Lone Women by Victor LaValle

Lone Women (2023) by Victor LaValle is a historical slow burn horror set in 1915 Montana. After losing her parents, Adelaide Henry travels alone from California to settle a claim of land in Montana supplied with very little - namely the heavy burden she has carried all her life. The detail into a setting that was new to me - the west in general, especially pre-Depression - was enough to catch my attention until the story caught fire and burned the rest up. I didn't know a story set in a town without indoor plumbing could really have "everything" but I learned quick. I would suggest this to those who are historical-fiction-curious yet uninterested in period romances about fancy dress and tall hairstyles. Massively impressed, I will definitely be picking up another Victor LaValle title.