Review: Interesting read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 1, 2013
In Plundering the Till; Ken Brimhall creates a mystery story filled with suspense.  Ken uses setting to help build the story by adding comprehensive elements that give the reader understanding and insight into the story. These details make the setting seem more real thus making the characters seems like real people.Ty is not the sit back and wait for news, or cower in the corner and hope nothing bad is going to happen. Ty works for the newspaper and is looking or a good story.  This sometimes means he finds himself right in the middle of the action.Phil has a family to think about and avoiding confrontation is the method he uses to keep them safe. Phil is a teacher who is married to a lovely woman he met while in the Peace Corp. A member of Phil's wife's extended family is murdered because of his activism in Guatemala.Ty and Phil are friends. Ty seems to be taking the same path as Phil's wife's family member. Phil fears Ty will bring danger to his door even though he is doing his best to avoid it.These two characters (among others), live in South Texas where they each struggle in their own ways to survive in a world where political conflict and corruption are out of control.What happens to Phil, and what has happened to Ty? To find out read Plundering the Till.In Plundering the Till Ken uses detailed descriptions to give the reader a sense of not only the environment, but the feeling or emotion of the story. This style of writing draws the reader in and makes the story seem more real and less fiction.If you are looking or a fast paced action story this would not be the story for you, but it you want an story where you feels real and is captivating than this would be the story for you.