A MOONsHINER WITH A sURREAL GIFT, A COUNTRY sTRONGMAN, AND A TALKING DOG.

YOU'LL LAUGH OUT LOUD AND BURN THROUGH THE PAGEs.




BAER CREIGHTON Is A GIFTED DIsTILLER OF FRUITED MOONsHINE, CAPABLE OF DETECTING EVEN THE sUBTLEsT LIEs. HE LIVEs IN THE WOODs NExT TO HIs HOUsE, PHILOsOPHIZEs WITH HIs DOG FRED, AND WRITEs LETTERs TO HIs HIGH sCHOOL LOVE RUTH--WHO LONG AGO CHOsE BAER's BROTHER.

BAER KEEPs A LOW PROFILE. EVERYONE Is HAPPY DRINKING HIs sUBLIME MOONsHINEs--UNTIL FRED GOEs MIssING. A WEEK LATER, WHILE BAER HARVEsTs APPLEs IN THE MOONLIGHT, A CHAIN OF HEADLIGHTs EMERGEs FROM THE WOODs. A sINGLE TRUCK TOssEs A BUNDLE TO THE DITCH.

WHEN YOU DIsCOVER WHO sTOLE FRED, YOU'LL KNOW YOU'VE FOUND A NEW MAsTER OF THE DARK sURREAL.

AND WHEN YOU sEE WHAT BAER DOEs TO HIM...

THEM...



YOU HAVEN'T READ A NOVEL LIKE THIs.

I PROMIsE.





"THE ENDING WAs AMAZING!"

Perfect for fans of King, Patterson, Child, Woodrell, Gabaldon, Martin, Grisham, Hemingway, Steinbeck and Fitzgerald.



This author knows his stuff.
Near perfect revenge story.
I must have underlined more than a hundred passages in all.
Wow! Just wow!
This Book Will Be Hard to Put Down
Walk on the Wild Side not far from home
This ain't no forgettable story.
Must read for so many reasons!
Definitely not a typical story line
Cannot Put Down
Yes! Love it!
Brilliant Red Neck Noir
Fantastic Read: On the edge of your seat.
Absolutely riveting!
A sublime novel.
Wonderful!
A nearly unparalleled work of modern American literature.
WOW
A unique, fascinating character.
Captures the essence of the mountains.

READER VIEWs I LOVED THIs BOOK! FAsCINATING sTORY! THIs TALE WAs GRIPPING FROM THE VERY sTART WITH THE AUTHOR's ENTHRALLING WRITING sTYLE PULLING READERs INTO THE DRAMA ON THE FIRsT PAGE.

SEATTLE BOOK REVIEW LINDEMUTH Is A MAsTER AT TYING WHAT COULD BE DIsPAR