About The Bones of Amoret
In this enigmatic follow up to his critically acclaimed debut novel The Cuts that Cure, Arthur Herbert returns to the Texas-Mexico border with this saga of a small town’s bloody loss of innocence.
Amoret, Texas, 1982. Life along the border is harsh, but in a world where cultures work together to carve a living from the desert landscape, Blaine Beckett lives a life of isolation. A transplanted Boston intellectual, for twenty years locals have viewed him as a snob, a misanthrope, an outsider. He seems content to stand apart until one night when he vanishes into thin air amid signs of foul play.
Noah Grady, the town doctor, is a charming and popular good ol’ boy. He’s also a keeper of secrets, both the town’s and his own. He watches from afar as the mystery of Blaine’s disappearance unravels and rumors fly. Were the incipient cartels responsible? Was it a local with a grudge? Or did Blaine himself orchestrate his own disappearance? Then the unthinkable happens, and Noah begins to realize he’s considered a suspect.
Paced like a lit fuse and full of dizzying plot twists, The Bones of Amoret is a riveting whodunit that will keep you guessing all the way to its shocking conclusion.
Genre: Crime | Print length: 431 | Age range: This is an adult book but suitable for mature teens age 16+
Note: Trigger warnings: Homicides briefly described; murder of a child; brief drug references; discovery of a suicide; natural death of an adolescent. Amazon Rating: New book not yet rated.4.5 *
About the Author
Arthur Herbert was born and raised in small
town Texas. He worked on offshore oil rigs, as a bartender, a landscaper at a
trailer park, and as a social worker before going to medical school. He chose
to do a residency in general surgery, followed by a fellowship in critical care
and trauma surgery. For the last eighteen years, he’s worked as a trauma and
burn surgeon, operating on all ages of injured patients. He continues to run a
thriving practice. He is the author of the acclaimed novel The Cuts that Cure,
which was toured by Blackthorn last year.
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