Review: Too Close To Home....
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 18, 2013
Wellhasuer has masterfully blended political intrigue, crime drama, and dystopian literature in When Dogs Could Talk. This book is both a suspenseful yarn and a cautionary tale that is sure to appeal to readers of many different genres.The writing is terse, but it is also very descriptive and evocative. By the second chapter, the reader is pulled into Charlie Harris's nightmare. Harris is a veteran reporter who has seen a lot, but unprepared for what he finds at the scene of a horrendous crime. As bad as this grisly murder appears, it is only the tip of the ice berg.The murderers have left their signature - a white rose - suggesting that the murder was a terrorist act. But as Harris continues to investigate, he begins to suspect that the motive is more complex than it first appeared, and that he himself is being set up as part of a larger plot. Meanwhile the pressure mounts for Harris to find answers before he is the next target.The whole story is told against a backdrop of civil unrest, corruption, and political intrigue. Though the scenario is more extreme than what we face today in the west at this moment - it is not hard to imagine as near-future in our own country if certain trends are not stopped. Like the best dystopian fiction, the mirror is being held up to our own society.I am certainly interested in picking up more of the author's work.