Book of the Week: Tombstone by J.M. Thompson & Fred Bean (5 Stars!)

Several weeks ago the book of the week was Hangman's Legacy by Frederic Bean. This week's book is another by Fred Bean with a collaborator named J.M. Thompson (who happens to be a doctor in Maine of all places!). It's called "Tombstone" and its about Dr. Leo LeMat, a doctor turned portrait artist and gun for hire and his sharpshooter friend, Jacques, who travel to Tombstone to paint Wyatt Earp's portrait after the infamous "Shootout near the O.K. Corral."  5 of 5 stars! 

As someone who has always liked westerns, and I have a fascination with Wyatt Earp (since the film Tombstone in 1993), and the town of Tombstone, Arizona (where I had a past life experience), I LOVED this book. It was so hard to take reading breaks! The way the authors weaved the characters of Dr. Leo and Jacques into the events that followed the O.K. Corral shootout was creative, believeable and awesome. I could picture everything that was happening (of course, having been to Tombstone several times helped).

This book was awesome, and Frederic Bean has become one of my favorite authors. Now to find all his other out-of-print westerns!!

ABOUT THE BOOK: Leo LeMat heads to Tombstone, Arizona, to paint a portrait of infamous lawman Wyatt Earp only to find the town overrun with desperadoes, and he discovers that to complete his painting he will have to perfect the art of the quick draw. Published 2001.