Thin Air: A Justice for the Missing Story

by Phillip Davis

Note: This book is a teaser for and introduction to the world of "Justice for the Missing."

When park ranger Dave Marquez reports for duty at Rocky Mountain National Park, he's expecting a quiet, summer afternoon. Then the call comes in. A car has been parked at a trailhead all day and no one has seen its occupants. It's storm season. The temperature is falling. The few clues Dave finds aren't adding up. Peek into the world of "Justice for the Missing," and uncover what's happening in America's National Parks

Kindle Edition

Published August 1, 2020

About the author

Phillip Davis has been writing short stories, novels, poems, and plays for most of his life, although Peppermint Lightning is his first published book, and decidedly so, for reasons that are quite personal to the author. While in high school, he won awards for two plays that he authored, and later he completed the NaNoWriMo challenge three times, the literary equivalent to multiple Boston Marathons. Phillip was born in Waterloo, New York, but has made dwellings in Texas, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Florida, and Tennessee, ultimately returning “home” to East Liverpool, Ohio. Along the way he has attended Merrimack College, The University of Massachusetts, and he has earned a degree from Western Governors University. Over several decades Phillip has earned his keep warehousing vitamins, renting everything from heavy machinery to automobiles, setting up tents, acting in theater, laboring in a grocery freezer, scheduling service jobs, mixing paint, slinging java, washing dishes, and selling books, eventually answering his calling as a teacher, where he helps his students find lightning, peppermint and otherwise, in the spots it is least likely to strike, and magic in the corners that require a special eye to uncover. Although he has always written, we may now add “author” to that considerable list of vocations. Phillip has parents and step-parents, brothers, aunts and uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews, and in-laws all of whom he cares for deeply. Inquiries may be sent to peppermintlightning@gmail.com

Reviews

[PAR · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a brilliant read! It pulled me in from beginning to end and held my attention. The world building is detailed and imaginative. This novel has strong, well developed characters and an interesting story line that keeps you turning the pages. I recommend this novel and would read more novels by this author.

[Lynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

An interesting short story about park rangers looking for a lost tourist hiker. Even at the end they hadn’t found the hiker –all kind of stumped! Sort of living the reader in suspense and up to themselves to figure what what’s going on!

[Bill Chee · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not sure what to make of this story.
It does reveal in detail what a park ranger and search and rescue teams do when tasked with finding a lost or missing hiker.
The story begins with park ranger Dave on a routine patrol, then asked to find a missing hiker. A rescue is added when Dave fails.
The story abruptly ends with not finding the hiker nor any resolution as to the point of the story.
No clue or epilogue. Strange.

[Dianna Hamilton · Rating 1 out of 5]

I have never given a bad review on a book , but, This was one of the worst books I've read!!!!! It started out like a really good book, but then it ends!!!! Nothing!!!! No finding the missing girl NOTHING!!! Then goes to a guy going to relieve himself and he disappears!!!! And then NOTHING!!!! The book ends!!!!!!! Don't waste your time reading it!!!