Review: Murder in the Monashee Mountains by JP Behrens

 Genre: Supernatural Thriller/Historical Fiction

Description:

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Author:

“A storyteller most of his life, JP Behrens has weaved an intricate web of bold faced lies, some of them in the form of stories. Everything in one's life is a learning experience, and he's tried to learn from both wondrous successes and miserable failures. Though JP has managed to fib less often, he still tells the occasional exaggerated tale here and there.”

Appraisal:

I read the first book in the series and really liked it for its combination of historical fiction and supernatural elements in a detective novel. This second volume is more of the same and I liked those aspects as well. The main characters are on the other side of the country in rural Eastern Washington in this book which is a different part of the US from the first book. This is because they had to flee and not stick in one place for long to avoid being found which, if you have read the first book, you’ll understand. The supernatural issues that need to be dealt with in this story are much different than the first. This is good, in that it avoids getting in a rut and the reader is kept guessing where the story is going to go. However, I found that the occasional use of non-English words that, based on the acknowledgements at the end, are apparently from a language once used by natives in this part of Washington, tripped me up. While possible to determine what they meant, going through those steps threw me out of the story. Others might react to this aspect in a better way than I did, but I found it to be an irritant in an otherwise good read.

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FYI:

This is the second book in a series. While much of the story would be understandable reading it as a standalone, I think reading the first book in the series first would be the better route to get the full history and backstory of the main characters.

Format/Typo Issues:

Review is based on an ARC (advance reviewer copy) so I can’t gauge the final product in this area.

Rating: **** Four Stars

Reviewed by: BigAl

Approximate word count: 35-40,000 words