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Funny, sharp, gritty Dahlgren Wallace is
a Montana fly-fishing guide caught in the middle of a nasty
war over land and history.
Dahlgren is a former college football
star, a veteran of the first Gulf War and a former member
of the Marine Corps elite Force Recon. He thought he had put
the world of intrigue and special forces behind him by becoming
a fly-fishing guide. He’s the river keeper and guide
on an expansive, private Montana river owned by a media mogul.
When the novel opens, Dahlgren is guiding when his boss’s
latest guest is bludgeoned to death, practically under Dahlgren’s
nose. Dahlgren is immediately suspected of the crime.
In an effort to defend himself, Dahlgren
must resort to the skills he learned in Special Ops-skills
he had hoped he’d never need again. As he delves further
into the case, he finds himself embroiled with a band of Neo-Nazi-type
militia; a radical environmental movement; a colony of peaceful
Hutterites; a kilt-wearing clandestine cattleman’s organization;
and the FBI. All the while, he is led down a twisted path
of discovery and into the deepest recesses of Mormon history.
Full of action, laugh-out-loud humor,
and tremendous suspense and peopled with wonderfully surprising
characters—from a Jewish deli-owner/scholar to a former
Miss Utah—Blood Atonement is a winner. Tenuto’s
agile style and lightning-fast pace will make the world impatient
for the next Dahlgren Wallace mystery.
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