Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. It may be that but it’s wonderfully insightful.This article needs additional citations for verification. The portrayal of characters is as big a part of this story as the mystery plot. Observers of human nature as well as readers who enjoy a well-constructed murder mystery. 60 – Kindle Location 407.Įvil, truth, community, relationships (we watch some beautiful interactions between hairdresser Louise and her husband Byron, insurance salesman Randy and his wife Sue-Anne, and farmer Joe and his wife Rose). Taste was not the point-this coffee was kick in the pants to get a person out the door to work” – p. ![]() After a cup of this stuff, he’d be out there plowing fields himself, probably with his bare hands. ![]() "He’d had straight-up horseradish that wasn’t this bitter. “He held the cup up close to his mouth and inhaled enough to get a few drops of the coffee itself. ![]() Here’s Wade’s impression of the coffee Rose Esterhouse serves Wade on his visit to the home of board chairman Joe Esterhouse: I also enjoyed the writing, which is funny, observant, clever, and seasoned with generous amounts of homey wisdom. But very quickly I got used to it and really enjoyed the challenge of figuring out through whose eyes I was seeing things moment to moment. I found it a challenging read at first as I jumped from one head to another without even any extra space left in the text to indicate a move. I love the way Robertson tells the story-through the points of view of the six individuals on the Board of Supervisors. Who’s really behind it? How will it impact Wardsville’s quaint image and quainter businesses? Will the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors actually pass it? And who is so determined to have his way, he’s killing people to get it? The board will make their final decision at their December meeting. I wish the author had a website, because I was left with a couple of questions I'd love to ask him.Ī proposed highway connecting tony Gold Valley to petrified Wardsville galvanizes Jefferson County residents and has everyone taking sides for and against. I cared about the characters, and kept turning pages because I wanted to see how they'd end up voting.Īn unexpected twist at the end took me completely by surprise. I came to admire the characterization even though it was approached in a way I'm not used to, because I could tell who was speaking by their speech patterns. But the narrative sections are well written, and the personality of each character is distinct, unique, and consistent. The dialogue sections have very little narrative interspersed, so during conversations it's hard to tell what the characters are thinking, which distracted me at first. The writing style is totally unlike books I normally read, and for that reason it took me a while to get into the story. This is the first of Robertson's books I've read, and I enjoyed it. Opinions are strong on both sides - and someone cares enough about the result to start killing off members of the board. The 5 members of the town's board of supervisors (like the town council)are swept into the tension between those in favor of the road, and those against. ![]() A small North Carolina town has a big opportunity - state funding to build a controversial road over a difficult mountain pass.
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