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Section Roads
When attorney Cullen Molloy attends his fortieth high school reunion, he doesn’t expect to be defending childhood friends against charges of murder…
In a small town on the high plains of Eastern New Mexico, life and culture are shaped by the farm roads defining the 640-acre sections of land homesteaders claimed at the turn of the Twentieth Century. Cullen and Shelby Blaine explore first love along these section roads during the 1960’s, forging a life-long emotional bond.
As junior high school band nerds, Cullen and Shelby fall under the protection of football player and loner, Buddy Boyd. During their sophomore year of high school, Buddy is charged with killing a classmate and is confined to a youth correctional facility. When he returns to town facing the prospect of imprisonment as an adult, Cullen becomes Buddy’s protector.
The case haunts the three friends into adulthood, and it isn’t until their fortieth reunion, that they’re forced to revisit that horrible night. When a new killing takes place, Cullen, Shelby and Buddy find themselves reliving the nightmare.
Murder is an easy thing to hide along old country section roads.
In a small town on the high plains of Eastern New Mexico, life and culture are shaped by the farm roads defining the 640-acre sections of land homesteaders claimed at the turn of the Twentieth Century. Cullen and Shelby Blaine explore first love along these section roads during the 1960’s, forging a life-long emotional bond.
As junior high school band nerds, Cullen and Shelby fall under the protection of football player and loner, Buddy Boyd. During their sophomore year of high school, Buddy is charged with killing a classmate and is confined to a youth correctional facility. When he returns to town facing the prospect of imprisonment as an adult, Cullen becomes Buddy’s protector.
The case haunts the three friends into adulthood, and it isn’t until their fortieth reunion, that they’re forced to revisit that horrible night. When a new killing takes place, Cullen, Shelby and Buddy find themselves reliving the nightmare.
Murder is an easy thing to hide along old country section roads.
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360 pages, Hardcover
Published May 25, 2019
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About the author
Mike Murphey
11 books49 followersMike Murphey is a native of eastern New Mexico and spent almost thirty years as an award-winning newspaper journalist in the Southwest and Pacific Northwest.
Following his retirement from the newspaper business, he and his wife Nancy entered in a seventeen-year partnership with the late Dave Henderson, all-star centerfielder for the Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox and Seattle Mariners. Their company produced the A’s and Mariners adult baseball Fantasy Camps. They also have a partnership with the Roy Hobbs adult baseball organization in Fort Myers, Florida.
At the age of 60, Mike stopped procrastinating and revived his life-long ambition to write a novel. His debut novel, a coming-of-age story called Section Roads—a coming of Age story set in the small town where he grew up—has been recognized by Indie Reader Discovery Awards, Reader Views Reviewers Choice Awards, The IAN Book of the Year Awards, the Somerset Contemporary Fiction Awards, and the Independent Publishers Book Awards. His novel, The Conman … A Baseball Odyssey, has been recognized by the International Book Awards, the eLit Awards and the Manhattan Book Awards. He has also published his humorous science fiction Physics, Lust and Greed series, which includes Taking Time … a Tale of Physics, Lust and Greed, Wasting Time and Killing Time. “We Never Knew Just What It Was… The Story of the Chad Mitchell Trio” is his first work of non-fiction. Mike loves fiction, cats, baseball and sailing. He splits his time between Spokane, Washington, and Phoenix, Arizona where he enjoys life as a writer and old-man baseball player.
Following his retirement from the newspaper business, he and his wife Nancy entered in a seventeen-year partnership with the late Dave Henderson, all-star centerfielder for the Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox and Seattle Mariners. Their company produced the A’s and Mariners adult baseball Fantasy Camps. They also have a partnership with the Roy Hobbs adult baseball organization in Fort Myers, Florida.
At the age of 60, Mike stopped procrastinating and revived his life-long ambition to write a novel. His debut novel, a coming-of-age story called Section Roads—a coming of Age story set in the small town where he grew up—has been recognized by Indie Reader Discovery Awards, Reader Views Reviewers Choice Awards, The IAN Book of the Year Awards, the Somerset Contemporary Fiction Awards, and the Independent Publishers Book Awards. His novel, The Conman … A Baseball Odyssey, has been recognized by the International Book Awards, the eLit Awards and the Manhattan Book Awards. He has also published his humorous science fiction Physics, Lust and Greed series, which includes Taking Time … a Tale of Physics, Lust and Greed, Wasting Time and Killing Time. “We Never Knew Just What It Was… The Story of the Chad Mitchell Trio” is his first work of non-fiction. Mike loves fiction, cats, baseball and sailing. He splits his time between Spokane, Washington, and Phoenix, Arizona where he enjoys life as a writer and old-man baseball player.
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July 2, 2019
I was not familiar with Mike Murphey's work when I ask for this novel, Section Roads. I still know very little about Mike, but I do know where he was in the late 1960s! This b00k had me laughing and crying so many times - everything about it screams life in New Mexico in the '60s and beyond. I graduated from Roswell High school - and life was very much like this for the class of 1967. Several of us were pretty weird... and the high plains desert has a lifestyle that is set up around section roads.
These people feel like friends and family. I adored Shelby and Cullen and loved Buddy. And Weard... I knew him well. The work of the police department could have been a transcript of life at the RPD as well - good buddies didn't always follow the rules. This was an interesting mystery wrapped up in a coming of age story, set in the place I will always love.
This is a novel I can highly recommend to friends and family. I hope there will be more from Mike Murphey - SOON, please.
I received a free electronic copy of this novel from Netgalley, Mike Murphey, and Acorn Publishing. Thank you all for sharing your hard work with me. I have read this novel of my own volition, and this review reflects my honest opinion of this work.
pub date July 25, 2019
Acorn Publishing
Reviewed July 2 at Goodreads, Netgalley, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, BookBub and Kobo.
These people feel like friends and family. I adored Shelby and Cullen and loved Buddy. And Weard... I knew him well. The work of the police department could have been a transcript of life at the RPD as well - good buddies didn't always follow the rules. This was an interesting mystery wrapped up in a coming of age story, set in the place I will always love.
This is a novel I can highly recommend to friends and family. I hope there will be more from Mike Murphey - SOON, please.
