not up to parr for parker too much foul language for me story a little lame. I am buying his next book comming out soon.

I think this was a very good book and should not be compared to the movies. It is hard to write a new book on this subject since the two movies came out about them. It was an entertaining book and worth the money.

Parker misses big time. He has ripped off the Costner film version of the Earp saga. The only character I felt he fleshed out more firmly was Morgan Earp.

What's up with the lousy ending..... take a pass on this one unless you are a Parker completist

Positives: short chapters, quick read, and, for what it's worth, more historically accurate than Hollywood.

Negatives: the characters are paper thin, the only way you can tell them apart is by their names, there is no suspense, no humor, the title that tells us nothing about the story is a clue to stay away from this.

I don't know of a good Earp novel, but if you want a good Earp story, check out John Ford's My Darling Clementine.

In this story, the creator of the tough private detective Spenser and his sidekick Hawk develops a tale of the old west that is an example of historical fiction. Parker uses the backdrop of Tombstone, Arizona involving the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday and the members of the Clanton gang. This is an example of historical fiction at its' finest, the people and events are largely true; the fictional aspects are their conversations and expressed motivations.
Wyatt Earp is the primary character in this tale and Parker has him display many of the characteristics of Hawk in the Spenser series. His dialog is short and to the point, there is never a word wasted. The relationships between the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday and Bat Masterson is similar to that between Spenser and Hawk, they will fight to the death for their friends. Even the relationships between Wyatt Earp and the men he will soon face in a gunfight have many of the aspects of the relationships between the Parker characters. When Wyatt Earp is speaking to Curly Bill, they both know that someday they will battle with guns, yet they are still civil to each other and express regret that it could not be different.
I consider this to be one of the best novels Parker has ever written, the accurate historical references kept me enthralled throughout the book.