Riveting River Ride – My Book Review

I am going, to be honest, here, I was quite doubtful about this story as I began reading the initial pages. It was a tad confusing following the narrator talking to a reporter and then you have a little bit of story that is still being told by the narrator but in the other character’s voices. With the reading of each succeeding chapter, the flow got into a rhythm like a slow winding moving river and it became quite navigable and riveting.

Bones of Amoret by author Arthur Herbert is one of those books whose story will come back full-fold to me with memories of brilliant writing and a Class 5 Rapids ride. This story revolves around a medical doctor who is also the narrator. He is trying his best on many fronts. The author crafted a story that is haunting and to a certain degree quite poignant.

 Bones of Amoret is set in the remote West Texas Mexico border area where you are more likely to see javelina coming at you down the road before you see a car. It is a story that encompasses many things all at once brilliantly. From helping people in search of a better life. From about doing wrong and then doing right. Most importantly this is a story about murder. Several murders in fact. What precipitates those murders is the chilling story of who and why they were committed. That’s the river ride I was not expecting.

There are many twists I never could possibly imagine or saw coming in this mystery. I could not ever imagine a guess. That is the brilliance of this story and the writing – surprising its readers until the very end pages like the last hard rapid of a long and brilliant river ride. If you love crime and mystery stories then this book is a must, must-read.

My only regret is that I didn’t have this book in hand to read and make a bookstagram.