Fiction requires a suspension of disbelief, and history buffs will have to do a lot of suspending with Mary Doria Russell’s Doc. What is this need to have Kate at Doc’s side when he shuffles off this mortal coil? But that said, this is a well-written page turner. Doc’s voice sounds authentic, and the plot has the ring of truth. What the heck—suspend your disbelief and enjoy.
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Mark Boardman is the features editor for True West Magazine as well as the editor of The Tombstone Epitaph. He also serves as pastor for Poplar Grove United Methodist Church in Indiana.