pickThe title of this book couldn‘t have been better. This is one of Percival Everett‘s earlier novels and it reads like a literary thriller. Protagonist Ogden Walker is deputy sheriff in a small town, solving crimes and driving around. I knew there had to be more to it - this is Everett after all. So I started making assumptions.
What a clever book. Read it!
pickNew Mexico, 1930s. Georgia O‘Keefe,staying in an adobe dwelling at Ghost Ranch,is thoroughly engrossed in the interplay between light & shadows as she paints in the predawn, captivating landscape.In the distance she observes a curious shape & upon investigating,discovers a slain monk in a car.This sets the stage for her involvement in a murder inquiry.Ultimately a German espionage plot is uncovered.The authors descriptions of Georgia‘s desert🔽
pickI like the slow pace and the sense of place in this book.🌵
pickStill needing a book set in #NewMexico for this year, I jumped into this supernatural thriller. Forensics photographer Rita Todacheene shares a talent for photography with both her grandmother and mother. But Rita‘s eyes capture more than film can… she sees ghosts. While some are benign, the book‘s opening and brutal crime scene comes with a ghost desperate for justice. With cinematic flair, this makes for an exciting debut to a new series!
pickThis novel is well written and the characters and plot seem very feasible. The pace is slow/medium. The setting is around the White Sands Missile Range. The characters go back and forth over the US-Mexican border. The climate and regions are well defined by the author. I gave the book 4/5
so-soAnother free kindle book for my work book club. This one wasn‘t my favorite- I don‘t like the extremely confrontational person gets murdered and the mc is a suspect thing. I did like the setting and that the mc was a mom to teens though.
