Upbeat Book Talk

Land of my Sojourn by Richard Trice

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, wi...