clyde resigned, survivor, talkative, good man, hope to see more of him in the future * Molly O’Flanagan: Irish immigrant, survivor, prostitute, addict, has dreams, wants revenge, difficult backstory, wonder what will happen to her as the story progresses * Saul the cook and Hannah his fiancée: a couple that met years before and married for a short while in this story * The Bickford family: blacksmith father, laundress mother, looking for a future in the west * Sergeant Harjo and the Creek Lighthorse * That the bad guys, and there were several, were eventually thwarted * Wondering what will happen next in the series – Where will Morgan Clyde go next? Will he work for the railroad again? Will he return to Ironhead? What I didn’t like: * Exactly what and who I was meant not to * Knowing that the evil in this book is all too real and likely to happen in the world…now and also back when this story took place Note: The story had more than one thread that had me hopping from one to the other sometimes skipping ahead to find out what would happen. I never really warmed up to any of the characters but might over time. Did I enjoy this book? For the most part Would I read another book in this series? I believe so Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington-Pinnacle for the ARC – This is my honest review. 4-5 Stars

About the author

Some folks are just born to tell tall tales. Brett Cogburn was reared in Texas and the mountains of Southeastern Oklahoma. He was fortunate enough for many years to make his living from the back of a horse, where on cold mornings cowboys still straddled frisky broncs and dragged calves to the branding fire on the end of a rope from their saddlehorns. Growing up around ranches, livestock auctions, and backwoods hunting camps filled Brett’s head with stories, and he never forgot a one. In his own words: “My grandfather taught me to ride a bucking horse, my mother gave me a love of reading, and my father taught me how to hunt my own meat and shoot straight. Cowboys are just as wild as they ever were, and I’ve been damn lucky to have known more than a few.” The West is still teaching him how to write. Brett Cogburn lives in Oklahoma with his family.