Jana Richman's brother lives in Ferron and asked me if I had read any of her books. Elmo Library had the The Last Cowgirl, which won the 2009 WILLA Award for Contemporary Fiction and the 2009 Utah Artys Award for Best Fiction, so I decided to give it a read. Her other book is about a woman riding a motorcycle along the Mormon Trail. I think that sounds interesting also.
When Dickie Sinfield was seven years old, her father George moved the family from Salt Lake City to a small country ranch, complete with cows and horses. Her father loved it, her brother thrived there, her mother and sister kept on pretty much the same and Dickie had a hard time. The story is can a successful writer from the city ever go back home.
Like some books, it took me a while to get into, but I soon found myself eagerly reading.
Split Second was published in 2003, but this was the first time that I have read it.
"September 1996. It only took a split second, although to Secret Service agent Sean King it seemed like the longest split second ever."
Three people died that day. Presidential candidate Clyde Ritter died, his assassin was killed and life as Secret Service agent Sean Ignatius King knew it was over. Eight years later another presidential candidate was in the news, but this time kidnapped.. His Secret Service agent Michelle Maxwell went looking for questions and answers. Some of the questions brought her to Sean King. Together they try to solve the mystery and discover that yes both incidents were related.
