Review: One of the best "freebees" I have read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 17, 2014
A very exciting story. I really enjoyed the dual story lines of the search for the killer of Isaac Cardwell, and the search for a rogue mountain lion that is stalking the ski resort town of Goldstrike CA. Well plotted, very believable characters. I stayed up way later than I should have trying to finish this book!This story also takes an unflinching look at racism. Ron Ketchum is a "recovering" racist and his deputy chief of police is a black, former police officer from LA. The two are close friends who have each earned the respect of the other by laying it on the line for the other when it counted. Now working together in a predominantly white, wealthy, resort town in the Sierra Nevada mountains, they must search for a killer and hunt down a mountain lion that is stalking the town's people.The deceased is a black man who was nailed to a tree in a sick parody of a crucifixion. The specter of racism is soon raised and a curse called down upon the town by the victim's grandmother. It is soon very evident that there are many "closet" racists in the seemingly peaceful and accepting little town.The parallel story lines come to gripping conclusion with a surprise ending on both counts.This is probably one of the best "free" Kindle books I have found so far. Most of the time they are just so so, but I will definitely look for more books by Joseph Flynn and the "Ron Ketchum" mysteries.