Timber Beasts
(2009)(The first book in the Sage Adair Historical Mystery of the Pacific Northwest series)
A novel by S L Stoner
The story opens with the murder of a young boy--a murder for whom no one will be held accountable. He was, after all, stealing a ride beneath the train along with his older brother, Matthew. Arriving in Portland, Oregon, Matthew is in the wrong place at the wrong time when two more murders occur. And so, the victim becomes the accused. Enter Sage Adair. Sage is the proprietor of an elegant restaurant that caters to Portland's "best" citizens. He is rich, educated and elegant with friends in all the right places. And, he is a secret operative in the labor movement. Stoner’s characterizations and personalities are original and believable; each one is carefully crafted to step out of the pages and into your imagination, where they run down Old Town's dark alleys, ride the rails with hobos, haunt Portland's infamous brothels and opium dens, or risk it all in the hell-bent-for-leather timber camps. Stoner takes us on a tour of life and death, love, hypocrisy, injustice and reparation in early 20th Century Portland. The story is a broad canvas painted with a fine brush with the richness of The Canterbury Tales, but without the boring poetry. A spicy mix of historical fact, character, plot and circumstance. Timber Beasts will keep you up late turning the next page– a great read. Timber Beasts is the gold medal winner of the International Next Generation Indie Book Awards, from the Independent Book Publishing Group. Another book in the series was selected runner-up for the same award.
Genre: Historical Mystery
Genre: Historical Mystery
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