Back in September I reminded you of The Drifter Detective. Last month I reminded you of the second book in the series, Hell Up In Houston. Today I remind you of the third book in the series, The Girls of Bunker Pines. It appears that the eBook is no longer available and the print is only available via third parties at an insane price.
After you read the reviews, make sure you head over to
Patti Abbott’s blog as well as
Aubrey Nye Hamilton’s Happiness Is A Warm Book blog and see what they
suggest today. Todd Mason is back collecting links so you will have even more
suggestions on his Sweet Freedom blog
later.
It began
with The Drifter Detective and continued on with Hell Up In Houston and now
traveling private investigator Jack Laramie is back in The Girls of Bunker
Pines. It is 1956 in Kilgore, Texas as a hail storm pulls Jack Laramie from an
intense dream of his B-17 being shot down over Germany during the war. While he
is back home and has pretty much adjusted to civilian life by wandering across
Texas in his Desoto hitched to a horse trailer while working as a private
investigator, the nightmares of war persist from time to time. His normal
solution of downing a couple of shots won’t work this night as he is on a
surveillance job outside a traveling church revival led by pastor Dalton
Byrnes.
He may
have fallen asleep, but it is clear that nothing much is going on. The pastor may be a lot of things, but he
isn’t having sex with his client’s wife. Though she does seem very interested
even if the attention is not reciprocated. While one case seems to be drawing
to a close, Jack’s being there has led him to meeting Joe Crewes. One look at
Joe and Jack knows he sees a fellow veteran with his own demons. Joe Crewes served in Korea and has a very
complicated case for Jack Laramie if he is interested.
What follows is a complicated tale set in 1956 interspersed with Jack’s memories of flying in a B-17, being shot down over Germany, and the aftermath. Those flashback sections are intense and are skillfully woven into the main storyline of a client who may or may not be helped by Jack. The Girls of Bunker Pines: The Drifter Detective Series is another solidly good read that works on all levels all the way to the end. While it would obviously be best to read the series in order, one could read this as a standalone before going back and picking up the other installments of so desired. Author Garnett Elliott puts you in the moment with Jack and does not let go till the very end.
Material
supplied by the publisher in exchange for my objective review.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2014, 2020
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