Painted Women (Warbonnet Mysteries Book 2)

Apr 12, Jo Butler rated it really liked it. Monday Malone is the sole lawman in the frontier town of Warbonnet, Wyoming Territory. After all, she had already helped Monday solve one murder. This Western murder mystery is the sequel to his Murder for Greenhorns, which Monday Malone is the sole lawman in the frontier town of Warbonnet, Wyoming Territory. This Western murder mystery is the sequel to his Murder for Greenhorns, which featured the team of Malone and Shaw. Formerly a Texas cowhand, Monday is now a fine sheriff, tough enough to survive a stampede and clever enough to single-handedly capture two criminals in the backwoods.

Though Kate might seem like the typical smarty-pants schoolmarm, fear not. She sketches alongside Thomas Moran, and toys with posing for another of the painters in a canyonside tableau — au naturel. Painted Women is an enjoyable story with lively characters, a quick pace, and plot twists which keep readers guessing as Monday and Kate pursue the cold-blooded murderer who will do anything to cover his tracks. Second book in Warbonnet Series. This author does a very good job of writing well-balanced characters, in that they seem very honest and real. The time period feels natural as well.

This is the second book I have read by this author, same series. Kresge does a very good job of balancing suspense, emotions, and humor in this book. He typically switches the chapters back and forth between Kate and Monday. And each chapter sort of ends on a cliffhanger. But the cliffhanger doesn't always get reso Second book in Warbonnet Series.

But the cliffhanger doesn't always get resolved until later in the story. I picked this book up because I really like the first book in this series. Unfortunately, as series books tend to go, not all of the supporting characters introduced in the first book have significant roles in this second book. This book was no exception, and that was disappointing.

On the plus side, no matter your gender, this book should interest you. It has both a strong female and male protagonist. There is some social commentary that applies even to today's issues in this story, but it's not enough to turn a person off. And because this is set in the mid's, the characters are antiquated in their social and by default, race, beliefs.

This issues can turn me off, but because it is a period piece, I can accept that, especially since Kate is smart, intelligent and struggles internally with herself about these topics. All in all, a great escapism read. Even if you don't normally like Westerns, you'll probably like this one. A a pretty fast read too! A solid three stars. Sep 16, Timothy VanderWall rated it liked it Shelves: A nice mystery, but not as good as the first one.

I will probably read the third book in the series though.

Joseph Badal rated it it was amazing Mar 29, Jean rated it liked it Jun 10, Joseph Badal rated it it was amazing Sep 26, Avid Series Reader marked it as to-read Mar 18, Tracy Brogan marked it as to-read Aug 21, Priscilla marked it as to-read Nov 08, Ashley marked it as to-read Apr 06, Leo Laursen marked it as to-read Apr 19, Marshal Monday Malone follows her there, and also visits burgeoning Chicago, both rendered so vividly that the reader steps right into the late 19th century.

The well-paced romantic tension between the two escalates as they struggle to discover why several young women have been discovered bruised and dead, and why their bodies remain unclaimed. This action-packed installment in the Warbonnet mystery series is Rob Kresge at his best.

He makes all the disparate elements of small-town Western life believable, spellbinding, and populated with likable characters. But I should warn you: Unique and true-to-life characters, paired with great dialogue, make this a wonderful and highly recommended getaway to the Old West. Characters speak and act convincingly for this time and place, rather than displaying miraculously modern opinions on topics such as racism and sexism. Kresge's depictions of Indians and their interaction with white settlers and Army troops bring the past to life in remarkable detail.

The story moves at a clip and even manages a bit of Shakespeare. A fun read from start to finish. Hold onto your saddle horn as Kate Shaw and Monday Malone take you for a wild ride across the Wyoming plains of Kresge's meticulous research and descriptive prose firmly deposit readers in the Old West with a pair of atypical sleuths and a cast of memorable characters. Kresge injects historical events and characters that will take readers back to a wild time in U.

Monday Malone has his hands full with Kate Shaw, the school teacher who yearns to be a detective.

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Kresge knows how to tell an enchanting tale of the Old West. From theater stages to prisons, boarding houses to board rooms, soldiers and spies fight, plot, and fall in love in this suspenseful tale. A diabolical plot is revealed at the very start, but Kresge maintains suspense by weaving a story that includes many twists and turns and a surprise ending. Its primary antagonists, both North and South are well-matched, cunning adversaries who engage in a constantly escalating game of move and countermove in an ever-tightening circle of suspense and intrigue, culminating with a true nail-biting finish.

