Monteith's Mountains

by Skip Brooks

Walker Tom Monteith lives by his own laws and loves the women he murders as he loved the mother he saw give her love to his preacher father and his other six wives. The southern Appalachian Mountains at the turn of the 20th century provide the backdrop for a dark tale of serial murder,love, loss, and cultural transformation.

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 15, 2002

Reviews

[Brennan]

This novel is set just a few miles from my home, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I was amazed at the accuracy of the historical and geographical details. There was really a polygamous man named Walker who lived near what is now Tremont in the Park. It is true that the children of all but his first wife took the surname of their mothers. As far as I know, the part about one of his many children being a serial murderer was fiction. I enjoyed reading it.