Review: Arizona mystery
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 25, 2013
I found this to be an enjoyable but not terribly intense story.  I lived in Arizona for years and have been amazed by the many misconceptions people hold regarding the state and it's culture(s).  For example,I recently read a book that described Flagstaff as being a hot arid desert community - it is actually located at a high altitude in an area of National forests and is considerably cooler and snowier than Denver.  The description of Ajo is accurate both in terms of climate and people.  I don't know how this got tagged as "religious" and "Christian" the tags seem inappropriate to me.  As a result of the tags there are some reviewers complaining about the lack of Christian messages and another claiming the book is just a hoax to spread the Mormon message.  My perception is that there is no "Mormon message" here, the comments in the book are similar to the references to Catholic churches likely to be found in novels set in Rome.  Arizona in general is populated by a lot of LDS (Mormom) people and as such it is part of Arizona life for people of all religious affiliations.  I wish someone had thought to tell me this before I hosted my first social gathering in Arizona as I was unaware that I should make sure to have plenty of juices, non-caffeinated, and non-alcoholic beverages.  This is a good book, don't let reviewer comments about the presence or absence of religious messages scare you away unless you purposely choose only books with strong Christian messages.