Guest Reviewer: Mikeal Payne
Title: Black Hats
Author: Patrick Culhane
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060892536 (Hardcover)
Release Date: March 2007
Genre/Sub-genre: Historical Suspense/Thriller
Year/Setting: 1920's New York
Overall Rating: 5.0
Sexual Content Rating: N/A
Language (Profanity/Slang) Content Rating: Moderate
Violent Content Rating: Moderate
Patrick's Website:
www.maxallancollins.com
Two legendary western cowboys are still alive in the 1920’s. Wyatt Earp is a consultant for the Los Angeles police department and Bat Masterson is a sports columnist for a newspaper in New York City. Unknowingly they would be brought together for one last adventure due to their acquaintance to a man name Doc Holliday, who passed on years ago.
Doc Holliday was survived by his wife Kate and son Johnny. Kate comes to Wyatt in need of a favor. One that Wyatt’s wife, Sadie, is none the happier about. Kate hires Wyatt to go to New York City and talk sense into Johnny. It seems as though Johnny, a dentist, has taken to drinking and gambling. He even owns his own speakeasy, which he won in a poker game.
Wyatt enlists the aid of Bat while in New York City. Bat will be of help as he has connections, as well as knowledge of the city.
Together they try to talk Johnny into giving up the speakeasy and continue his practice as a dentist. Johnny ignores their "advice" only to have three hoods come into the speakeasy one evening and shoot the place up with Tommy guns. One of the hoods is the upcoming gangster, Al Capone.
Bat and Wyatt come up with a plan. But it doesn’t come off easy as their lives are at risk. Will Johnny be saved from a life of crime?
Black Hats is a very entertaining book. Culhane uses literary genius to incorporate these legendary, historical figures into a truly believable work of fiction. As I read, I felt as if I were a part of the story as the images were so detailed in description, both people and places.
Anyone who enjoys great mystery, suspense, and drama will find themselves engrossed from the first page. It’s a book to be read and re-read.
Mikeal
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