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Chargement... Red Hatchet Falls: A Winston Radhauser Mystery: #7par Susan Clayton-Goldner
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Appartient à la série
Fiction.
Mystery.
Suspense.
Thriller.
HTML: The idyllic town of Ashland is nestled in the foothills of Siskiyou Mountains. Locals often describe it as a little bit of England set down in Southern Oregon. Yet amidst the historic craftsman bungalows, the world-renown Shakespeare theaters, and the lush, manicured gardens in Lithia Park, something evil lurks. While walking his pet raccoon, 72-year-old Homer Sullivan spots something shiny sparkling in the leaves near Ashland Creek. Thinking it might be something valuable, he hurries over to retrieve it, hoping he'll become someone's hero. He panics when he discovers it's a diamond ring and it's attached to a severed hand. He must find Detective Radhauser and fast. Winston Radhauser has always searched for the truth. Set just eight months post 9-11, a young Islamic family is terrorized, and the severed hand is only the beginning. This time, Radhauser is tested to his limits, but will the truth devastate him? .Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
Auteur LibraryThingSusan Clayton-Goldner est un auteur LibraryThing, c'est-à-dire un auteur qui catalogue sa bibliothèque personnelle sur LibraryThing. Discussion en coursAucunCouvertures populaires
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A Winston Radhauser Mystery #7
Winston Radhauser, often called Wind, is a husband, father and homicide detective. He often has to leave his family duties behind to go to crime scenes but his relationship with wife and children is strong and loving. When he is called away from his daughter’s little league game he is not thrilled and even when he sees the severed hand that has brought him in to work he is wishing he could have stayed to see the end of the game. Putting those feelings aside he immediately is on the job searching for the body that belongs to the hand.
This is definitely a police procedural who done it sort of story but it also deals with issues of bullying, racial profiling, bigotry, religious intolerance, post 9-11 fear, hate, child abuse, revenge and more. This was not always an easy book to read but it made me think and care and wish the world was a better place than it is for so many in the world. I cringed at the politically incorrect terms some characters verbalized and yet realize that it is probably just as common today as it was in 2002 when this story took place.
What I liked:
* The reality of the story
* The way Wind went in to address bullying in the school once he heard about it
* The relationship between Radhauser and his family
* The unflinching look at and handling of big issues
* The children
* The red herrings were plausible
* The writing – felt I was there
* Pretty much all of it
What I didn’t like:
* Only that it made me wish people did not have to suffer what they sometimes do.
Thank you to the author for the ARC – This is my honest review.
5 Stars (