I received a free electronic copy of this novel from Netgalley, Mike Murphey, and Acorn Publishing. Thank you all for sharing your hard work with me. I have read this novel of my own volition, and this review reflects my honest opinion of this work.
pub date July 25, 2019
Acorn Publishing
Reviewed July 2 at Goodreads, Netgalley, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, BookBub and Kobo.
June 16, 2020
Oh, this was huge and different and lovely and funny and terribly sad all at the same time.
The writing is glorious and the characters wonderful and the story unfolds gradually. I normally loathe 'small-town America' novels but this was just perfect.
The writing is glorious and the characters wonderful and the story unfolds gradually. I normally loathe 'small-town America' novels but this was just perfect.
August 24, 2024
Section Roads by Mike Murphey is a mystery set in fictitious Arthur, stereotype small town in contemporary Eastern New Mexico. I received a Kirkus Giveaway copy in July 2019.
Arthur NM is located in the region Llano Estacado ("Staked Plains"). As described on wikipedia, the geographical setting is nearly featureless. So too is the novel...at least by page 208 (of 358). I stopped forcing myself to read a chapter each night.
Four friends reunite in Arthur on the weekend of their 40th high school reunion. In high school they bonded because they were misfits. A cruel prank resulted in death; one of the friends served time.
Chapters flip between events of 1966 (lots & lots of "make-out" on section roads) and 2009, decades after the trauma that shaped their lives.
A parallel complex of one-way streets bisected Arthur, snaking through town and forming a two-mile elongated S. Only two traffic lights interrupted one-ways on each side of the compact area around the courthouse square officially designated as downtown. Every other intersection deferred to this route, creating an ideal cruising track for high school students practicing their deification of the internal combustion engine. The drag mutated into highways at either end of town. One route headed west to Roswell and its economy obsessed with mythical aliens, the other striking east toward Amarillo, a bastion of West Texas culture that worshiped God, oil and high school football.
Aggie Smoot had been a snoop and a gossip for eighty-three of her eighty-five years. She couldn't speak coherently enough to tattle on her older siblings until she was two, and she regretted the lost opportunities. Beyond that point, though, her siblings could get away with nothing. Aggie did her best over the decades to keep up with technology. She owned a pair of good binoculars by the time she was eight. She spent World War II scouring Arthur for Nazi sympathizers. Soon after the war, she bought a surplus parabolic microphone and spent evenings atop her house, eavesdropping on the conversations and arguments of her neighbors. She kept copious notes regarding her observations. She might have made a career as a private investigator, except she couldn't resist telling people what she'd learned. Being first to reveal a tidbit, seeing a look of greedy surprise cross the faces of her confidants as they plotted their opportunity to pass the information along, provided her immense satisfaction.
Update: After writing a DNF review, I read other GoodReads reviews. Why did others enjoy the book so much? Turns out I'd given up just before the frantic-paced action. Plot twists and turns more than a roller-coaster as chapters flip between 1966, 1969, 2009; surprises galore. Plus sweet filler set in 1969 Las Cruces and Juarez. Maybe fond trips down memory lane for other readers?
Ok, here's the thing about blank cartridges. People think they're harmless, but they're not. They fire a wad of paper or cardboard that exits the barrel with considerable velocity. Because they are cardboard, they often burn when they do so.
We are the sum total of our experiences and our influences--not just the good ones. All of them.
Damon Hammond didn't want to be a president or a governor or even a mayor. He wanted to be king. His kingdom needn't be grand. Why not be satisfied owning the biggest house, having people seek his opinion and approval, holding sway over the life of a small town?
The thing about real, ongoing physical intimacy, though, is it eventually gets down to morning breath and snoring and farting and the impossibility of disguising those extra fifteen pounds when you're naked.
Arthur NM is located in the region Llano Estacado ("Staked Plains"). As described on wikipedia, the geographical setting is nearly featureless. So too is the novel...at least by page 208 (of 358). I stopped forcing myself to read a chapter each night.
Four friends reunite in Arthur on the weekend of their 40th high school reunion. In high school they bonded because they were misfits. A cruel prank resulted in death; one of the friends served time.
Chapters flip between events of 1966 (lots & lots of "make-out" on section roads) and 2009, decades after the trauma that shaped their lives.
A parallel complex of one-way streets bisected Arthur, snaking through town and forming a two-mile elongated S. Only two traffic lights interrupted one-ways on each side of the compact area around the courthouse square officially designated as downtown. Every other intersection deferred to this route, creating an ideal cruising track for high school students practicing their deification of the internal combustion engine. The drag mutated into highways at either end of town. One route headed west to Roswell and its economy obsessed with mythical aliens, the other striking east toward Amarillo, a bastion of West Texas culture that worshiped God, oil and high school football.
Aggie Smoot had been a snoop and a gossip for eighty-three of her eighty-five years. She couldn't speak coherently enough to tattle on her older siblings until she was two, and she regretted the lost opportunities. Beyond that point, though, her siblings could get away with nothing. Aggie did her best over the decades to keep up with technology. She owned a pair of good binoculars by the time she was eight. She spent World War II scouring Arthur for Nazi sympathizers. Soon after the war, she bought a surplus parabolic microphone and spent evenings atop her house, eavesdropping on the conversations and arguments of her neighbors. She kept copious notes regarding her observations. She might have made a career as a private investigator, except she couldn't resist telling people what she'd learned. Being first to reveal a tidbit, seeing a look of greedy surprise cross the faces of her confidants as they plotted their opportunity to pass the information along, provided her immense satisfaction.
Update: After writing a DNF review, I read other GoodReads reviews. Why did others enjoy the book so much? Turns out I'd given up just before the frantic-paced action. Plot twists and turns more than a roller-coaster as chapters flip between 1966, 1969, 2009; surprises galore. Plus sweet filler set in 1969 Las Cruces and Juarez. Maybe fond trips down memory lane for other readers?
Ok, here's the thing about blank cartridges. People think they're harmless, but they're not. They fire a wad of paper or cardboard that exits the barrel with considerable velocity. Because they are cardboard, they often burn when they do so.
We are the sum total of our experiences and our influences--not just the good ones. All of them.
Damon Hammond didn't want to be a president or a governor or even a mayor. He wanted to be king. His kingdom needn't be grand. Why not be satisfied owning the biggest house, having people seek his opinion and approval, holding sway over the life of a small town?
The thing about real, ongoing physical intimacy, though, is it eventually gets down to morning breath and snoring and farting and the impossibility of disguising those extra fifteen pounds when you're naked.
