Lynskey (Troglodytes) vividly renders backwoods Tennessee, a land where life is hard, and death, sometimes hard sometimes easy, is frequent, and you do whatever is necessary to survive.

Brendan's unusual dreams, in which Ashleigh taunts him to find her real killer, provide another spur to action. Cobb's father, a crusty Korean War vet, plays a key role with his take-no-prisoners attitude in a wild scramble to find Edna and the 'big bug' behind the pot farms. Ed Lynskey, one of the most acclaimed modern crime noir authors, returns to the Smoky Mountains with a new hardboiled tale of murder, passion, and intense action. But the local sheriff closing in targets Brendan as the prime suspect for Ashleigh’s murder. Hello Select your address Kindle Store Hello, Sign in. When Edna disappears at the lake, Brendan winds up getting entangled with local pot farmers, federal agents, and Ashleigh's rich, vengeful father. Biblioklept: Your new novel Lake Charles is a crime thriller set in the backwoods of Tennessee in 1979, which you paint as a criminal hotbed riddled with police. Lake Charles Ed Lynskey 3.90 92 ratings47 reviews Brendan Fishback coming home from a rock concert ends up the next morning in bed with a corpse, his dead girlfriend Ashleigh Sizemore. Lake Charles: An Appalachian Crime Noir eBook : Lynskey, Ed: Amazon.in: Kindle Store. Wildside (12.99 trade paper (192p) ISBN 978-1-4344-3046-5 At the start of Lynskey's dark, casually violent tale set in 1979 rural. Brendan is driving to Lake Charles with twin sister Edna and his brother-in-law and best friend, Cobb Kuzawa, who have 'yet to exchange a civil word' since they separated on July 4. At the start of Lynskey's dark, casually violent tale set in 1979 rural Tennessee, Brendan Fishback is out on bail while awaiting trial for the murder of a casual pickup, Ashleigh Sizemore.

Lake Charles by Ed Lynskey