The Man in Black by L.R. Liverpool – Review by Brandy Rymer
The Man In Black by L.R. Liverpool
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
L.R. Liverpool’s book The Man In Black was such an excellent read, I was so enthralled with all the excitement and mystery of this awesome book. I love the characters that are developed with such fine details, I grew to love and hate them. I was fearful of losing my favorite characters to the mysterious killer, and was cheering for the gift of love for our main character!
When Fenimore James announces at the beginning of the novel that he was going to leave his quiet life as a farmer’s son I was intrigued by what path he was going to choose for his new life. When he took all of the money he had been working for and saving to take off and achieve his life’s dream of joining a gang of thieves I was a bit shocked. Fenimore proceeded to change his style of clothing dressing in all black, except a nice white dress shirt, all of which he had tailor-made for himself, I was worried he had spent his life earnings, but apparently, he still had plenty at the moment to travel on. Fenimore even went as far as changing his hair while awaiting the completion of his suit.
Once Fenimore was all dressed to go, he changed his name to Simon Shaw, a more dastardly name to be feared. Then we went on his search to find a gang of thieves to join. In a bar during his travels, he heard talk of a fearful group of bandits called the Red Evans gang. Simon considered his options of going home to marry a local woman, even though he did not feel attracted to women like most of the men his age, or seeking out this gang and joining up.
Simon decided his fate and off he went to find the Red Evans gang. In a surprising twist Simon not only met and befriended Red Evans himself in a big city bar, but he accidentally saved Red’s life. This led to Red inviting Simon to come and join his gang. You’ll have to read the story to follow along with the exciting and frightening events that Simon goes through as he grows to be a man who finds love in a place he never thought to look for it.
Brandy Rymer 2/2023
