Mojave Crossing - A Short Review

This book is a shorter story about Tell Sackett traveling across the Mojave Desert with a mysterious woman and being tracked by her enemies. Tell eventually has to face down some California criminals, but he has help from a distant cousin, a Clinch Mountain Sackett by the name of Nolan. Nolan Sackett, a semi-criminal himself, at first seems like he might be Tell’s enemy, but they end up on the same side.

One thing I noticed here is that women tend to be very flat characters in L’Amour’s books, even when they are important to the story, as in this case. We are told early on that the lady in this book is something of a witch or temptress, and we are never given any more depth to her at all. This is unfortunate.