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    Salt River

    Written by James Sallis

    Narrated by Peter Brooke

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    About this audiobook

    Two years have passed since Turner's lover, Val Bjorn, was shot as they sat together on the porch of his cabin. Then the sheriff's long-lost son comes ploughing down Main Street in what appears to be a stolen car. And waiting at Turner's cabin is his good friend, Eldon Brown. Haunted by his own ghosts, Turner nonetheless goes in search of a truth he's not sure he can live with.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateJul 3, 2014
    ISBN9781471270369
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    Salt River
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    James Sallis

    James Sallis has published fourteen novels, multiple collections of short stories, poems and essays, the definitive biography of Chester Himes, three books of musicology, and a translation of Raymond Queneau's novel Saint Glinglin. The film of Drive won Best Director award at Cannes; the six Lew Griffin books are in development. Jim plays guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle and Dobro both solo and with the band Three-Legged Dog.

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    • 4/5
      This is the wrap up of the John Turner trilogy. To truly enjoy it you should have read at least the last book if not both previous books. In a James Sallis book, the mystery is irrelevant. It is the turn of phrase, the philosophical approach to life, the fate of the characters that matter and this is no different. And in this respect, Sallis leaves their fate open ended.Enjoy.
    • 4/5
      This was the first time I'd ever read anything by Mr Sallis and I'm kinda glad i did. Kinda glad? Yeah because I like his style of writing ~ short, sharp-and-to-the-point and little else. The characters were good too and quite a few to remember and keep tabs on during the tale. It was only at the end that I discovered that there had been other books written about the main character 'Turner' shaving enjoyed this book I suppose I'd better track down where his story starts and read from there so? guess what? that's where I'm off to
    • 4/5
      Salt River is the third novel in a series of lyrical crime novels by James Sallis. The first two are Cypress Grove and Cripple Creek. His prose is beautiful and his characters wonderful. The world of these novels is one of unremitting violence. Good people get hurt or killed all the time, although those same people are able to find one another and some comfort in music and one another. Read all three but space them out a bit and read something optimistic after each Sallis novel.
    • 4/5
      Sallis' latest crime novel is a meditative study of loss and pain. Ex-con, ex-therapist John Turner is now sheriff in a small rural Tennessee town, dealing with his own demons like his lost love while trying to solve the crimes around him. His friend is on the run for a murder he didn't commit, while the previous sheriff's son lies incapacitated in the hospital after an accident in a stolen car. All of this is really incidental to Sallis's ruminations through his characters. Life, death and love are all examined through the lens of a heartbroken man in a dying town. If all this sounds terribly depressing, believe me, it's not. Sallis is a superb writer and even at his most philosophical, he is fascinating to read, and never preachy. Fans of James Lee Burke who haven't yet discovered this enchanting writer are in for a treat.
    • 4/5
      The third of a series, cleverly evocative of life in the rural south. The series needs to be read in order starting with "Cypress Grove", then "Cripple Creek". The earlier books were longer, and in a way more satisfying. One of the main characters in the series is killed at the end of the second novel. This is an existential story about the protagonist, an ex-con, ex-lawman, who becomes central to solving crimes at a small, down at the ears, southern town