Sorrow Road: A Novel (Bell Elkins Novels)
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (611 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1250089581 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Carla is desperately hiding a secret.Once again, past and present, good and evil, and revenge and forgiveness clash in a riveting story set in the shattered landscape of Acker’s Gap, where the skies can seem dark even at high noon, and the mountains lean close to hear the whispered lament of the people trapped in their shadow.. In 1944, three young men from a small town in West Virginia are among the American forces participating in D-Day, changing the fortunes of the war with one bold stroke. Did he die of natural causesor was something more sinister to blame? And that’s not the only issue with which Bell is grappling: Her daughter Carla has moved back home. How is that moment aboard a Navy ship as it barrels toward the Normandy shore related to the death of an old man in an Appalachian nursing home seventy-two years later?In
Jonathan Swift said Good use of descriptive language, engaging plot, pieces of the puzzle fit together well by book's end. Keller's use of language to describe moods, weather, settings, everything, is beautiful. She has a real gift for creating a mood and for understanding human nature. The book was enjoyable, but not riveting. I could wait to get back to it, but I thought it was a clever mystery and reasonably paced. I would recommend it.. Beware: not anywhere close to the quality of previous novels. santafe Such a HUGE disappointment. I've read all of the Bell books and loved them. This was so far inferior. Zero suspense. Ridiculous coincidences. Flat story. Just really below average. If this had been my first Bell novel, it would have also been my last.. Another Bell Elkins Adventure Esther R. Weiss I like Julia Keller's voice - and I like the issues that she focuses on in her books ! Sometimes there are things that don't ring true - that I find hard to believe - since the majority of her books are authentic - it mostly works for me ! I hope she keeps writing about Bell !
“Sorrow Road continues the high standards that Keller has established with her series. Another outstanding entry in a superb series.”Booklist (starred review) on Sorrow Road"A beautifully crafted mystery in which Keller explores love, hate, and poverty in a place of stunning natural beauty."Kirkus (starred) on Last Ragged Breath "What particularly distinguishes Julia Keller's series about Bell Elkins, a West Virginia prosecutor, is its sense of social consciencepowerfully affecting."USA Today on Summer of the Dead"Keller crafts a cracking whodunnit with many a red herring, but her real accomplishment is the unflinching depiction of rural poverty and the ways the inhabitants of Acker's Gap hold on to their dignity despite few and terrible options."Oprah o
She is the author of the Bell Elkins series (A Killing in the Hills, Bitter River, Summer of the Dead). . A recipient of a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University, she was born in West Viriginia and lives in Chicago and Ohio. JULIA KELLER spent twelve years as a reporter and editor for the Chicago Tribune, where she won a Pulitzer Prize