Book description
Sometimes a simple walk down memory lane can be terrifying.In Whistler's Grove, where things are never what they seem, a look behind the veil can be deceiving. Newly elected sheriff August Melville is about to get an unwanted look into his past. Returning to the halls of his childhood elementary…
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1 author picked Forgotten Shadows as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Another mystery with heavy overlays of the paranormal, Mertz’s spare, tight prose and down-to-earth characters are evocative of Cormac McCarthy. It’s also a bit of a period piece, set in eastern Oregon in the 1980s.
His selective employment of technology and cultural markers gives the period elements life as characters in the story.
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