FALLEN MOUNTAINS

FALLEN MOUNTAINS

By Kimi Cunningham Grant

Fallen Mountains, Pennsylvania is a small town holding secrets and regrets, memories and things best forgotten. It is made up of family histories and friendships false and true. It’s a small town like any other, and when one of its members goes missing, questions and suspicions are laid bare like the neighboring forests that are being systematically mowed down by outsiders.

Possum, Transom, Chase and sheriff Red all have their family histories and secrets, some of them overlapping. When Transom disappears, Red, ready for retirement, reluctantly must face some of those secrets to get to the bottom of his absence. He must question motives from Transom’s childhood friend, Chase, and his childhood adversary, Possum.

The novel is a character study of how past events and discoveries shaped the viewpoints of these men, and what they did as a result. The writing is excellent; I felt as if I understood where each character was coming from, whether I agreed with him or not. There is suspense throughout the book, and the ending was just as it should have been – painful and perfect.

It’s a pleasure to have started the new year with a book as thoughtfully written as Fallen Mountains. Thanks to NetGalley and Amberjack Publishing for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Reviewed January 2019