Len Francis Monahan

Rattlesnakes, Ghosts and Murderers: Volume 1: Mckenna and Barnett Len Francis Monahan

NATIONAL AWARD WINNER ~ BEST WESTERN NOVEL 2013 FIRST PLACE WINNER (Beverly Hills Book Awards)                                                                                                                                   DESTINED TO BE A BEST SELLERMindquest Review of Books (Fall 2013 Book Recommendations)                                                                                                                                                BEST LITERARY FICTION 2013One of only 42 Semifinalists Selected by KINDLE BOOK REVIEW BEST INDIE AWARDS              "Rattlesnakes, Ghosts and Murderers is the first volume in the series (McKenna and Barnett) written by Len Francis Monahan.  Monahan includes adventure, murder, and paranormal activity in an adventure novel.  The story includes comic humor and satire in this new series of life on a ranch in America's Old West.
 
"Ole Smoke sets the mood for what is to come in his 'writ-by-hand' ten page diary dated in 1896.  Drunkenness, insanity, and murder grab the readers' attention in the first ten pages.
 
The story centers on a fifteen-year-old orphan, Colt Barnett and his relationship with Widow Helen McKenna heir to the McKenna Ranch Empire. A paranormal theme is woven throughout the story with the introduction of an iconic silver picture frame.  The book is filled with pleasantly packaged historical data from the early days of the Old West.
 
"The colorful characters, engaging dialog and unpredictable plot twists provide the reader with exciting adventure, danger and humorous circumstances.
 
"Although the sheer weight of the nearly 400-page book is intimidating, the large print format with open white space offset this to create a fast-moving flow of involvement, from side-splitting humor, exaggerated satire, and heartfelt drama.
 
"Len Francis Monahan has a unique style of writing that captures the heartwarming drama of familial love, the life and death struggles of running a cattle ranch in the early American West with a fictional coming-of-age story. In Rattlesnakes, Ghosts and Murderers, Len Francis Monahan's writing is addictive, entertaining, riveting and rewarding."
- Richard R. Blake, Reviewer (Reader Views) (Blogcritics) (Seattle Post Intelligencer)