Antler Dust The Allison Coil Mystery Series Book 1 edition by Mark Stevens Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
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Antler Dust begins with a bang. Two bangs.
On the opening day of the hunting season in the Colorado Flat Tops wilderness, two men go missing.
The first is a hunting guide.
The second is an animal rights protester who believes his creative suicide will galvanize the animal rights movement.
Hunting guide Allison Coil hears a distant rifle shot and sees just enough through the swirling snow to believe somebody knows something-and isn't coming forward.
But what exactly did she see?
Outfitter George Grumley fends off the formal investigation and works to discourage the informal and persistent inquiries by Coil. Grumley knows no limits in the effort to protect his guide service, which caters to fat-cat clients.
Who needs hunting regulations when technology can produce the quickest and most thrilling hunt that money can buy?
Antler Dust The Allison Coil Mystery Series Book 1 edition by Mark Stevens Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
I wanted to fall in love with this book but the formatting of conversations was awful, leaving me to go back and re-read the conversation to figure out who said what. I felt the book needed a good line editor as well as content editor. Certain situations seemed improbably, which detracted frombelievability of the book. Such as Allison in the barn, trying to keep the horse quiet while stroking its flank with one hand while petting its cheek with the other -- not really possible. Also, Allison leaves her boots in the noose after escaping who ever hung her upside down. The next morning her
feet are freezing and she has to stand on Bear to get her boots down. What? Who ever strung her up tied the rope to a tree and all she had to do was lower the rope to get her boots. Small things but there were so many that a fresh eye/editor on the book would have picked up. Also, this was published in 2015, yet I noted that no one in book used a cell phone and there always seemed to be a convenient pay phone available for the
various characters to use with change in their pockets. I really didn't connect to any of the characters and felt it would have been a much stronger
book, had Mr. Stevens developed the relationship between Allison and Slater better. I did enjoy the storytelling regarding back country hunting and descriptions of hunting camps.
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Antler Dust The Allison Coil Mystery Series Book 1 edition by Mark Stevens Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews
This is another book that has been on my for a long time and I finally got around to reading it – sorry it took me so long because it was a really good story. I read a lot of mysteries and police procedurals; this book was a nice change from the big city locations and large police departments that are in the books I usually read. It takes place in the Colorado Flat Tops wilderness. Two men were killed at almost the exact same time in two different, but relatively close locations. Was one of the deaths an accident? The police are focusing on only one of the shootings. They believe the guide (Allison Coil) who said she saw and heard “something” happen at a different location is just mixed up about where she was since she was a “city girl” before she became a guide. While the police are busy with the death, a group known as FATE (Fighting Animal Torture Everywhere) is causing havoc while demonstrating against the hunters. There’s a lot going on and the author did a good job of tying everything together.
WARNING SPOILER ALERT!
As a native Coloradan and resident living 67 miles from Glenwood Springs, I found some descriptions in the book misleading and laughable. Humidity, for one, is not a word I would ever associate with the extremely dry Colorado climate. The author also frequently used both sight and site when referring to a rifle sight.
I was disappointed that Allison Coils, the main character, was so incredibly foolhardy and lacking in common sense. She reminded me of the GEICO horror movie commercial where a group of kids are running from a murderer in the middle of the woods and decide to take shelter in a barn filled with chainsaws hanging from the rafters. All the while, the murderer is watching them in dumbfounded silence.
In one instance, Coils is headed "back to the barn," and a timeline for her return is even provided. Suddenly, for no reason and without explanation, she decided to stop for the night, after which she is mysteriously attacked and hung up by her ankles in a nearby tree. She managed to extricate herself, then without logic, decided it was sensible to spend the night in her already-set-up tent.
I was also incredibly disappointed by the poor sentence structure. There were far too many instances of dialogue where the quotes were not properly separated into distinct paragraphs and not adequately attributed. I found myself having to reread portions of the book several times to figure out who was saying what.
Ultimately, the story wasn't believable, and it definitely could have used a good editor. I fear that too often, new digital "authors" skimp to save money and end up with a book that is lacking in proper grammar and structure, unnecessarily annoying, and sadly disappointing.
I chose this book mainly for the setting and because I enjoy crime fiction set in different locations than the big cities. The setting was presented in vivid detail, and I had no trouble picturing the action as it unfolded. The plot was well-constructed, except for Alison's flashbacks, which, perhaps intentionally, were not as sharply defined as the outdoor details of the main action. The characters were believable enough, but the bad guys were drawn with more depth, I think, except that Slater seemed almost wooden and his coldness made me wonder why she bothered with him, but perhaps the trauma of the plane crash, which kept intruding on her consciousness, had much to do with some of the questionable choices she makes which put her in harm's way. I had no idea what antler dust had to do with the plot, having never heard of it or of its uses, until near the end of the story, which I think could have used a better explanation. Despite that little flaw, what I liked most about the book is how realistically the author treats the situation of a lone woman working to be taken seriously in a male-dominated environment. Allison struggles with credibility in her efforts to locate the body of a murder victim whose end she may have witnessed, makes her more determined to take risks in order to be believed. I will perhaps read further in the series to see how she develops the confidence needed to earn the respect of her male colleagues.
I wanted to fall in love with this book but the formatting of conversations was awful, leaving me to go back and re-read the conversation to figure out who said what. I felt the book needed a good line editor as well as content editor. Certain situations seemed improbably, which detracted from
believability of the book. Such as Allison in the barn, trying to keep the horse quiet while stroking its flank with one hand while petting its cheek with the other -- not really possible. Also, Allison leaves her boots in the noose after escaping who ever hung her upside down. The next morning her
feet are freezing and she has to stand on Bear to get her boots down. What? Who ever strung her up tied the rope to a tree and all she had to do was lower the rope to get her boots. Small things but there were so many that a fresh eye/editor on the book would have picked up. Also, this was published in 2015, yet I noted that no one in book used a cell phone and there always seemed to be a convenient pay phone available for the
various characters to use with change in their pockets. I really didn't connect to any of the characters and felt it would have been a much stronger
book, had Mr. Stevens developed the relationship between Allison and Slater better. I did enjoy the storytelling regarding back country hunting and descriptions of hunting camps.
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