Though Kate Shaw might seem like the typical smarty-pants schoolmarm, fear not. This is an enjoyable story with lively characters, a quick pace, and plot twists which keep readers guessing as Monday and Kate pursue the cold-blooded murderer who will do anything to cover his tracks. His writing is both strong and subtle, deftly handling the veiled romance between Monday and Kate against the backdrop of the majestic sweep of the American West.

When a Russian Grand Duke visits the American west in , his journey takes him and his entourage--his beautiful mistress and her complicit husband, a British maid servant, treacherous Russians, Buffalo Bill Cody and Colonel George Custer--on a Wyoming train trip accompanied by Warbonnet's Marshall Monday Malone and Kate Shaw, schoolteacher and Wyoming's and America's first female deputy sheriff. Echoes of the Orient Express, gone West! Fast-paced lessons of history the way it's best-told, filled with action and romance, Death's Icy Hand is the third mystery in Robert Kresge's Warbonnet series.

It traps the appealing Malone and Shaw along with licentious royalty and iconic Americans we thought we knew--the womanizing Custer and poker-sharp Bill Cody--isolated in a snowbound train with a clever killer who threatens them all.

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The centerpiece is a locked sleeping car where the principal suspect is found beside one murder victim's corpse. A locked room puzzle! But, in this collection of sophisticated travelers, who will trust the solution sought by an uneducated marshal and a mere woman?

Good out of the gate, Kresge's splendid series gets even better book by book.

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Best of the three Warbonnet series. Continued character development as the two lead characters, Kate and Monday, mature before the reader. Good supporting cast of characters leads to a real "who dun it? Kresge likes weaving real characters such as Custer and Cody into the tale. Keep up the good work Robert. Can't wait for the next installment of the Warbonnet series. A murderer lurks on a Russian Grand Duke's train as he travels across America. Investigators Monday Malone and Kate Shaw try to catch the killer in this pulse-pounding adventure.

Robert Kresge shows a flair for research and description in his gripping Warbonnet mysteries. Readers will want all these stories! Settled into his new job as sheriff of Warbonnet, Monday and Kate continue their two-step relationship where neither is sure where they stand with the other. The ending was satisfying and promises more to come. After all, she had already helped Monday solve one murder. This Western murder mystery is the sequel to his Murder for Greenhorns , which featured the team of Malone and Shaw.

Formerly a Texas cowhand, Monday is now a fine sheriff, tough enough to survive a stampede and clever enough to single-handedly capture two criminals in the backwoods. Though Kate might seem like the typical smarty-pants schoolmarm, fear not. She sketches alongside Thomas Moran, and toys with posing for another of the painters in a canyonside tableau — au naturel. Painted Women is an enjoyable story with lively characters, a quick pace, and plot twists which keep readers guessing as Monday and Kate pursue the cold-blooded murderer who will do anything to cover his tracks.

Set in the late 19th century in Warbonnet in the Wyoming Territory, Marshal Monday Malone faces a quintessential close-to-home crime when he learns that his brother, Tom, has been locked up for murder in Laramie.

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Despite family tension Tom cheated Monday out of his share of the family ranch , the lawman agrees to look into the case, aided by the very capable Kate Shaw, a schoolteacher angling to land a spot on a geologic survey. I was never opposed to them on principle. But I never found one I liked and eventually stopped trying.

I read Kresge's first book only because so many friends in New Mexico recommended it. After reading the sequel, Painted Women , I realize I like Kresge's works because he actually gets the historical part. Most historicals seem to be about modern characters caught in a time warp. You know they are historicals because, for instance, Wellington is at Waterloo, but the soldier protagonist is just a soldier. Change his uniform and speech and he would work just as well as a member of Caesar's Legions or the French Foreign Legion.

Monday embodies the ethos of that time and place. It is not merely the details of his everyday existence - horse, saddle, gun, food, speech, etc. Kresge is a painstaking researcher and all those details are spot on.

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But the genius of Kresge's writing is how Malone's actions and statements define his character. Neither Malone nor the narrator tell you what he is like. It is the classic approach of writing - Show, don't tell. Kate Shaw is equally well-drawn and the perfect foil for Monday Malone.