DreadfulWater Shows Up
by Thomas King
The man has been unmasked, but the fun continues. Hartley GoodWeather is indeed award-winning, bestselling writer Thomas King. A born trickster and now newly minted master of the comic mystery novel, King has penned what will be the first in a series of Thumps DreadfulWater novels.Who is Thumps DreadfulWater, and just why does he show up? DreadfulWater is the unlikely Cherokee ex-cop who’ s trying to make a living as a photographer in the small townof Chinook, somewhere in the northwestern United States. But only he doesn’ t count on snapping shots of a dead body languishing in the just-completed luxury condo resort built by the local Indian band.Smart and savvy, blessed with a killer dry wit and a penchant for self-deprecating humor, DreadfulWater isn’ t sure that he can shed his California cop skin. Soon entangled in a mystery that involves a smart-ass teenage anti-condo protester and a cast of characters as weird and wonderful as his own enigmatic personality, DreadfulWater has his work cut out for him.A novel that will appeal to mystery fans as well as Thomas King’ s loyal audience, DreadfulWater Shows Up is a catchy, clever read.