A volcanic eruption is quite another, for, as the journalist who does a framing voice-over narration for Brooks’ latest puts it, when Mount Rainier popped its cork, “it was the psychological aspect, the hyperbole-fueled hysteria that had ended up killing the most people.” Maybe, but the sasquatches whom the volcano displaced contributed to the statistics, too, if only out of self-defense. Though French (The Likeness, 2009, etc.) plies readers with dark and stormy clichés, the charming narrative will leave readers begging for a sequel.Īre we not men? We are-well, ask Bigfoot, as Brooks does in this delightful yarn, following on his bestseller World War Z (2006).Ī zombie apocalypse is one thing. Instead, Scorcher, the lead investigator, has an eye out for Frank’s interference and keeps him at an increasing distance as the investigation heats up. If only Frank’s position as an undercover cop would give him some insight into the case. Not only does everything seem to tie into his family of origin, but menacing fingers seem to be reaching out for his young daughter Holly. Suddenly, what was once buried history starts coming to light, and Frank isn’t quite prepared for the twists his life begins to take.
This new intelligence throws mysterious shadows on Frank’s theories about Rosie’s fate. She’s got the one thing in the world that could make him come back: information about Rosie, whose suitcase has been found in a vacant house. He’s moved on and hasn’t looked back-until he receives an urgent call from his sister Jackie, demanding that he return to his childhood home. When Rosie failed to show up at their meeting spot that fateful night, Frank was broken-hearted but decided to go it alone.
Of course, he thought he’d be leaving with his childhood sweetheart Rosie Daly. When Frank Mackey left Faithful Place more than 20 years ago, he never imagined returning.
An Irish undercover cop delves into his working-class past.
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