Stone Fly Contemporary Detective Fiction Sheriff Bud Blair Oregon Mystery Series Book 2 edition by Rod Collins Literature Fiction eBooks
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Joined by a bottle-and-cans man, a beautiful bartender, and two Bremerton city detectives, Sheriff Bud Blair and his four deputies set out to find a connection between a dead sailor in Bremerton and the murder in Lake County, Oregon, of an unidentified "John Doe."
After listening to an anonymous phone call, Bud finds the case becoming more complex than a simple homicide. And as they unravel the mystery of the dead, his officers move closer to a confrontation with the NCIS, Crazy Charlie, and drug runners who may have connections to the Middle East.
When the dust settles, Bud is left with a new homicide to solve, a suspicion that a mole is hiding in the NCIS, and an unpaid debt to a man who doesn't officially exist––the mysterious Stone Fly.
Stone Fly Contemporary Detective Fiction Sheriff Bud Blair Oregon Mystery Series Book 2 edition by Rod Collins Literature Fiction eBooks
I have been circling around the task of writing this review for over a week. The book is the second in a ranch-land crime series featuring an ageing sheriff named Bud Blair and his associates in Lake County, Oregon, a sprawling tract spread over the high desert in the central part of the state. As in “Spider Silk”, the first book in the series, Mr. Collins very skillfully keeps his characters well- differentiated, and I experienced little difficulty in keeping track of them. However, in this outing, the action, not the characters, was what ultimately spun things out of control.The story starts with the discovery of the body of a sailor in Bremerton, Washington, dead in a dumpster. His genitalia have been hacked off, and he was presumably left to bleed to death. Meanwhile, in another part of the forest, Bud’s tiny office is alerted by the Office of Homeland Security that the major north-south highway through Lake County may be developing into a conduit for smuggling drugs and people from Mexico into the U.S. Bud and his staff lay quiet plans to watch for suspicious activity along the route when a fisherman pulls another body to the surface of a nearby lake, similarly mutilated and also a sailor. An anonymous call prompts them to check with the Navy in Bremerton, and a connection is made. This brings two Bremerton city police detectives to Lake County, enlarging the cast by two. Then Bud is given an undercover policewoman to help with his surveillance of the highway, and a new character appears: Gar, a seemingly aimless vagabond who collects cans and bottles from the side of the road and turns them in for cash. More and more people accumulate, including a thug named Cowboy and someone called “Crazy Charlie”, who was once a buddy of Gar’s in Afghanistan. I began to feel I was watching the preparation of one of those little circus clown cars which go on to disgorge twenty passengers in the center ring.
Everything finally goes too far. There is a climactic battle on the highway which convincingly illustrates the Fog of War. It actually includes a prairie fire, a C-130 transport, and a craterous terrorist bomb, all stirred up in a mash of big black SUVs and helicopters of all sizes. This blast of spectacle completely overwhelms the human interactions in Bud’s domain so carefully constructed earlier. What could be an interesting suspense story for grownups degenerates into a zig-zag movie poster. Forget it.
Four reluctant stars.
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Stone Fly Contemporary Detective Fiction Sheriff Bud Blair Oregon Mystery Series Book 2 edition by Rod Collins Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
This book is just great story telling! The constant action makes it go a lot faster than Spider Silk, so hold on to your seat! I was truly sad when there were no more pages to turn!
While this is definitely a stand alone book, if you haven't read the first book, you'll want it to get to know the sheriff and his friends a little better.
There are some missing commas and words and such, but nothing too terrible to slow the reader down.
P.S. I think I have a crush on Bud ;-)
Stone Fly is a well written story that takes place in Oregon.
If you have been to Oregon you will recognize all the well described Locations. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed Rod's book and would recommend everyone read it.
Jaye
Excellent read you won't want to put it down. The setting is in a part of Oregon that I am very familiar with which makes it very interesting.
I read Rod's first book "Spiders Silk" and was hopeful that he had written another. He did, "Stone Fly". Stone fly has a few surprises, some suspense, and a lot of action. The way Rod writes made me feel as if I was right there with Bud and the other characters. .I highly recommend and promise you will not be disappointed. I look forward to reading his next book in the series.
Am really enjoying this series revolving around Bud Blair. All kinds of interesting characters and plots and even subplots. Am already on Book 3 of the series, and cannot put that down.
Bud is a fun man to follow. This was the second in his series. For me series are fun when they continue the relationships into the next in the series. Mr. Collins is a master of that. I also like that the language is clean for the most part with any cuss words left to the characters who are following their western, cowboy type language. A great book for someone who enjoys action.
Rod Collins is with the " Real " authors who right the books that last and are reread again. The story is clean, not relying on gimmicks, bad grammar or puffed up emotions. A great story line, and believable throughout. Can't wait to read more of Collins books. He makes the characters real, and understandable. This,in this day and age, could be a real thing. Do yourself a favor and read these books.
I have been circling around the task of writing this review for over a week. The book is the second in a ranch-land crime series featuring an ageing sheriff named Bud Blair and his associates in Lake County, Oregon, a sprawling tract spread over the high desert in the central part of the state. As in “Spider Silk”, the first book in the series, Mr. Collins very skillfully keeps his characters well- differentiated, and I experienced little difficulty in keeping track of them. However, in this outing, the action, not the characters, was what ultimately spun things out of control.
The story starts with the discovery of the body of a sailor in Bremerton, Washington, dead in a dumpster. His genitalia have been hacked off, and he was presumably left to bleed to death. Meanwhile, in another part of the forest, Bud’s tiny office is alerted by the Office of Homeland Security that the major north-south highway through Lake County may be developing into a conduit for smuggling drugs and people from Mexico into the U.S. Bud and his staff lay quiet plans to watch for suspicious activity along the route when a fisherman pulls another body to the surface of a nearby lake, similarly mutilated and also a sailor. An anonymous call prompts them to check with the Navy in Bremerton, and a connection is made. This brings two Bremerton city police detectives to Lake County, enlarging the cast by two. Then Bud is given an undercover policewoman to help with his surveillance of the highway, and a new character appears Gar, a seemingly aimless vagabond who collects cans and bottles from the side of the road and turns them in for cash. More and more people accumulate, including a thug named Cowboy and someone called “Crazy Charlie”, who was once a buddy of Gar’s in Afghanistan. I began to feel I was watching the preparation of one of those little circus clown cars which go on to disgorge twenty passengers in the center ring.
Everything finally goes too far. There is a climactic battle on the highway which convincingly illustrates the Fog of War. It actually includes a prairie fire, a C-130 transport, and a craterous terrorist bomb, all stirred up in a mash of big black SUVs and helicopters of all sizes. This blast of spectacle completely overwhelms the human interactions in Bud’s domain so carefully constructed earlier. What could be an interesting suspense story for grownups degenerates into a zig-zag movie poster. Forget it.
Four reluctant stars.
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