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Deadman's Revenge, the third novel in the Deadman Series, continues the story of Matthew Wilcox. Now a Marshal, Matthew finds himself on the other side of the law as he seeks to track the men who murdered his wife and ripped his soul apart. Being a Marshal is dangerous, and Matthew has made a lot of enemies in his time as a lawman, so it's no surprise when people from his past come back to haunt him, and the resulting adventure shows how a man can be broken in his quest for revenge.

Jeppsen has proven in the past that she is a master at telling the story from both sides, and she continues in "Revenge" with alternating Matthew's journey with the story of Earl - aka Allen O'Donnell - along with flashes to Matthew's home town, family, and friends. When Matthew is falsely accused of rape and murder, his quest for revenge may become his last. Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, Calamity Jane, and Liver-Eating Johnson also make appearances in this book, bringing the realism of actual people from our history into Jeppsen's fictional West.

While I loved this book, I'm torn: It is really well written and full of action and descriptive characters, but there were times that I wanted to smack the author for putting Matthew through everything. Hadn't he been through enough already?! However, it is a sign of a great author when you become so involved in the characters that you cry along with them, and the hardships make the good moments of the book shine so much brighter.

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