When These Mountains Burn
The literary crime thriller from the prizewinning master of American noir fiction
David Joy
- Acclaimed
- author
- David
- Joy
- returns
- with
- a
- fierce
- and
- tender
- tale
- of
- a
- father,
- an
- addict,
- a
- lawman
- and
- the
- explosive
- events
- that
- come
- to
- unite
- them.When
- his
- addict
- son
- gets
- in
- deep
- with
- his
- dealer,
- it
- takes
- everything
- Raymond
- Mathis
- has
- to
- bail
- him
- out
- of
- trouble
- one
- last
- time.
- Frustrated
- by
- the
- slow
- pace
- and
- limitations
- of
- the
- law,
- Raymond
- decides
- to
- take
- matters
- into
- his
- own
- hands.After
- a
- workplace
- accident
- left
- him
- out
- of
- a
- job
- and
- in
- pain,
- Denny
- Rattler
- has
- spent
- years
- chasing
- his
- next
- high.
- He
- supports
- his
- habit
- through
- careful
- theft,
- following
- strict
- rules
- that
- keep
- him
- under
- the
- radar
- and
- out
- of
- jail.
- But
- when
- faced
- with
- opportunities
- too
- easy
- to
- resist,
- Denny
- makes
- two
- choices
- that
- change
- everything.For
- months,
- the
- DEA
- has
- been
- chasing
- the
- drug
- supply
- in
- the
- mountains
- to
- no
- avail,
- when
- a
- lead
- –
- just
- one
- word
- –
- sets
- one
- agent
- on
- a
- path
- to
- crack
- the
- case
- open...
- but
- he'll
- need
- help
- from
- the
- most
- unexpected
- quarter.As
- chance
- brings
- together
- these
- men
- from
- different
- sides
- of
- a
- relentless
- epidemic,
- each
- may
- come
- to
- find
- that
- his
- opportunity
- for
- redemption
- lies
- with
- the others.
