Bᴀᴇʀ Cʀᴇɪɢʜᴛᴏɴ ɪs ᴀ ɢɪꜰᴛᴇᴅ ᴅɪsᴛɪʟʟᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ꜰʀᴜɪᴛᴇᴅ ᴍᴏᴏɴsʜɪɴᴇ, ᴄᴀᴘᴀʙʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛɪɴɢ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴜʙᴛʟᴇsᴛ ʟɪᴇs. Hᴇ ʟɪᴠᴇs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴏᴅs ɴᴇxᴛ ᴛᴏ ʜɪs ʜᴏᴜsᴇ, ᴘʜɪʟᴏsᴏᴘʜɪᴢᴇs ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜɪs ᴅᴏɢ Fʀᴇᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇs ʟᴇᴛᴛᴇʀs ᴛᴏ ʜɪs ʜɪɢʜ sᴄʜᴏᴏʟ ʟᴏᴠᴇ Rᴜᴛʜ–ᴡʜᴏ ʟᴏɴɢ ᴀɢᴏ ᴄʜᴏsᴇ Bᴀᴇʀ’s ʙʀᴏᴛʜᴇʀ. Bᴀᴇʀ ᴋᴇᴇᴘs ᴀ ʟᴏᴡ ᴘʀᴏꜰɪʟᴇ. Eᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ɪs ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ᴅʀɪɴᴋɪɴɢ ʜɪs sᴜʙʟɪᴍᴇ ᴍᴏᴏɴsʜɪɴᴇs–ᴜɴᴛɪʟ Fʀᴇᴅ ɢᴏᴇs ᴍɪssɪɴɢ. A ᴡᴇᴇᴋ ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ, ᴡʜɪʟᴇ Bᴀᴇʀ ʜᴀʀᴠᴇsᴛs … ᴡʜɪʟᴇ Bᴀᴇʀ ʜᴀʀᴠᴇsᴛs ᴀᴘᴘʟᴇs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴏɴʟɪɢʜᴛ, ᴀ ᴄʜᴀɪɴ ᴏꜰ ʜᴇᴀᴅʟɪɢʜᴛs ᴇᴍᴇʀɢᴇs ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴏᴅs. A sɪɴɢʟᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴄᴋ ᴛᴏssᴇs ᴀ ʙᴜɴᴅʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪᴛᴄʜ.
Wʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅɪsᴄᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴡʜᴏ sᴛᴏʟᴇ Fʀᴇᴅ, ʏᴏᴜ’ʟʟ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ’ᴠᴇ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴀ ɴᴇᴡ ᴍᴀsᴛᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʀᴋ sᴜʀʀᴇᴀʟ.
Aɴᴅ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ yᴏᴜ sᴇᴇ ᴡʜᴀᴛ Bᴀᴇʀ ᴅᴏᴇs ᴛᴏ ʜɪᴍ…
Tʜᴇᴍ…
Yᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇɴ’ᴛ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴀ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜɪs.
I ᴘʀᴏᴍɪsᴇ.
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This was a very different book. Dark, compelling, tragic
One of my favorite authors- love this book-diffetent
Lots of brutality with the dog fights, Baer getting beaten a couple of times and the fruits of his revenge.
Baer lives in a lean-to next to his still. He has a dog, Fred. Fred is stolen, put in a dog fight and brought back near the still and left for dead. Fred eventually heals, but is blind due to his injuries. Baer vows revenge. Then, someone kills Fred, which really gets Baer going.
Lots of back story thrown in as it goes along. Baer vows to kill everyone involved in the dog fights, even his brother. Lots of devious, greedy people out to get Baer.
Not a bad story, but don’t think I will be reading more by this author.