September 27, 2024
Attorney Cullen Molloy attends his fortieth high school reunion, he doesn't expect to be defending childhood friends against charges of murder.
As junior high school band nerds , Cullen and Shelby Blaine explore first love during the 1960's, forging a life - long emotional bond. They fall under the protection of a football player and loner, Buddy Boyd. During their sophomore year of high school, Buddy is charged with killing a classmate and is confined to a youth correctional facility.
This book has a huge identity crisis as it begins as a whodunnit to solve two murders. Just not working for me - it's convoluted, messy and just plain unbelievable.
Then it morphs into a comedy which I'm not buying either. The jokes are flat and just not funny. At this point I'm wondering why I picked this book up but it was there the whole time. The Author does a masterful job of turning this into a love story. Not a sappy, romantic kind but an all out unconditional love story for true friendship of forty years for people you truly care for and would do anything for.
This novel finally found it's Identity.
As junior high school band nerds , Cullen and Shelby Blaine explore first love during the 1960's, forging a life - long emotional bond. They fall under the protection of a football player and loner, Buddy Boyd. During their sophomore year of high school, Buddy is charged with killing a classmate and is confined to a youth correctional facility.
This book has a huge identity crisis as it begins as a whodunnit to solve two murders. Just not working for me - it's convoluted, messy and just plain unbelievable.
Then it morphs into a comedy which I'm not buying either. The jokes are flat and just not funny. At this point I'm wondering why I picked this book up but it was there the whole time. The Author does a masterful job of turning this into a love story. Not a sappy, romantic kind but an all out unconditional love story for true friendship of forty years for people you truly care for and would do anything for.
This novel finally found it's Identity.
August 17, 2020
Relatable characters
Loved the characters in this book, who are very relatable. I especially like the example that a girl and boy can love each other and be great friends.
Loved the characters in this book, who are very relatable. I especially like the example that a girl and boy can love each other and be great friends.
June 27, 2019
What a great book! A really enjoyable read, extremely well written, with quite a few unexpected twists. The characters were likeable and believable as well as the plot and storyline. It all seemed to untangle quite quickly right at the end of the book, but at least all my questions were answered and throughout, it kept me wanting to read more. I really felt a connection with and liked all the characters and surprisingly, the book also includes some comedy moments! I would definitely recommend and read another Mike Murphey book, especially if he writes Weard into all of them (my favourite character)!
May 10, 2019
What a gloriously twisty mystery packed within a combination coming-of-age plus aging-and-looking-back literary feat! In a tiny little community inexplicably founded by settlers in Eastern New Mexico and homesteaded at the turn of the 20th century, a locale without rivers, mountains, or canyons to recommend it, life is slow and entertainment sometimes found at the expense of others. In October of 1966, a group of high school kids create a prank, causing injury, and inevitably as the consequences roll out, fatality and the ruination of a life.
As time passes, the high school graduation class reunions bring some of the former classmates back to little Arthur, New Mexico, and during the 40th reunion of 2009, trouble wakes its ugly head. From that point on, a series of unreliable characters, each of whom keeps secrets from the others, from the community, and even from themselves, reveal little by little a plot which has to be read to marvel at. I had to wonder how some of these folks managed to live to 40 years after high school graduation, because some of them are their own worst enemies. Nonetheless, their entwined troubles make for a fascinating novel.
As time passes, the high school graduation class reunions bring some of the former classmates back to little Arthur, New Mexico, and during the 40th reunion of 2009, trouble wakes its ugly head. From that point on, a series of unreliable characters, each of whom keeps secrets from the others, from the community, and even from themselves, reveal little by little a plot which has to be read to marvel at. I had to wonder how some of these folks managed to live to 40 years after high school graduation, because some of them are their own worst enemies. Nonetheless, their entwined troubles make for a fascinating novel.
July 16, 2019
This is a book you can pick up and get straight into. It’s a nice quick read about beautifully broken characters with an unbreakable bond.
I think this book was really well written as there were many time period and storylines that were perfectly interwoven throughout the novel. All the characters were very real and likeable and the story is really bittersweet and realistic.
I would love whole separate book about Weard and his life in the CIA.
Ashlea @ The BookCosy
I think this book was really well written as there were many time period and storylines that were perfectly interwoven throughout the novel. All the characters were very real and likeable and the story is really bittersweet and realistic.
I would love whole separate book about Weard and his life in the CIA.
Ashlea @ The BookCosy
July 6, 2019
KIRKUS REVIEW
A 43-year-old murder casts a long shadow over a high school reunion that brings together three friends haunted by the past.
Not much changes in the New Mexico town of Arthur unless it absolutely has to, as a character observes in this debut novel that impresses with its strong sense of place. The stage for this decades-spanning saga is compellingly set when Hezekiah Boyd’s high school reunion committee tracks down the computer software maven. He insists there has been a mistake: The man, formerly known as Buddy, left town and never returned after a prank went wrong and he killed a classmate named Christy Hammond in 1966. He would not be a welcome guest. But the heart of the story shifts to Cullen Molloy and his first love, Shelby Blaine, Buddy’s classmates, friends, and fellow outcasts. Cullen and Shelby were a passionate teenage couple back in the day, and there is still an inextricable bond between them that is not unnoticed by Cullen’s current lover, a retired cop. Murphey keeps the story hopping between events in the ’60s, the aftermath in the ’70s, and the reunion in 2009, when a murder sheds light on the 1966 killing. Cullen, a divorced former lawyer who went to work for Buddy, is called on to defend the man from new suspicions and confront his own long-simmering relationship with Shelby. The author, a New Mexico native and award-winning journalist, knows the lay of the land; not just the geography, but also high school football culture, passionate fumblings in cars, and secrets to be taken to the grave. The book is densely populated with vividly drawn characters. One, Weard Ward, a former genius fried by his years with the CIA, serves as a sort of comic relief, but he is the weakest player. The antagonists, including Christy’s uncle and a former high school nemesis, spout clichéd dialogue (“You’ve got some…nerve showing your face here”). But the relationship between the three friends rings true and deftly holds the sprawling narrative together.
An ambitious, evocative small-town tale located somewhere between Peyton Place and The Last Picture Show.
A 43-year-old murder casts a long shadow over a high school reunion that brings together three friends haunted by the past.
