O.K. I have to be honest and say that I have a connection to the authors of this book. Irene Black is a former Director of the Library where I am presently employed, a fellow book club member (we both belong to the Porch Page Turners), and a friend. I have known her and her charming husband Ford for several years now.
They have written a couple of Brewster County novels under the name Nash Black (the combined name of Irene Black and Ford Nashett)--"Qualifying Laps", and its prequel "Sins of our Fathers", as well as a non-fiction book called "Writing as a Small Business".
Since we are lucky enough to have an author as a book club member, we decided to choose "Sins of the Fathers" as our July selection for Book Club.
When movie star Marci Layne returns home to Brewster County, her high school lover turns up dead and all evidence points to her. A local lawyer and ardent fan sets out to prove she didn't kill him, based on her word alone. There are lots of twists and turns with past secrets colliding with the present till the mystery is solved.
This is a fast pleasant read, what I would call a nice little cozy mystery (with a decidedly non-cozy theme--child abuse). I had a little trouble keeping up with the characters at first, but the authors have kindly provided a list of characters in the front of the book, and it was a big help to be able to flip back to this list to reorient myself. And without giving away too much of the plot, the authors have researched the disintegration of the human personality when subjected to child molestation, and dedicate the book to the Lake Cumberland Children's Advocacy Center (with one dollar from each sale of this book being donated to the Center).
I think Brewster County may be a nice addition to some of the other fictional communities I have learned to love, from Jan Karon's Mitford to Philip Gulley's Harmony. Gotta love those small town folks and their quirky charm.
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