DLR LIBRARY BLOG

The Missing
by

Tim Gautreaux

This is a wonderfully atmospheric book, which is beautifully written, full of vivid evocations of the sights, sounds and smells of the American South.

Louisiana is the setting for this riveting story about a kidnapped little girl and Sam Simoneaux, the man on her trail.

Feeling honour bound to find the missing child, Sam gets a job on a pleasure boat, that travels up the Mississippi, entering a wild world of lawlessness and jazz,topped up with moonshine.

The book is  an enthralling story about loss, vengeance and redemption, set in the early 1920's it reads very much as though it was actually written there and then.

Borrow this book from your local library it WILL DELIGHT YOU.

Elaine