Not much changes in the New Mexico town of Arthur unless it absolutely has to, as a character observes in this debut novel that impresses with its strong sense of place. The stage for this decades-spanning saga is compellingly set when Hezekiah Boyd’s high school reunion committee tracks down the computer software maven. He insists there has been a mistake: The man, formerly known as Buddy, left town and never returned after a prank went wrong and he killed a classmate named Christy Hammond in 1966. He would not be a welcome guest. But the heart of the story shifts to Cullen Molloy and his first love, Shelby Blaine, Buddy’s classmates, friends, and fellow outcasts. Cullen and Shelby were a passionate teenage couple back in the day, and there is still an inextricable bond between them that is not unnoticed by Cullen’s current lover, a retired cop. Murphey keeps the story hopping between events in the ’60s, the aftermath in the ’70s, and the reunion in 2009, when a murder sheds light on the 1966 killing. Cullen, a divorced former lawyer who went to work for Buddy, is called on to defend the man from new suspicions and confront his own long-simmering relationship with Shelby. The author, a New Mexico native and award-winning journalist, knows the lay of the land; not just the geography, but also high school football culture, passionate fumblings in cars, and secrets to be taken to the grave. The book is densely populated with vividly drawn characters. One, Weard Ward, a former genius fried by his years with the CIA, serves as a sort of comic relief, but he is the weakest player. The antagonists, including Christy’s uncle and a former high school nemesis, spout clichéd dialogue (“You’ve got some…nerve showing your face here”). But the relationship between the three friends rings true and deftly holds the sprawling narrative together.
An ambitious, evocative small-town tale located somewhere between Peyton Place and The Last Picture Show.
August 1, 2019
Reviewed by Carol Hoyer for Reader Views (7/19)
I love it when an author writes a thoroughly engaging story that takes you on a bumpy ride to a destination that can't be guessed ahead of time. “Section Roads” by Mike Murphey is such a book. Murphey provides a series of entertaining, unreliable characters, each of whom keeps secrets from the others, from the community, and even from themselves.
At a small high school in Easter, New Mexico, Cullen Molloy and Shelby Blaine formed an unusual friendship that lasted over the decades as each love, protect and support one another. Both Cullen and Shelby were band nerds, and both wore thick glasses, which resulted in a lot of bullying by others. During one such episode, Cullen finds an ally in Buddy Boyd. Buddy is feared by all, an athlete and can’t stand bullies. Like any other high school, teenagers pull pranks, but when one prank turns deadly, Buddy Boyd ended up in juvenile detention until he turned eighteen. Once released, part of his punishment is to return to his high school to finish school. Knowing he couldn’t fight back, or get into any kind of trouble, the bullies had a heyday.
Fast forward to 2009, Arthur High School is having their fortieth high school reunion and Buddy a/k/a Hezekiah Boyd has no intention of going. During the reunion, a murder occurs, and the police go straight for Buddy as their number one suspect. Cullen, now a lawyer, offers to represent him with the help of his girlfriend Lori, a former detective, along with their friends Shelby and Weard.
“Section Roads” is both a murder mystery and coming of age story. Murphey makes it so much more in that it shows the effect an outrageous act of murder has on the living. I could not put it down. I grew up in the ’60s in a small town, and the characters were very relatable. I especially loved Weard, as he reminded me of a high school friend that was just like him. Once you get the key players and their role in a carefree day gone bad, you will be second-guessing yourself on who the killer was and why.
Murphey's storyline is well developed, tender, and thoughtful. His characters inhabit their world so completely that it could truly exist. I found the characters, and their narratives to be genuine and realistic to the timeframe. It brought back memories of my own hometown with the different high school groups, the small-town lifestyle, and first love.
I highly recommend, “Section Roads” by Mike Murphey for its intriguing cast of characters and the author's ability to intertwine past and present events smoothly into a story that keeps it compelling and exciting.
I love it when an author writes a thoroughly engaging story that takes you on a bumpy ride to a destination that can't be guessed ahead of time. “Section Roads” by Mike Murphey is such a book. Murphey provides a series of entertaining, unreliable characters, each of whom keeps secrets from the others, from the community, and even from themselves.
At a small high school in Easter, New Mexico, Cullen Molloy and Shelby Blaine formed an unusual friendship that lasted over the decades as each love, protect and support one another. Both Cullen and Shelby were band nerds, and both wore thick glasses, which resulted in a lot of bullying by others. During one such episode, Cullen finds an ally in Buddy Boyd. Buddy is feared by all, an athlete and can’t stand bullies. Like any other high school, teenagers pull pranks, but when one prank turns deadly, Buddy Boyd ended up in juvenile detention until he turned eighteen. Once released, part of his punishment is to return to his high school to finish school. Knowing he couldn’t fight back, or get into any kind of trouble, the bullies had a heyday.
Fast forward to 2009, Arthur High School is having their fortieth high school reunion and Buddy a/k/a Hezekiah Boyd has no intention of going. During the reunion, a murder occurs, and the police go straight for Buddy as their number one suspect. Cullen, now a lawyer, offers to represent him with the help of his girlfriend Lori, a former detective, along with their friends Shelby and Weard.
“Section Roads” is both a murder mystery and coming of age story. Murphey makes it so much more in that it shows the effect an outrageous act of murder has on the living. I could not put it down. I grew up in the ’60s in a small town, and the characters were very relatable. I especially loved Weard, as he reminded me of a high school friend that was just like him. Once you get the key players and their role in a carefree day gone bad, you will be second-guessing yourself on who the killer was and why.
Murphey's storyline is well developed, tender, and thoughtful. His characters inhabit their world so completely that it could truly exist. I found the characters, and their narratives to be genuine and realistic to the timeframe. It brought back memories of my own hometown with the different high school groups, the small-town lifestyle, and first love.
I highly recommend, “Section Roads” by Mike Murphey for its intriguing cast of characters and the author's ability to intertwine past and present events smoothly into a story that keeps it compelling and exciting.
May 13, 2025
Section Roads
By Mike Murphy
2025
Reviewed by Angie Mangino
Rating: 5 stars
“Little towns don’t forget.
‘You’ve made a mistake,” Kezekiah Boyd said. ‘You don’t want me at your reunion.’
Was it already that time again? Forty years. Four decades since he’d put that dusty blotch of a town behind him.”
