[guessing at the star rating / mining my old FB notes now that they are almost impossible to find]

2 psychopathic killers on the loose during the california gold rush. told in first person narrative, this character is unlike any i've inhabited. you're inclined to like him; he can be quite nice. and he is insisting this will be his last 'job'. but he's still a killer and his recent change of heart, or his explaining how the dark rage comes over him, doesn't erase his past.

it's his brother you identify as a cold blooded killer. yet all his power is removed from him by the end and you don't know how to feel.

i think this author is incredibly talented to write from this somewhat-but-not-totally detached point of view. i know it was good because i'd like some more.