Book Recommendation
Act of Contrition by Richard Trice, A Trent Carter novel
Introduced in 2018, this is the author's debut novel.Unlike anything else I've recommended or reviewed here, I have a personal connection with the author. We know each other. Rick has been the pastor of a church, he's an accomplished musician, and he has a deep interest in history, including local history. Like so many of us he finally decided to fulfill a long time ambition and write something in a genre he personally enjoys, in this case a mystery thriller.
This is not your light mystery read. In soft cover format it's almost 490 pages long with a rather complicated plot line of several murders committed over a long period of time, involving more than two generations of people affected by them. The entire scenario swings back and forth between the end of WWII and the present day, takng place in an area Rick knows, loves, and researched in-depth; northern New Mexico.
It is gritty but not profane, with Trent Carter as an extremely unlikely, shall we say, hero. Carter finds himself caught up in something that will either destroy him completely or make life worth living again.
Interested yet? Act of Contrition is a very fascinating story of good versus evil, repentance, redemption, and starting over again.
Richard is going to be my guest blogger on the next post where he shares a typical day spent writing his second Trent Carter mystery.
Not a big mystery fan unless it is written by you! I do enjoy biographies/autobiographies. I'm reading and enjoying your recommendation "A Girl with No Name." I'm at the point where the girl leaves the jungle. Her time living among the monkeys is unbelievable.Could someone make this stuff up? Probably not. As unreal as it seems it does ring true. Thank you for the recommendation.
ReplyDeleteWe all have our reading preferences for sure. Thanks for your plug for mine!
DeleteWe read The Girl With No Name as a book club selection some time ago, and the reaction was often the same: could this be true? But we saw a video of an interview with the author, and no one doubted after that. For myself, there were details throughout that rang too true to be doubted.