The prologue begins in June 2009, immediately establishing both the small-town setting and the weight of a long-buried history.
“‘You’re not Hezekiah Boyd?’ Anna Mae sounded confused.
‘Yes, I am. Forty years ago, though, everybody called me Buddy.’
‘Why wouldn’t Buddy be welcome at the reunion?’ she asked with a bit of snip in her voice.
Hezekiah disconnected the call.
He couldn’t bring himself to tell a stranger that on October 30,1966, Buddy Boyd shot and killed a girl named Christy Hammond.”
The story continues within three distinct time periods: the formative events of the 1960s, their aftermath in the 1970s, and the reckoning that comes with the fortieth high school reunion in 2009. Bonds formed in youth continue to shape lives decades later.
Cullen Molloy is a former attorney returning to his hometown.
Shelby Blaine is Cullen's first love with whom he shares a complicated history.
Hezekiah "Buddy" Boyd is a loner who was once accused of murder living with that shadow ever since.
When another murder occurs during their reunion weekend, the three friends must confront both the present danger and the secrets they've carried for over forty years.
The story takes place in the rural town of Arthur in Eastern New Mexico, along section roads formed when 640-acre sections of land were claimed by homesteaders over 100 years ago The section roads (those grid-like farm roads that divide the land into 640-acre parcels) serve as both literal setting and powerful metaphor for the ways lives intersect and diverge. Visual descriptions and realistic dialogue by the author propel the story, capturing both the intensity of teenage emotions and the perspective that comes with age.
A well plotted mystery at the novel's core includes carefully placed clues and red herrings that keep readers guessing until the satisfying conclusion.
Section Roads has earned well-deserved recognition from the Indie Reader Discovery Awards, Reader Views Reviewers Choice Awards, The IAN Book of the Year Awards, Somerset Contemporary Fiction Awards, and Independent Publishers Book Awards.
Angie Mangino currently works as a freelance journalist and book reviewer, as well as author of 17th Century Tottenville History Comes Alive, first in a series of Tottenville History books. www.AngieMangino.com
By Mike Murphy
2025
Reviewed by Angie Mangino
Rating: 5 stars
“Little towns don’t forget.
‘You’ve made a mistake,” Kezekiah Boyd said. ‘You don’t want me at your reunion.’
Was it already that time again? Forty years. Four decades since he’d put that dusty blotch of a town behind him.”
The prologue begins in June 2009, immediately establishing both the small-town setting and the weight of a long-buried history.
“‘You’re not Hezekiah Boyd?’ Anna Mae sounded confused.
‘Yes, I am. Forty years ago, though, everybody called me Buddy.’
‘Why wouldn’t Buddy be welcome at the reunion?’ she asked with a bit of snip in her voice.
Hezekiah disconnected the call.
He couldn’t bring himself to tell a stranger that on October 30,1966, Buddy Boyd shot and killed a girl named Christy Hammond.”
The story continues within three distinct time periods: the formative events of the 1960s, their aftermath in the 1970s, and the reckoning that comes with the fortieth high school reunion in 2009. Bonds formed in youth continue to shape lives decades later.
Cullen Molloy is a former attorney returning to his hometown.
Shelby Blaine is Cullen's first love with whom he shares a complicated history.
Hezekiah "Buddy" Boyd is a loner who was once accused of murder living with that shadow ever since.
When another murder occurs during their reunion weekend, the three friends must confront both the present danger and the secrets they've carried for over forty years.
The story takes place in the rural town of Arthur in Eastern New Mexico, along section roads formed when 640-acre sections of land were claimed by homesteaders over 100 years ago The section roads (those grid-like farm roads that divide the land into 640-acre parcels) serve as both literal setting and powerful metaphor for the ways lives intersect and diverge. Visual descriptions and realistic dialogue by the author propel the story, capturing both the intensity of teenage emotions and the perspective that comes with age.
A well plotted mystery at the novel's core includes carefully placed clues and red herrings that keep readers guessing until the satisfying conclusion.
Section Roads has earned well-deserved recognition from the Indie Reader Discovery Awards, Reader Views Reviewers Choice Awards, The IAN Book of the Year Awards, Somerset Contemporary Fiction Awards, and Independent Publishers Book Awards.
Angie Mangino currently works as a freelance journalist and book reviewer, as well as author of 17th Century Tottenville History Comes Alive, first in a series of Tottenville History books. www.AngieMangino.com
August 21, 2019
Sultry
The fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, is famous for his belief that the smiling countryside holds more sins than do the “lowest and vilest alleys of London.” The scattered homes and rolling fields may look idyllic to some. To Holmes, they create a sense of dread because “of their isolation and the impunity with which crimes may be committed there.” (“The Adventure of the Copper Beeches”)
Mike Murphey has set Section Roads, his intense story of treachery in the rural town of Arthur in Eastern New Mexico. Holmes would shiver at the sight of the farm roads—called section roads—that were formed when the 640-acre sections of land were claimed by homesteaders over 100 years ago. “Brown, withering corn stalks filled fields to either side of the narrow drive . . . creating a sense of encroaching walls, and a cold breeze rustled their dry leaves, as if something crept through the corn.” This is crime’s dwelling place.
Readers will be mesmerized by Murphey’s descriptive language throughout the book as they meet Cullen Molloy, Shelby Blaine, and Hezekiah “Buddy” Boyd, three friends in and out of various emotional states, who return to Arthur in 2009 for their fortieth high school reunion. Events from the ‘60s still haunt the three, and reckoning time has come.
The author skillfully weaves the story back and forth from the ‘60s to the present in 2009. The juxtaposition serves to reveal the startling similarities in characters and events over forty years.
In his sophomore year in 1966, Buddy was convicted of killing a young girl and sent to a youth correctional facility. The details of his crime are baffling. He was ordered, as part of his punishment, to return to Arthur as a senior and deal with the community, including the girl’s vengeful uncle.
Then, another murder. This time, during the reunion weekend. Cullen, now an attorney, finds himself at the center of a complex mystery when some of his friends, including Buddy, are arrested for the crime.
Section Roads will surprise you as murder weapons and fingerprints appear and disappear, suspects are arrested, then unarrested, emotions flame, then turn to embers—or do they? If Holmes were in Arthur, New Mexico, he’d probably say, “Run for your lives to the nearest big city!”
The fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, is famous for his belief that the smiling countryside holds more sins than do the “lowest and vilest alleys of London.” The scattered homes and rolling fields may look idyllic to some. To Holmes, they create a sense of dread because “of their isolation and the impunity with which crimes may be committed there.” (“The Adventure of the Copper Beeches”)
Mike Murphey has set Section Roads, his intense story of treachery in the rural town of Arthur in Eastern New Mexico. Holmes would shiver at the sight of the farm roads—called section roads—that were formed when the 640-acre sections of land were claimed by homesteaders over 100 years ago. “Brown, withering corn stalks filled fields to either side of the narrow drive . . . creating a sense of encroaching walls, and a cold breeze rustled their dry leaves, as if something crept through the corn.” This is crime’s dwelling place.
Readers will be mesmerized by Murphey’s descriptive language throughout the book as they meet Cullen Molloy, Shelby Blaine, and Hezekiah “Buddy” Boyd, three friends in and out of various emotional states, who return to Arthur in 2009 for their fortieth high school reunion. Events from the ‘60s still haunt the three, and reckoning time has come.
The author skillfully weaves the story back and forth from the ‘60s to the present in 2009. The juxtaposition serves to reveal the startling similarities in characters and events over forty years.
In his sophomore year in 1966, Buddy was convicted of killing a young girl and sent to a youth correctional facility. The details of his crime are baffling. He was ordered, as part of his punishment, to return to Arthur as a senior and deal with the community, including the girl’s vengeful uncle.
Then, another murder. This time, during the reunion weekend. Cullen, now an attorney, finds himself at the center of a complex mystery when some of his friends, including Buddy, are arrested for the crime.
Section Roads will surprise you as murder weapons and fingerprints appear and disappear, suspects are arrested, then unarrested, emotions flame, then turn to embers—or do they? If Holmes were in Arthur, New Mexico, he’d probably say, “Run for your lives to the nearest big city!”
October 31, 2019
This is just a beautiful novel. It's haunting, sad, and brilliantly captures nostalgia of middle age as well as the possibility inherent in young adulthood.
The story follows a group of friends gathering for their 40th High School reunion in 2009. Interspersed with this storyline are glimpses into reunions past, as well as significant moments from their High School and formative years.
The pace is slow and steady, forming a comforting heartbeat underpinning the rich layers balanced atop it. This was a very wise choice for this novel, as it seems to me, the murder mystery isn't the point at all. Description of the setting permeates this work in the best possible way as it never impedes the pace, but also refuses to allow the pace free rein - a very wise move.
The absolute highlight for me was the characters. Virtually all of them jumped off the page. While their individual histories weren't explored in-depth, these are not of any significance to the narrative, and I agree with the omission of unnecessary information. This novel really illustrates the ways relationships in small towns shift over time, and how, among a subset of residents, these form into a Gordian knot. There were a couple of characters that I wish, as a reader, I'd been able to see from a slightly different perspective: both the victims. I felt that they were the least established characters, and, really, delving more deeply into their experiences is the only element that I can possibly suggest would improve this work.
I found this to be profoundly satisfying to read. I eagerly anticipate the author's next project.
I received a copy of this novel through Voracious Readers Only.
The story follows a group of friends gathering for their 40th High School reunion in 2009. Interspersed with this storyline are glimpses into reunions past, as well as significant moments from their High School and formative years.
The pace is slow and steady, forming a comforting heartbeat underpinning the rich layers balanced atop it. This was a very wise choice for this novel, as it seems to me, the murder mystery isn't the point at all. Description of the setting permeates this work in the best possible way as it never impedes the pace, but also refuses to allow the pace free rein - a very wise move.
The absolute highlight for me was the characters. Virtually all of them jumped off the page. While their individual histories weren't explored in-depth, these are not of any significance to the narrative, and I agree with the omission of unnecessary information. This novel really illustrates the ways relationships in small towns shift over time, and how, among a subset of residents, these form into a Gordian knot. There were a couple of characters that I wish, as a reader, I'd been able to see from a slightly different perspective: both the victims. I felt that they were the least established characters, and, really, delving more deeply into their experiences is the only element that I can possibly suggest would improve this work.
I found this to be profoundly satisfying to read. I eagerly anticipate the author's next project.
I received a copy of this novel through Voracious Readers Only.
June 19, 2019
In the '60s during a fateful night, Buddy shot a young woman, and he served his time in juvenile detention. It was a terrible accident that weighs heavily on him. But in the present of the book, 2009, there is a class reunion going on, and he wants nothing to do with it. Only, a murder has occurred and the police go straight for Buddy as their number one suspect. Cullen, a lawyer, offers to represent him with the help of his girlfriend Lori, a former detective and their friends Shelby and Weard.
Section Roads is a mix of romance and mystery, told in alternating timelines of past and present following a small group of friends. The story tends to follow Shelby and Cullen's decade's long romance that starts as teenagers in the town of Arthur, Texas, which resides in the bible belt. The townspeople are set in their ways, and their strict interpretation of religion heavily influences Cullen as a teenager. Section Roads was as much about Cullen and Shelby's romance as it was about the new murder.
I didn't love the town, only because I couldn't live in that kind of environment. I had a little trouble at first when the author was talking about Buddy/Hezekiah because I didn't realize they were the same person. So when they were talking about losing Buddy, I was a bit lost. But after I got through the struggle, the story picked up and it was hard to put down. Weard was highly entertaining and I felt he could get a book of his own. I enjoyed watching the team unravel the murder. Nicely done.
Section Roads is a mix of romance and mystery, told in alternating timelines of past and present following a small group of friends. The story tends to follow Shelby and Cullen's decade's long romance that starts as teenagers in the town of Arthur, Texas, which resides in the bible belt. The townspeople are set in their ways, and their strict interpretation of religion heavily influences Cullen as a teenager. Section Roads was as much about Cullen and Shelby's romance as it was about the new murder.
I didn't love the town, only because I couldn't live in that kind of environment. I had a little trouble at first when the author was talking about Buddy/Hezekiah because I didn't realize they were the same person. So when they were talking about losing Buddy, I was a bit lost. But after I got through the struggle, the story picked up and it was hard to put down. Weard was highly entertaining and I felt he could get a book of his own. I enjoyed watching the team unravel the murder. Nicely done.
