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Bezig met laden... Mortal Fall (2016)door Christine Carbo
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.  hmonkeyreads | Jan 25, 2024 |    ) SusanBraxton | Oct 8, 2023 | The story was from the perspective of Monty who worked hard to make a positive life for himself after growing up in a difficult family. There is a very good portrayal of his mother, who is mentally ill, and the impact it has on the family. The story develops slowly and there are many details about Monty’s life and the investigation that some people may find tedious but I enjoyed it. The characters were believable, I could relate and sympathize with Monty and the ending was bittersweet. I will be reading more from this author. (  ) gaylebutz | Aug 11, 2021 | A body is found down a cliff just off a popular hiking trail. Although it was clear that the person fell, he was an experienced back country researcher. There are no signs that he tried to break his fall. His research might have resulted in wolverines being put on the endangered species list, a controversial move which would eliminate wolverine trapping and possibly limit use of public land. While park officer Monty Harris is investigating the first body, he finds a body of a second man nearby. This body was clearly on the site before the researcher’s body. What could have linked these two men? The investigation takes Monty into his own troubled past. His older brother still lives in the area and may or may not know more about Monty’s childhood friend who mysteriously disappeared after a prank gone wrong by the older brother. Monty’s father is an alcoholic; his mother was often immobilized by mental illness. His brother spent part of his teen years in a wilderness type school for troubled youth. The writing is beautiful, especially the descriptions of Glacier National Park and the surrounding wilderness areas. I enjoyed the environmental and wildlife issues. The mystery itself was less compelling, and I felt that the ending had pulled a rabbit out of a hat. (  ) streamsong | Jul 6, 2021 | Maybe I’m alone in this as a reader and a writer, but I feel there’s a huge distinction between sentences that leave you breathless due to beautifully crafted language and those that leave you breathless due to magnificently crafted suspense. It’s hard for the two to meet. Not impossible, but hard. The good news is that over the course of the hundreds of pages of a novel, there’s a time and a place for both. Reading is like breathing. When the tension mounts, the sentences, like our breathes, need to become shorter – quick, simple and easy, with nothing to take the reader out of the zone. Wordiness bogs the reader down, slowing their pace, their breathing, their heartbeat. It brings them back to reality, and who wants that? I enjoyed this book, but found it a little too slow because of the good writing. Is that a valid complaint? Carbo in a new author and I have a feeling she’s got wonderful things in store for her readers. I love reading about Montana’s wilderness and Glacier National Park. 4-4.5 stars. ( ) ShannonHollinger | Feb 15, 2021 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"A wildlife biologist's shocking death leads to chilling discoveries about a home for troubled teens in Christine Carbo's haunting and compelling new crime novel set in the wilds of Glacier National Park. Glacier National Park police officer Monty Harris knows that each summer at least one person--be it a reckless, arrogant climber or a distracted hiker--will meet tragedy in the park. But Paul "Wolfie" Sedgewick's fatal fall from the sheer cliffs near Going-To-the-Sun Road is incomprehensible. Wolfie was an experienced and highly regarded wildlife biologist who knew all too well the perils that Glacier's treacherous terrain presents--and how to avoid them. The case, so close to home, has frayed park employee emotions. Yet calm and methodical lead investigator Monty senses in his gut that something isn't right. So when whispers of irresponsibility or suicide emerge, tarnishing Wolfie's reputation, Monty dedicates himself to uncovering the truth, for the sake of the man's family and to satisfy his own persistent sense of unease. Monty discovers that Wolfie's zealous studies of Glacier's mysterious, embattled wolverine population, so vital to park ecology, had met resistance, both local and federal. To muddy the waters further, a wilderness facility for rehabilitating troubled teens--one that Monty's older brother attended--may have a disturbing connection to the case. As Monty delves further into an investigation that goes deeper than he ever imagined, he wrestles with the demons of his past, which lead back to harsh betrayals he thought he'd buried long ago. And then a second body is found"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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This had quite a lot of non-mystery family drama as well as the central whodunnit and as long as this series continues that is good use of space but only if the series continues. (