Fatal Elixer

by William L. DeAndrea

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802732895
• ISBN13: 9780802732897
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Walker & Company
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

A very good hisorical western mystery by a wonderful writer

In the Wyoming Territory, Dr. Theophrastus Herkimer's traveling medicine show arrives in the small town of Le Four. The primary product being tendered is Mirakola, a very popular elixir because it reportedly cures just about every known ailment and even some unknown ills. However, everything goes wrong when numerous customers, including the local sheriff, die after consuming the potion. Though the townsfolk are convinced that Herkimer did it, former sheriff cripple Lobo Blacke believes someone else must have altered the elixir. ....... Lobo and his employee Quinn Booker begin to investigate the deaths. They soon learn that only a few bottles of Mirakola was tainted with poison. Though they prove that there are many suspects, the townsfolk want to lynch Herkimer, who they still blame for the mass murders. Quinn, serving as the sheriff, has to stop the mob from killing an innocent man while working with Blacke to identify the real killer. ....... FATAL ELIXIR is a fast-paced western drama that brings insight to the Old West that only could have come from the pen of one of the masters, William L. DeAndrea. The story line is fast-paced, complex, and fun, and Blacke and Quinn are a great detective team. The first novel in this series, WRITTEN IN FIRE, is also a great tale. Mr. DeAndrea recently died, but left a fantastic legacy behind with this book. .....Harriet Klausner