“This book ticked all the boxes for me.” –Nonstop Reader“A well done and fast-paced mystery.” –Cozy Cat ReviewGuilt is a powerful force. No matter how much time has passed, it’s always there, ready to punch you in the chest when you least expect it. All it takes is something ordinary—a glance, a particular food, or a melody on the radio—and regret strikes hard and fast. For Odessa Feldman, the … the radio—and regret strikes hard and fast. For Odessa Feldman, the trigger is a Pacific Northwest storm.
When the muddy bones of a murder victim buried over fifty years ago are discovered in the storm’s aftermath, Odessa overcomes her long struggle with guilt to finally reveal the truth. But her overdue confession comes with a difficult price—reliving her role in the fateful summer of 1956 and worse, betraying the best friend she’d ever had.
Dessa and Ellie Matthews were both fourteen-years-old when they met that summer. Ellie’s father was a foreman at the dam under construction on the Columbia River. At least that’s what he said. But, like murder and the motives behind it, some things in life are rarely as they seem.
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While it is fiction it is set in an area we are familiar with and include some history of the area. Keeps one guessing till the end. You leave with plenty to think about as well as an entertaining story.
Stopped reading when it hit me how much the author needed a fact-checker and copy editor.
Good read
A step back to the 50’s in Oregon and the project to create a hydroelectric dam which destroys the way of life for Indian tribes who have live for catching salmon for centuries. A study in the lives of ordinary people doing jobs and all the connections to McCarthy, Communists, FBI agents and a double homicide that goes unsolved for nearly 50 years. How are they all connected? How do two women who were girls, at the time this happened, hold the keys to the solution?
The progression of the story was too slow, I couldn’t finish it.
This book was very slow to get to the point where I was interested in the characters. I thought Ellie was going to be the main character, but she ended up just being a background character.
A good mystery
This book made me really realize how the indians way of life changed permanently and how it affected them.
An unexpected thought-provoking read. All the reality, heartbreak and promise of lives fully lived.
This novel painted a picture of the true state of mistrust and abuse our government and many citizens displayed toward our Indian citizens.
Enjoyable book. A bit out of the ordinary with twists and some surprises.
The topic was interesting but a bias. Tended to be preachy.
Good beginning, OK ending.
Very slow to develop
Having lived in The Dalles at about the time the events in the book take place and being very familiar with many places and circumstances mentioned in the book, I found it interesting. It was a bit difficult to follow at times, but I enjoyed reading it. Another person might not find it that interesting.
Love the story line. I just wish authors didn’t think that they had to use offensive language in a book.
If you have empathy for native Americans, read this book
I got this book, because I grew up and live near The Dalles/Celilo, and was curious how the (local) author would portray the area, even fictionally. (She definitely got the hot summers right, and I well remember going in to town in the sweltering heat before there were many stores with AC.) I enjoyed the mystery, and didn’t figure out “whodunit” until it was revealed at the end. I question some of the more modern slang used, but all in all, finished the book feeling satisfied with good read!