Don Bredes

This is the third book Bredes has written with the main character Hector Bellevance in it, but don't let that keep you from reading it--the story carries itself beautifully. Hector is a cool headed farmer these days, as well as town constable in a small Vermont town, though he was once a big city detective. This comes in handy when, after an auto accident leaves his wife in a comma, Hector finds that there is more than bad driving in the other man's history--a history cut short by being murdered two days later. The path to the answers involves sex offenders, drug dealers, Hell's Angels, federal agents both in the open and undercover, kidnapping, meth labs and a whole bunch of chickens and flies. There are interesting twists and turns and not a whole lot of emotion involved in this hard boiled back country tale of crime and punishment. I think fans of Lee Child's Reacher will especially take a shine to Hector.… (més)