Ten-Acre Rock is the fourth book in the Maytubby & Bond western murder mystery procedural series by Kris Lackey. Released 11th July 2023 by Blackstone, it's 220 pages and is available in hardcover, audio, and ebook formats (paperback due out in July 2024). It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links.
This is a fairly intricate ensemble cast of characters and as this is the fourth book in a tight series, readers might struggle to keep the characters and their interrelationships straight in the beginning. There's not much backstory given in this book and all the settings and personal characteristics have to be gleaned from context. The writing is good, but delivered in staccato bursts and sentence fragments which might take some getting used to on the reader's part. The setting (rural Oklahoma, including tribal land) is palpable and the author does a very good job with the background descriptions.
Recommended for fans of western (USA) police procedurals with indigenous characters; they shouldn't expect it to be Hillerman or Craig Johnson, however. Fans of both of those authors will find lots to enjoy here though.
Four stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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