J Barrie Paulson

The Sins of Salmon River J Barrie Paulson

Alex continues to struggle to save Kate and Billy from the heavy pitfalls of the worst of the worst drugs and the tainted town that promotes it. Inadvertently, Alex now come up against the powerful gang or the goon platoon whose persuasive ways are greater than the biggest cartel. Not only have they bamboozled the town council and Pierce county, the second worst meth county in the country, but the Feds. Dathan, the gang's brutal leader, persuades Alex into doing a booby trap to pay Kate's drug debt. Alex feels there's no other way to free Kate and Billy from Dathan and from Salmon River's impenetrable grip. Inwardly though Alex fears he is in over his head. A suspense-thriller, theme oriented, the story revolves in and around a drug made by anyone, anywhere from anything. Although it could easily be a true tale, this is a work of fiction, more like The Grapes of Wrath than Traffic. Character driven by an extraordinary array of characters, the reader is easily carried away into a fanatical world few know exists. The plot, with its many twists and turns, promises to entertain and to hold your attention from beginning to end. The second of a series of three books, a must read are Book I - The Town Darling and Book III - Beyond the Horizon.