Reviews

The Moonshine Messiah: A Mountaineer Mystery by Russell W. Johnson, Russell W. Johnson

gracchus's review

5.0

A sheriff who has to make a thousand compromises to save her head in an area with an abandoned coal mine. Not quite as hopeless but hairy as hell. Terrorists, bikers, moonshiners, swivel-eyed loons and windy prosecutors appear. Also, the novel gives a look at a region where jobs are going away and more and more people are moving away, and crime, hopelessness and despair are on the rise. Oh well, not quite as bad, but kind of reminds me of the industrial cities in the east Germany in the 90s (baseball bat years).

hedgehognerd's review

4.0

This book is a fun read.
Really enjoyed the West Virginia setting.
The people are rich and complex. The connections between the characters are varied and how the author links the current issues to the past is done very well.
Recommend.