What's the general impression regarding Abel among readers
here? I seem to remember he was mentioned recently on the
list.
I read Kenneth Abel's new book, _The Burying Field_ over the
weekend and it was quite easily one of the best books I've
read this year. I'd never read this author before, but am I
glad I discovered his work--I've already ordered copies of a
couple of his other books.
This is a great book, with believable characters and careful
attention to settings. Danny Chaisson is a sympathetic
character, trying to make up for what he did while serving as
the bagman for a corrupt Louisiana politician, and his new
wife, Mickie Vega, a Hispanic ATF agent who is a bit
perturbed by the changes her pregnancy has forced upon her,
is also quite memorable. Danny has a black friend named
Jabril who is a former drug dealer and who comes along to
help Danny as he investigates what may have been a hate crime
revolving around a forgotten (by all but the local African
Americans) slave burying field.
Excellent characterizations, excellent dialogue--this book
receives my strongest recommendation. It was everything I was
hoping for from the latest James Lee Burke but didn't
get.
Craig Larson Trinidad, CO
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