“Call me Ishmael.”
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…”
“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.”
“In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.”
A great opening line can capture the imagination and draw you into the story. I ran across such a line recently. The book is entitled “Wild Sorrow” and the author is Sandi Ault. “The wind howled like a broken-hearted woman who had given up on life.” That painted such an evocative picture for me I just had to read this book.
While tracking a wounded mountain lion on a desolate canyon rim, Jamaica Wild, Bureau of Land Management agent, and her wolf, Mountain, come across and old Indian School—a place where children were “Americanized” after being taken from their homes. When a snowstorm sweeps the canyon, Jamaica is forced to take refuge in the abandoned school. As she explores her impromptu haven, she discovers the desecrated body of an elderly Anglo woman. This discovery combined with the troubled history of the abandoned school and the sorrowful howling of the icy wind haunt Jamaica throughout the night. After the storm, the FBI takes over the murder investigation while Jamaica continues to search for the wounded she-lion and her cubs. As the dead of winter approaches, arctic temperatures on the mesa threaten the survival of the mountain lions—and Jamaica herself, as she is stalked and terrorized by the unidentified killer.
This is not the sort of book I usually read, but like I mentioned the opening line had me. I have enjoyed the characters and the setting. This is the third book in the series and I have enjoyed it enough to want to go back and read the previous ones.
While tracking a wounded mountain lion on a desolate canyon rim, Jamaica Wild, Bureau of Land Management agent, and her wolf, Mountain, come across and old Indian School—a place where children were “Americanized” after being taken from their homes. When a snowstorm sweeps the canyon, Jamaica is forced to take refuge in the abandoned school. As she explores her impromptu haven, she discovers the desecrated body of an elderly Anglo woman. This discovery combined with the troubled history of the abandoned school and the sorrowful howling of the icy wind haunt Jamaica throughout the night. After the storm, the FBI takes over the murder investigation while Jamaica continues to search for the wounded she-lion and her cubs. As the dead of winter approaches, arctic temperatures on the mesa threaten the survival of the mountain lions—and Jamaica herself, as she is stalked and terrorized by the unidentified killer.
This is not the sort of book I usually read, but like I mentioned the opening line had me. I have enjoyed the characters and the setting. This is the third book in the series and I have enjoyed it enough to want to go back and read the previous ones.
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