May 27, 2019
I enjoyed this mystery, which is also an entertaining tale of southern-fried repression.
As Agatha Christie's Miss Marple once said, "There is a great deal of wickedness in village life." This is equally, if not even more true of small town American life, particularly in 1960s era Bible Belt small towns like Arthur, New Mexico. On the surface is one story: It is 1966, and among a group of high school friends, a girl is killed. Although it is clear who did it, the tragedy is re-visited in a series of high school reunions, and what really happened gradually unfolds.
Underpinning this is a story of how love can be destroyed and people damaged when sex between teenagers is considered nasty instead of, well, normal.
But that is only the tip of the iceberg. As the complete truth behind the killing slowly unravels, other secrets are revealed. So much depravity bubbles up to the surface that only someone raised in a smothering, uptight small town could believe it. The ending is both wise and wry. Old scores are settled and wounds heal, as in all good stories. I look forward to Mike Murphey's next novel!
As Agatha Christie's Miss Marple once said, "There is a great deal of wickedness in village life." This is equally, if not even more true of small town American life, particularly in 1960s era Bible Belt small towns like Arthur, New Mexico. On the surface is one story: It is 1966, and among a group of high school friends, a girl is killed. Although it is clear who did it, the tragedy is re-visited in a series of high school reunions, and what really happened gradually unfolds.
Underpinning this is a story of how love can be destroyed and people damaged when sex between teenagers is considered nasty instead of, well, normal.
But that is only the tip of the iceberg. As the complete truth behind the killing slowly unravels, other secrets are revealed. So much depravity bubbles up to the surface that only someone raised in a smothering, uptight small town could believe it. The ending is both wise and wry. Old scores are settled and wounds heal, as in all good stories. I look forward to Mike Murphey's next novel!
August 17, 2024
This is a great story. It happens at three different points in time with things that happened during all three periods coming together to solve the mystery at the root of the story. You’ll be jumping back and forth between the three different periods, but each chapter makes it clear when the events in that chapter are happening, so keeping track of where you are in time isn’t as difficult as in some books like this. Along with the mystery you’ve got a coming-of-age story for all the characters with how they went from being small town kids struggling to figure life out to reasonably responsible adults. If you’ve ever visited eastern New Mexico and have some sense of the geography and culture there, or really any small town, you’ll find the story draws you in even more. I was especially amused when one of the characters went to a restaurant in Las Cruces, New Mexico in the south-central part of the state and it was a place I’d actually been to myself many years ago. A great story that kept me engaged every step of the way.
**Originally written for "Books and Pals" book blog. May have received a free review copy. **
**Originally written for "Books and Pals" book blog. May have received a free review copy. **
September 5, 2019
Mike Murphy tells a story of unrelenting love, lust and loyalty in this tale that centers around the 40th High School class reunion of 1969 in the small town of Arthur, New Mexico. Oh yes, and there are two murders committed years apart that get solved as well! At times it was even laugh out loud funny. Bottom line is that I loved this book! It was a mystery, romance and goofy story all rolled into one. It is not easy to combine so many components and still move toward a conclusion that makes sense, but Murphy pulls it off. He transitions between 2009 and various previous years in a way that provides clarity to the story and adds depth to the character development without confusing. Having graduated in 1969 myself, I was delighted by many of the references to the school years leading up to graduation of the main characters. High school was so difficult and Murphy captured the angst of the time along with the importance of good friends. I am hoping that there will be a sequel that includes the main characters! Thanks to Voracious Readers Only for providing this copy for me to review. A great way to discover new authors, and Mike Murphy is one of them.
July 8, 2019
This was a really quick read which would be the perfect holiday book. Essentially it is about a group of friends who meet up every 10 years for a high school reunion. During this year's reunion a body is found with three shot wounds in various places. Five are arrested for the murder. The murder weapon: an antique gun which was identified as the murder weapon when Christy, aged 17, died at a party. The second connecting factor the victim: Christy's uncle; location: the same house where Christy died all those years ago.
Can Cullen and his girlfriend Lori get to the bottom of this case and rescue his friends from the accusations or will one or more of them end up in jail?
An intriguing read, a host of colourful characters, covering issues of growing up, love, lust and accepting who you are.
Thank you to Acorn Publishing LLC for a copy of the book in return for an honest review and to Mike Murphey for an enjoyable read.
Can Cullen and his girlfriend Lori get to the bottom of this case and rescue his friends from the accusations or will one or more of them end up in jail?
An intriguing read, a host of colourful characters, covering issues of growing up, love, lust and accepting who you are.
Thank you to Acorn Publishing LLC for a copy of the book in return for an honest review and to Mike Murphey for an enjoyable read.
July 18, 2019
Cullen Molloy attends his fourth high school reunion in a small town in New Mexico. He had expected some drama because of events that happened during high school but he did not expect to be using his skills as a lawyer to defend three friends from a murder charge.
This is a well written mystery that spans across the forty years. The characters were absolutely amazing, well developed and interesting. The narrative was extremely well done adding a sense of the times the story took place in and further added depth to the characters. The storyline was easy to read and jumps from the 60s to the 2000s, dealing with a old murder and a new one, weaving the two together with lots of twist, turns and surprises. I was impressed by the authors ability to write such a complex plot while making it easy to read and keeping the reader wanting more. It is a very good book worth reading.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This is a well written mystery that spans across the forty years. The characters were absolutely amazing, well developed and interesting. The narrative was extremely well done adding a sense of the times the story took place in and further added depth to the characters. The storyline was easy to read and jumps from the 60s to the 2000s, dealing with a old murder and a new one, weaving the two together with lots of twist, turns and surprises. I was impressed by the authors ability to write such a complex plot while making it easy to read and keeping the reader wanting more. It is a very good book worth reading.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
June 24, 2021
If you are looking for a book that keeps you awake at night, then this is the perfect book choice for you. It would keep you thinking and guessing until the end.
Even with breadcrumbs of hints strewn in its pages, it would be hard to identify which is which as characters become more unreliable wherein everyone has secrets to keep. They are all culprits, so don't be easily deceived. The one who's really at fault is just lurking around. I was honestly making my own theories. Even though I successfully puzzled out some of them, I was wrong most of the time. And it was fascinating to watch how it all played out in the end.
