A New York Times Editors Choice
An Indie Next Pick

A Best Book of the Year
NPR *Washington Post * BookPage
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A Must-Read
People * USA Today * New York PostCosmopolitan * Paste
Stars an unforgettable, not-to-be-messed-with heroine. Marie Claire

An entertaining and enlightening story of how far one woman will go to protect her family. Washington Post

A historical thrill ride. Cosmopolitan

A fresh, winning, and delightful mystery with a warm heart, impish humor, and a heroine who quietly shatters convention. Dallas Morning News

A New York Times best-selling author brings us an exuberant novel inspired by the true adventures of one of our nation s first female crime fighters.

When Constance Kopp and her sisters suffer a run-in with a ruthless, powerful crook, Constance leaves her quiet country life to team up with the local sheriff and exact justice. As a war of bricks, bullets, and threats ensues, Constance realizes that this racketeer s history may be more damning than she thought, but now that she s on the case, he won t get away.

Quick-witted and full of madcap escapades, Girl Waits with Gun is a story of one woman rallying the courage to stand up for and grow into herself with a little help from sisters and sheriffs along the way.

A fine, historically astute novel. New York Times Book Review

Zippy [and] winsome. Los Angeles Times

[A] rollicking western. People

AMY STEWART is the award-winning author of six books, including bestsellers The Drunken Botanist and Wicked Plants. She and her husband live in Eureka, California, where they own a bookstore called Eureka Books.
www.amystewart.com
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