Ma French bumped along the snow-covered two-track in her dilapidated GMC Jimmy, her golden retriever Roxy peering attentively out of the windshield. She slowed to a crawl and turned into a two-track that had been flattened by snowmobiles.
The Cruelest Month ~ by Aaron Stander, 2012, thriller, 262 pages
Winter is starting to loosen its grip on Cedar County along the shores of northern Lake Michigan. The first hints of green are becoming visible on the edges of the receding snowpack. On the inland lakes, the layers of ice that started forming in late November and December are slowly subsiding.
The search for morel mushrooms is still three or four weeks off. But this year there is other treasure to hunt. Vincent Fox, an octogenarian, has self-published a book, Al Capone’s Michigan: The Secret Lost Treasure. Following the descriptions in the book, some of the locals are beginning to scour the beaches with shovels and metal detectors. When Fox suddenly goes missing, Sheriff Ray Elkins and Detective Sue Lawrence are confronted by a complex web of fact and fiction to sort through, and along the way they discover new information to a decades old unsolved murder.
Interesting beginning. I'd definitely keep reading to find out where they were going.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like a good read. Thanks for sharing this one and happy Friday!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a very intriguing book and the beginning definitely caught my eye with its vivid and detailed description! Thanks for sharing and I hope you have a lovely weekend :) Juli @ A Universe in Words
ReplyDeleteSounds like a real fun book with an 80 year old at its center. Love it.
ReplyDeleteMy novel this week is DEACON KING KONG The book is as good as the title!