I did not see that ending coming at all. I was shocked and astounded. The plot twists never crossed my mind, so I was most of the time surprised.
The writing is fabulous. The book was emitting so much talent from the author. I truly believe that Mike Murphey is born to write. Amazing literature!
June 13, 2019
Nothing is as appears yet much is the same.
Section Roads – This is my first read by this author and I like it immensely. While written with plenty of storylines, the book flips back and forth between the 1960s and 2009, showing the characters as young students/adult and as matured adults.
There are plenty of secrets that come out in 2009, after a murder, that makes this a rollercoaster ride of intrigue and suspense. The variety of characters make this an interesting story. The emotions are plentiful and run the gamut showing why the characters’ actions happened.
The author does a wonderful job with his descriptions and the twists and turns that make this fast paced story hard to put down. I found this book on Booksprout. 5*
Section Roads – This is my first read by this author and I like it immensely. While written with plenty of storylines, the book flips back and forth between the 1960s and 2009, showing the characters as young students/adult and as matured adults.
There are plenty of secrets that come out in 2009, after a murder, that makes this a rollercoaster ride of intrigue and suspense. The variety of characters make this an interesting story. The emotions are plentiful and run the gamut showing why the characters’ actions happened.
The author does a wonderful job with his descriptions and the twists and turns that make this fast paced story hard to put down. I found this book on Booksprout. 5*
August 22, 2024
My first read from Mike Murphey was a hit; a solid blend of mystery meets romance meets crime thriller, with a brilliant cast of characters and a plot to keep you guessing.
Section Roads is the perfect example of a multi-genre book that just works. It’s an easy read but still has all the elements a great mystery/romance crossover should have. Even though the timelines messed me up a bit by the end, I loved visiting two very different times in these characters’ lives, and in doing so, it felt as though I’d known them forever. There are surprises around every corner which kept things fresh and exciting, the truth about two different murders so satisfying by the end. A well plotted book which felt addictive from start to finish. A great read!
Section Roads is the perfect example of a multi-genre book that just works. It’s an easy read but still has all the elements a great mystery/romance crossover should have. Even though the timelines messed me up a bit by the end, I loved visiting two very different times in these characters’ lives, and in doing so, it felt as though I’d known them forever. There are surprises around every corner which kept things fresh and exciting, the truth about two different murders so satisfying by the end. A well plotted book which felt addictive from start to finish. A great read!
January 6, 2020
I enjoyed this book even though it went from past to present. Some books can make it difficult to keep on track but this was easy to keep up with.
I was hooked from the first chapter and there were so many twists and turns it kept me hooked.
The author really gave me an insight into each character and the journey they all went on growing up.
I felt so bad for the characters and what they had to go through especially with the twist at the end. It was heartbreaking but it felt good at the end. The characters opened up.
I think the audience for this book is twenties and over but no specific gender. It is for people who like a good twist and a good crime book.
I was hooked from the first chapter and there were so many twists and turns it kept me hooked.
The author really gave me an insight into each character and the journey they all went on growing up.
I felt so bad for the characters and what they had to go through especially with the twist at the end. It was heartbreaking but it felt good at the end. The characters opened up.
I think the audience for this book is twenties and over but no specific gender. It is for people who like a good twist and a good crime book.
June 23, 2021
Engrossing story! Every single time you spend reading this is worth it.
Attorney Cullen came back to his hometown during their fortieth reunion in 2009. But unexpected things happened, people got killed, arrested, and wrongly accused. They are not strangers to murder and violence as they have far worse experiences from the past.
Murphey weaves the events from the '60s and the present 2009 back and forth skillfully. I think that this type of writing is very hard to pull off. But the author did a great job at it as he clearly presents the past and the present.
If you find yourself in Arthur, New Mexico, and see the section roads, I guess all I can say is, run for your life.
June 13, 2019
It is never easy to write a story that jumps back and forth between different eras, but Mike Murphey does it flawlessly. He weaves such a tale that it is funny at times and yet heartbreaking as well. The storyline is intriguing and imaginative. The twists and turns taken while trying to discover the truth about the tragedy uncover long-hidden secrets.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
June 28, 2019
"Section Roads" clashes together the past and present to weave a wild mystery of a ride. The characters are all so quirky and there are many laugh out loud moments in the book. Mike Murphey spans generations using subtle references and the noir film tone of the book made it very entertaining. "Section Roads" is a nostalgia-laced tale of murder, friendship, first loves, and how to handle life's lemons, with a strong emphasis on character and humor. Four stars.
July 25, 2019
Section Roads is a riveting, fast-paced novel, incorporating elements of the value of friendship and navigating life while faced with unexpected disastrous situations.
This is an excellent read for those who enjoy several different themes being thrown into the same book. It is not one-dimensional mystery. It's got a little of everything.
Be prepared for an involved ride of a read, you wont want to miss it.
This is an excellent read for those who enjoy several different themes being thrown into the same book. It is not one-dimensional mystery. It's got a little of everything.
Be prepared for an involved ride of a read, you wont want to miss it.
August 26, 2019
This is a great book by a debut author. I really enjoyed the twists and turns in the story. I identified with the characters as much of it took place in my era. I had a bit of trouble at the beginning sorting out who was who but don't let this deter you. By the third chapter I was hooked. I don't want to tell much about the book as it was a murder mystery, but I will say this- It was riveting and kept me wondering what would happen next. I am looking forward to this authors next book.
September 2, 2019
I will not give away much but I definitely am all praise for this work by Mike Murphey.
The characters of Cullen, Shelby, Buddy and the hilarious Weard all come to life.The coming of age,growing up and dealing with being a murderer in high school ... the book is no sentimental mishmash but a well etched story with believable characters and a nice story line with the right balance of mystery and spice and emotions that keeps you hooked.
Go for it !
The characters of Cullen, Shelby, Buddy and the hilarious Weard all come to life.The coming of age,growing up and dealing with being a murderer in high school ... the book is no sentimental mishmash but a well etched story with believable characters and a nice story line with the right balance of mystery and spice and emotions that keeps you hooked.
Go for it !
September 8, 2019
I received a complimentary copy of the book from the author via Voracious Readers Only. I really enjoyed the book. The small town characters are relatable and realistic. The story ties a present day case in with a case from the past. He does a great job of tying the two together along with letting out surprising new information from both the past and the present. I would definitely read another book by this author.
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