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Clayton E Spriggs

Autor/a de Billy: A Tale Of Unrelenting Terror

4 obres 17 Membres 2 Ressenyes

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CLAYTON E. SPRIGGS works as a health care professional in Southeast Louisiana. Married with a son and two stepdaughters, he is an active participant in the Bayou Writer’s Club and a dedicated member of the Who Dat Nation (an avid New Orelans Saints fan). Johnson Road was his first novel.

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I want to thank [a: Clayton E Spriggs|14005877|Clayton E Spriggs|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] for bringing my attention to a free offer he ran for a limited time on his novel [b: Billy: A Tale of Unrelenting Terror|26798762|Billy A Tale Of Unrelenting Terror|Clayton Spriggs|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1442931691s/26798762.jpg|46821606] Renamed "Billy: A Tale of Terror." He asked if I would consider doing a review. In the case of this book, I would have had he not even asked.

I just finished the novel this morning. It is "one of those" where the reader becomes so vested that they do not want to end the journey, but torn to find out what happens at the end.

Southern writers bring something to the table that only others who have sweated in the South, or avoided gator ponds, or had their poodles nearly carried off by mosquitoes can relate to. I was born in California, and moved to the South about forty years ago. I probably would have had trouble imagining the story of Bill La Pierre and his Cajun family.

Had I not been run out of Lufkin, Texas by Hurricane Rita chasing me with 75 m.p.h. winds and waters rising over 30 feet, I may not be able to allow my imagination to grasp the power of wind and water. If I had never attended a crayfish boil, or smelled the red clay and swamps, I may not have a picture, or scent to give to my imagination.

"Billy: A Tale of Terror" is well written. It does have allusion to sex and incest, but it is not graphically displayed. There is a lot of violence, but it is left up to your imagination to fill in the cruelty.

If you want to take a horrifying ride in a story that takes you into the depths of the Louisiana back swamps, and into a culture that not many get a peek into, please give this a read. [a: Clayton E Spriggs|14005877|Clayton E Spriggs|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] does an excellent job of including Cajun dialogue and craftily adds the definition in the same line.

The main protagonist Detective Nicholas Vizier arrives late, and is a little clunky in romance, but I am sure he has many more adventures in which to drag us.

Thank you.
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ourBooksLuvUs | Aug 20, 2023 |
Everyone who likes murder mystery and a book which will keep you guessing until the end, then this is the novel for you. The story revolves around the building of a new housing estate on Johnson Road. The author brings to life the residents and occupants along with their family secrets and hidden agendas.

When a young girl goes missing it brings the local sheriff and state police together and in their investigations it opens a can of worms in every household unlocking horrors and nightmares they could not envisage.

This novel had me totally engrossed from page 1, which I could read time and time again. The descriptions of the families and what happens behind closed doors is what makes this book a must read. When you think you have figured out what has happened the author throws a spanner in the works and you have to re think your ideas.

An absolute gem of a read and I am now eagerly awaiting the authors next novel BILLY.
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beckvalleybooks | Sep 16, 2015 |

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4
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17
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#654,391
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4.8
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2
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4