In the Silence of Decay
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4.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
2024 IPPY Gold Medal Winner, Best Regional Fiction: West Mountain
2024 Eric Hoffer Book Awards Category Finalist Mystery/Crime
2024 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards Finalist: Crime Fiction
New Mexico, 1979: After a career in the military as a CID detective, all James Pinter wants to do is drive his rig and mind his own damn business. But when his daughter, Molly, finds a dead woman behind a gas station and a disabled boy at her side, he's forced to reckon with his former life. The State Police record the death as an overdose—just another drug addict from the reservation—but James can't ignore the clues they're conveniently overlooking.
Reluctant to get involved but fearing for the boy's life, James shares his suspicions with the Navajo Nation. The victim's sister, desperate for answers, insists on James's help. But the more James investigates, the further he and Molly are dragged into a world of drugs and corruption, big money and explosive secrets.
When James's life is threatened, he knows he ought to leave town and take Molly with him. But he won't abandon the innocent. Not after what happened at My Lai.
Customer Reviews
Loved it!
This book was one I didn’t want to put down once I started it. I really liked the relationship between James and Molly - how he realized his mistake in not being in her life and trying to include and educate her while keeping her safe and her power to forgive.
The friendships they form with the people they interact with while trying to solve what happened to Linda are lifelong. It’s beautiful to see such relationships grow and evolve.
As far as the mystery of the investigation goes there are several facets to it. Each must be figured out to truly determine what’s happening and what’s happened. Though I had my suspicions from the start the author kept me on my toes before truly coming to the outcome of the investigation.
With so much happening in the story there was never a dull moment.
I was lucky enough to receive an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.