Bearskin
Rice Moore is just beginning to think his troubles are behind him He s found a job protecting a remote forest preserve in Virginian Appalachia where his main responsibilities include tracking wildlife and refurbishing cabins It s hard work, and totally solitary perfect to hide away from the Mexican drug cartels he betrayed back in Arizona But when Rice finds the carcass of a bear killed on the grounds, the quiet solitude he s so desperately sought is suddenly at risk.More bears are killed on the preserve and Rice s obsession with catching the poachers escalates, leading to hostile altercations with the locals and attention from both the law and Rice s employers Partnering with his predecessor, a scientist who hopes to continue her research on the preserve, Rice puts into motion a plan that could expose the poachers but risks revealing his own whereabouts to the dangerous people he was running from in the first place.James McLaughlin expertly brings the beauty and danger of Appalachia to life The result is an elemental, slow burn of a novel one that will haunt you long after you turn the final page. 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McLaughlin – kino-fada.fr The giant trees were like dormant gods, vibrating with something he couldn t name, not quite sentience, each one different from the others, each telling its own centuries long story On the forest floor, chestnut logs dead since the blight had rotted into chest high berms soft with thick mosses, whispering quietly Something called out and he turned to face a looming tulip tree, gnarled and bent like an old man, hollowed out by rot, lightning, ancient fires His skin tingled Rice Moore felt t The giant trees were like dormant gods, vibrating with something he couldn t name, not quite sentience, each one different from the others, each telling its own centuries long story On the forest floor, chestnut logs dead since the blight had rotted into chest high berms soft with thick mosses, whispering quietly Something called out and he turned to face a looming tulip tree, gnarled and bent like an old man, hollowed out by rot, lightning, ancient ...This is a literary humdinger of a thriller Set in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia, Rice Moore is a man with a dangerous past As the caretaker of a nature preserve he seems to have found the perfect place to hide Living an isolated and almost hermetic existence with his past seemingly behind him, Moore becomes involved in trying to stop a bear poaching ring that is operating on the preserve Sounds straightforward doesn t it It isn t The writing is absolutely sublimeatmospheric, evo This is a literary humdinger of a thriller Set in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia, Rice Moore is a man with a dangerous past As the caretaker of a nature preserve he seems to have found the perfect place t...NOW AVAILABLE this is a fine, meaty debut it s grit lit literary enough to drop words like extispicy, but gritty enough to include an anecdote that made me, long leatherskinned against book violence, wince it takes place deep in the virginia part of the appalachians, where a man named rice moore has been working for six months, appreciating the seclusion of his new home No other human being lived within miles Rice presided alone over seven thousand acres of private nature preserve he wa NOW AVAILABLE this is a fine, meaty debut it s grit lit literary enough to drop words like extispicy, but gritty enough to include an anecdote that made me, long leatherskinned against book violence, wince it takes place deep in the virginia part of the appalachians, where a man named rice moore has been working for six months, appreciating the seclusion of his new home No other human being lived within miles Rice presided alone over seven thousand acres of private nature preserve he was the caretaker, the science tech He drove the John Deere tractor He d exaggerated his construction experience on the job application, probably one reason they d hired a guy with his record That and the fact he was a qualified biological science technician who looked like he could take care of himself He d agreed to do the work on the cabin so th...3 5 A rural, raw slow burn eco thriller taking place in the Appalachian MountainsRice Moore has left his past behind to become a caretaker at the Turk Mountain Preserve deep in the Appalachian Mountains The locals are skeptical of him as he works for what they call wealthy outsiders His predecessor, a woman, was raped while on the job, leaving him consciously aware and skittish of any movements around his living quart...This is a literary humdinger of a thriller Set in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia, Rice Moore is a man with a dangerous past As the caretaker of a nature preserve he seems to have found the perfect place to hide from a drug cartel Living an isolated and almost hermetic existence, Moore becomes a vigilante as he tries to stop a bear poaching ring operating on the preserve Sounds s...This was an awesome read I live in Virginia so I had the added bonus that a good part of the book takes place there I have had an odd fascination with bears I actually self research interaction between bears and humans in my spare time because they fascinate me I m a research psychologist so I like to do research even in my spare time So the bear aspect of the book was sad to read about the huntin...A debut book The storyline contained a great idea for a book Rice worked for one of the Mexican cartels, turned on the cartel and staged his own disappearance to a remote game preserve to save himself He finds peace in the preserve but that is interrupted when poachers begin killing bears.Now, that is a si...DNF at 35% Writing is good just having trouble connecting.This is not quite what I d expected.It s a genre blend of drug cartel thriller, Appalachian grit lit with some paranormal folkloric realism, and redemption tale but it s not mixed so well as to create a single, seamless story there are definite chunks of genre floating throughout Choking hazards abound.Rice Moore Rick Morton, 34, is on the run from Mexican drug cartels and is hiding as a caretaker for a large private preserve in the backwoods of Virginia The woman who was there before him, a This is not quite what I d expected.It s a genre blend of drug cartel thriller, Appalachian grit lit with some paranormal folkloric realism, and redemption tale but it s not mixed so well as to create a single, seamless story there are definite chunks of genre floating throughout Choking hazards abound.Rice Moore Rick Morton, 34, is on the run from Mexican drug cartels and is hiding as a caretaker for a large private preserve in the backwoods of Virginia The woman who was there before him, a blonde named Sarah, was using the local paper to publish her environmental opinions and, story goes, the locals got pissed off view spoiler , kidnapped her, raped and beat her, then left her for dead She survived and high tailed it out of the area hide spoiler Rice Rick has picked up where she left off and in doing so, becomes a little enad with his predecessor.He also studies the local culture, both as a means o...This was an incredible read I wasn t sure what I would end up thinking of it but the last 100 pages or so sealed the deal for me Bearskin is an intense thriller and the author does an amazing job transport...
- English
- 10 December 2018 James A. McLaughlin
- ebook
- 352 pages
- 0062742817
- James A. McLaughlin
- Bearskin