--- product_id: 50100208 title: "Badlands (Sawbones, 3)" price: "188 zł" currency: PLN in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.pl/products/50100208-badlands-sawbones-3 store_origin: PL region: Poland --- # Badlands (Sawbones, 3) **Price:** 188 zł **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Badlands (Sawbones, 3) - **How much does it cost?** 188 zł with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pl](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/50100208-badlands-sawbones-3) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Badlands (Sawbones, 3) [Lenhardt, Melissa] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Badlands (Sawbones, 3) Review: Sawbones - What an intense read! Not for the faint of heart, but, such a compelling story you just can’t stop reading and pulling for the main characters to finally have a life together. Worth all of the emotions this book triggers. A must read. Review: Worthy final book in this genre-busting feminist-thriller-Western series - WESTERN/HISTORICAL THRILLER Melissa Lenhardt Badlands Redhook Paperback, 978-0-3165-0537-6, (also available as an e-book, an audiobook, and on Audible), 416 pgs., $15.99 June 27, 2017 SPOILER ALERT: Badlands is the third book in a trilogy. Proceed at your own risk. Laura Kindle (previously Laura Elliston, originally Dr. Catherine Bennett) is on the run again from the law, Pinkertons, and bounty hunters, after the arrest of her husband, William Kindle. She and St. Louis madam Rosemond Barclay, who claims to be helping Laura at William’s behest, wash up practically penniless in the quintessential Western boomtown of Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory. Rosemond is determined to go legit, joining proper society and leaving her past behind; Laura waits to hear news of William’s court martial, creating yet another identity in another new place. But the past catches up to both women, and Laura knows she must finally confront the New York murder charge against her or forever be a dependent pawn in other people’s games. Badlands is the final installment in Melissa Lenhardt’s historical thriller trilogy, the first of which, Sawbones (2016), I hailed as “a thoroughly original, smart and satisfying hybrid, perhaps a new subgenre: the feminist Western.” Badlands, worthy of the established characters and ethos, does not disappoint. Laura’s first-person narrative begins with Lenhardt’s characteristic bang. Apart from the middle third when the pace flags along with Laura’s resolve, reflecting her exhaustion and despair, the action is fast, the plot twists frequent. Though Lenhardt does a good job of integrating necessary facts from the two previous books, Badlands does not stand alone; to get the full effect you should begin at the beginning. A novels-within-the-novels device is a welcome, humorous touch of tongue-in-cheek. As always, a shout-out is due for the cover art and design of this trilogy. All three novels are gorgeous. Lenhardt’s characters are diverse and complex. Her women and their friendships get the attention they have always deserved but so rarely receive. Prodigious research is evident in the language, settings, and situations. An unsettling many of the era’s convictions regarding social justice and gender roles remain (bizarrely) controversial today. Lenhardt also breaks out vivid similes: “Between hands I would catch sight of Salter sitting across the room at a poker table, the prostitute draped over his shoulder like a poncho.” Like a poncho. Badlands is every bit as tough and raw as the American Wild West (which smells of “body odor, blood, horse sweat, manure, and new lumber”) and proves more authentic as it denies the genre its myths and tropes, unsparingly exposing the options of women of the era with an unflinching eye. Badlands is not for the faint of heart; Lenhardt seems to be trying to shock us, but it doesn’t feel egregious—it feels like bold truth-telling. Originally published in Lone Star Literary Life. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #2,710,221 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #10,885 in Westerns (Books) #13,584 in Western & Frontier Romance #18,900 in Action & Adventure Romance (Books) | | Book 3 of 3 | Sawbones | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (155) | | Dimensions | 5.5 x 1.05 x 8.25 inches | | ISBN-10 | 0316505374 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0316505376 | | Item Weight | 12 ounces | | Language | English | | Print length | 417 pages | | Publication date | June 27, 2017 | | Publisher | Redhook | ## Images ![Badlands (Sawbones, 3) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91TG2FC9p6L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sawbones *by M***N on August 26, 2024* What an intense read! Not for the faint of heart, but, such a compelling story you just can’t stop reading and pulling for the main characters to finally have a life together. Worth all of the emotions this book triggers. A must read. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Worthy final book in this genre-busting feminist-thriller-Western series *by M***R on August 7, 2017* WESTERN/HISTORICAL THRILLER Melissa Lenhardt Badlands Redhook Paperback, 978-0-3165-0537-6, (also available as an e-book, an audiobook, and on Audible), 416 pgs., $15.99 June 27, 2017 SPOILER ALERT: Badlands is the third book in a trilogy. Proceed at your own risk. Laura Kindle (previously Laura Elliston, originally Dr. Catherine Bennett) is on the run again from the law, Pinkertons, and bounty hunters, after the arrest of her husband, William Kindle. She and St. Louis madam Rosemond Barclay, who claims to be helping Laura at William’s behest, wash up practically penniless in the quintessential Western boomtown of Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory. Rosemond is determined to go legit, joining proper society and leaving her past behind; Laura waits to hear news of William’s court martial, creating yet another identity in another new place. But the past catches up to both women, and Laura knows she must finally confront the New York murder charge against her or forever be a dependent pawn in other people’s games. Badlands is the final installment in Melissa Lenhardt’s historical thriller trilogy, the first of which, Sawbones (2016), I hailed as “a thoroughly original, smart and satisfying hybrid, perhaps a new subgenre: the feminist Western.” Badlands, worthy of the established characters and ethos, does not disappoint. Laura’s first-person narrative begins with Lenhardt’s characteristic bang. Apart from the middle third when the pace flags along with Laura’s resolve, reflecting her exhaustion and despair, the action is fast, the plot twists frequent. Though Lenhardt does a good job of integrating necessary facts from the two previous books, Badlands does not stand alone; to get the full effect you should begin at the beginning. A novels-within-the-novels device is a welcome, humorous touch of tongue-in-cheek. As always, a shout-out is due for the cover art and design of this trilogy. All three novels are gorgeous. Lenhardt’s characters are diverse and complex. Her women and their friendships get the attention they have always deserved but so rarely receive. Prodigious research is evident in the language, settings, and situations. An unsettling many of the era’s convictions regarding social justice and gender roles remain (bizarrely) controversial today. Lenhardt also breaks out vivid similes: “Between hands I would catch sight of Salter sitting across the room at a poker table, the prostitute draped over his shoulder like a poncho.” Like a poncho. Badlands is every bit as tough and raw as the American Wild West (which smells of “body odor, blood, horse sweat, manure, and new lumber”) and proves more authentic as it denies the genre its myths and tropes, unsparingly exposing the options of women of the era with an unflinching eye. Badlands is not for the faint of heart; Lenhardt seems to be trying to shock us, but it doesn’t feel egregious—it feels like bold truth-telling. Originally published in Lone Star Literary Life. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent!! Great Ending to a Great Series!! *by S***G on September 21, 2017* Do not wonder any longer what your next escape read will be. Make it the entire Sawbones series/ you won't be disappointed! This final offering for the series definitely brings things round to a satisfying conclusion. Remember how much you loved little badass Maddie in True Grit? Well Laura Kindle is the new #feministwestern who is as foul mouthed and smart and tough as Claire Frazier (and stubborn as Maddie), and William Kindle is just as dreamy and man enough to handle it as James Frazier. And the West is as violent as you know is true, while the East must be navigated with as much care as a rattlesnake in your bed blanket. And this narrator is superb (except for the Native and Spanish mispronunciations but there are none in this book). 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