Bad River might be the best one yet in this tremendous series by Marc Cameron. It’s filled with tension and malice balanced with hope and love. It’s dark but has heart. A thriller that will keep you sweating in suspense with the exhilaration of the hunt.
After missing for 2 years, a teenager is found frozen to death in the ice cellar of a family home. This wouldn’t normally come to the attention of US Marshall Arliss Cutter, but frozen along with the body are some unique fossils that tie the young girl to Arliss’ brother, who mysteriously died several years earlier. Arliss has always believed his brother was murdered, and with this new clue he ramps up his investigation with help from a few trusted individuals. As he gets closer to the truth, his family and friends are put in the crosshairs and Arliss himself will have to put himself in harm’s way to finally get the answers he so desperately desires.
Once again, Marc Cameron delivers an engaging and emotional story that is incredibly difficult to put down. The compelling plot, the intensity increasing as events unfold, the further development of key characters and relationships, a cunning and malevolent bad guy, and the hope that the investigation into Arliss’ brother’s murder will finally be solved all play a big factor. But perhaps the biggest reason is how Alaska and the unforgiving weather and wilderness continue to act as a major character in the story, allowing you to feel the environment in which the story takes place, enhancing the reading experience. You feel this story. The cold, the turbulence in little prop planes, the danger lurking from bears in the wild, the sheer vastness of the state, etc. It all brings this thriller to another level.
Marc Cameron always delivers, and Bad River is no exception. A great continuation of an incredibly entertaining and absorbing series. Don’t miss it.
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