revenants
~Rosemary Fifield, TopShelf Reviews
plane crash once again serves as
the catalyst, a plane this time
carrying enough cocaine to cover
an entire season of the classic
Miami Vice TV show. Our (dark)
heroes Zack, Steve and Curt
happen upon the stash while
hunting in the hinterlands of
Montana—a deft touch, given
they’re about to become hunted
themselves by cops, killers and
cartels alike. All of a sudden, the
found money that’s the answer to
all their problems becomes the
source of far more. At its best,
which is most of the time, Bond’s
latest reads like a less showy and
manipulative No Country for Old
Men. A simple story at its heart that
warps into a splendid morality tale,
Snow is wrapped as tightly as a
Christmas bow and just as much fun
as what’s inside the box.
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unearthing the soldier’s life story, the
girl comes to realize the significance
of honoring her brother’s memory by
living her own life to the fullest. This
absorbing book takes the reader into
the trenches of WWI as well as into
the hearts and minds of the characters
who have lost loved ones in Vietnam or
WWI. We witness the pain experienced
by siblings, the despair and heartbreak
of parents, and the anguish of
girlfriends and fiancés who still suffer
decades later. We can only try to
imagine the hell of being trapped in
what remains of a body after horrifying
injuries that render one unable to hear,
see, walk, or communicate. At the same
time, we watch the human spirit
fight back, overcome, and go on.
This is not a light or happy book,
but it is a book well worth reading.
This absorbing
book takes the
reader into the
trenches of WWI
as well as into
the hearts and
minds of the
characters! In an
Ohio hospital in
Scott Kauffman
1973, an
unknown veteran
of World War I is secreted away in a
hidden room. Meanwhile, a teen-
aged candy striper working in that
hospital has recently lost her brother
in Viet Nam and is now making bad
decisions that threaten to derail her
future. When she accidentally
discovers the hideously injured old
soldier, she decides she will get him
home to his family before he dies. No
one seems to know who he is or
where he comes from, except for one
person who has good reason to keep
him hidden. In the process of
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A BOOK WELL WORTH
READING!
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~Jon Land, TopShelf Reviews
snow
A SIMPLE STORY THAT
WARPS INTO A SPLENDID
MORALITY TALE!
Mike Bond
This being the
month for gritty
noir, let’s turn
next to Snow by
Mike Bond, a
book that hits
many of the
same notes as
Scott Smith’s
sterling A
Simple Plan. A
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