Robert L. reviewed on 9/15/2006 + 96 more book reviews

Arizona Department of Public Safety detective Laura Cardinal goes to Grand Canyon gateway town Williams, Arizona to investigate the murder of two NAU students shot to death in their tent in a campground near town. J. Carson Black tops her first race out of the gate (Darkness on the Edge of Town) with this superthriller made visceral with a suberb story of love gone bad and a well-integrated subplot of ecoterrorists who hijack a government semi-truck carrying plutonium waste. The twists and turns in this subplot draw the reader into surmising the identity of the young couple's killer, only to find out in a gut wrenching climax how the real killer was propelled to commit the crime. One of Black's strengths is the ability to bring characters into a here and now reality that makes the reader live within the book.

Back to all reviews by this member
Back to all reviews of this book
Back to Book Reviews
Back to Book Details