“I am on the verge of becoming a good writer, all I need is time.”

A writer rarely dies with all his or her stories completed. There are fragments, drafts and ideas left behind. Louis L’Amour left behind many pages of writing that his son, Beau, has decided to sort through and release certain well-crafted stories in Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures, Vol. 2. These snippets give readers a view into some of the other ideas L’Amour had been working on. His son, Beau, offers insights into what time periods they were written and how his father’s upbringing or life experiences may have impacted that certain story.

I was able to get an advanced copy of the book through NetGalley. I enjoyed reading Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures, Vol. 1, so I was curious what stories would be in the second volume. I have only read one other L’Amour book – Sitka – but I really liked it. It was set mostly in Alaska’s wilderness.

Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures, Vol. 2, has several Western stories, but also a mystery, a sci-fi story and some movie proposals. Most of them are just a few chapters, but there are two that are more than 15 chapters long. I wasn’t expecting such long sections. However, each and every story had me hooked. One especially was fascinating with a man stumbling upon his childhood home and finding the grave of a sibling. Another one had a man being accused of the murder of a woman he met years and years ago, but hadn’t seen since – yet lived in the town he was happening to visit. The police suspect him so he goes on the run. Of course, the hard part of reading these stories is knowing that you won’t find out how they end.

Fans of L’Amour will really enjoy Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures, Vol. 2. I think readers of good fiction will also enjoy it as the stories are really well written. It could be read slowly, a story at a time. 

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