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Bezig met laden... The Weight of Night (2017)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 |   Amid fire season in the park, a young boy vacationing with his parents disappears. Park investigaor, Monty Harris, and a secondary character from both The Wild Inside and Mortal Fall, Gretchen Larson, who is a crime scene investigator, work to find the boy. Along the way, we learn a lot more about Gretchen and her past. The story is told in alternating chapters by Monty and Gretchen so we really get to know these two characters in more depth. Both have pasts that really add to the story. Gretchen has a sleep disorder. She believes she has it under control, but it erupts as the fires begin to consume areas surrounding her home in Whitefish, Montana. She desperately would like to keep her disorder private, and goes to great lengths to do so at the expense of relationships and personal happiness. One of the most interesting things about this series is that Glacier Park is the main character. In book one, The Wild Inside, the main investigator is Ted Systead, who lost his father to a bear attack years earlier. Monty Harris assists and then becomes the main character of book two, Mortal Fall. In this book, Gretchen becomes a major character. I can't wait to see who becomes the focus in book 4, Sharp Solitude. Carbo creates a vivid setting and is wonderful at weaving the world of nature into a stunning mystery. If you enjoy books by Nevada Barr and C. J. Pickett, I recommend you try Christine Carbo who is an expert at telling a story set against one of America’s most majestic and unforgiving landscapes. WTR 1095 (  ) Olivermagnus | Jul 2, 2020 |  ) Bookmarque | May 22, 2018 | A pair of large and dangerous forest fires are burning in the park. As the fire fighters work excavating the firebreak they cut open a shallow grave, exposing the skeleton of a young man buried 14 years before. Gretchen Larson is the initial forensic investigator and, because it is on Park Service land, Officer Harris is the officer initially in charge. The investigation can wait, though, because there are greater worries. First the fires that threaten farms and towns, and second because a boy has gone missing while camping with his parents. The FBI arrives, and the State Police, and Officer Harris is pretty much sidelined. There are several stories running through this well-plotted mystery. In the present we have the questions of the body in the grave and how did he get there. Then the disappearance of the boy from the campground. With these, we also learn about Gretchen's past and the guilt that nearly crushes her. We learn about Monty, who is an uncommonly good man. This is a good story and well plotted. I had a little trouble with Ms Carbo's voice as a writer. Her sentences are a bit overly precise, for my taste, and this interfered with the pacing and flow of the text. If that kind of thing doesn't bother you then this is a pretty good book. I received a review copy of "The Weight of Night: Glacier Mystery Series Book 3" by Christine Carbo (Atria) through NetGalley.com. (  ) Dokfintong | Jul 8, 2017 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"In the magnificent and brutal terrain of Glacier National Park, a devastating forest fire reveals a long ago crime that may be connected to the recent disappearance of a young boy, from the award-winning author of The Wild Inside and Mortal Fall--perfect for fans of Nevada Barr and C.J. Box. In a land sculpted by glaciers, the forest is on fire. Thick smoke chokes the mountain air and casts a twilight glow over the imposing mountains and vistas of Montana's Glacier National Park. When firefighters are called in to dig fuel line breaks near the small town bordering the park, a crewmember is shocked to unearth a shallow grave containing human remains. Park Police Officer Monty Harris is summoned to the site to conduct an excavation. But with a 2,500-degree incendiary monster threatening to barrel through the town and no forensic detective on hand, Monty must work outside protocol. So he seeks help from Gretchen Larson, the county's lead crime scene investigator, and someone on whom Monty feels he can rely. The two are working against the clock to determine the true identity of the victim when a teenager suddenly disappears from one of the campgrounds in Glacier. Could the cases somehow be connected? As chances for recovery of the missing boy grow slimmer and the FBI finds only dead ends, Gretchen and Monty desperately race to fit all the pieces together in time. The Weight of Night is Christine Carbo's latest book in a series which "paints a moving picture of complex, flawed people fighting to make their way in a wilderness where little is black or white" (Publishers Weekly). This gripping thriller is a tribute to the power of family, set against one of America's most majestic and unforgiving landscapes"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Core mystery here was good and had added tension because of the wildfires threatening the crime scenes and in the ways it hit close to home for the two main characters.
Looking forward to the next book in this series. (