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Fallen Mountains
Fallen Mountains
Fallen Mountains
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Fallen Mountains

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When Transom Shultz goes missing shortly after returning to his sleepy hometown of Fallen Mountains, Pennsylvania, his secrets are not the only secrets that threaten to emerge. Red, the sheriff, is haunted by the possibility that a crime Transom was involved in seventeen years earlier-a crime Red secretly helped cover up-may somehow be linked to his disappearance. Possum, the victim of that crime, wants revenge. Laney will do anything to keep Transom quiet about the careless mistake they made that could jeopardize her budding relationship. And Chase, once a close friend, reels from Transom's betrayal of buying his family's farm under false pretenses and ruthlessly logging it and leasing the mineral rights to Marcellus shale frackers. As the search for Transom Shultz heats up and the inhabitants' dark and tangled histories unfold, each one must decide whether to live under the brutal weight of the past or try to move beyond it.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateMar 5, 2019
ISBN9781541449213
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Kimi Cunningham Grant

Kimi Cunningham Grant is the author of Fallen Mountains, Silver Like Dust, and These Silent Woods. Kimi is a two-time winner of a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Memorial Prize in Poetry and a recipient of a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts fellowship in creative nonfiction. Her poems and essays have appeared in Fathom, Literary Mama, RATTLE, Poet Lore, and Whitefish Review. She lives with her family in Pennsylvania.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This book had a plot that progressed well, had vicious villains, and other great characters. However, it was very heavy on hunting and guns, as well as other things I am not interested in. There were a couple of scenes that were very graphically detailed. For example, there is a scene where Chase Hardy is hunting deer and intentionally decides to shoot one in a location where the deer would suffer an incredibly painful death, rather than killing it instantly. Another example is when Transom shoots a rabbit and then the narrator goes into gory detail on how the rabbit is then skinned. These scenes made me uncomfortable but I will say that they contributed symbolism and foreshadowing to the plot. What also made me uncomfortable in this book was how Laney was treated for being a woman. Not only that but how she was written in the book as being weak, particularly around men. There is a scene where Transom literally refers to her as a piece of meat yet she still falls for his charms. I was screaming "GIRL NOOO!!"and it infuriated me how she was treated by Transom and she accepted it. Another example of this is when she tells Transom that she is seeing Chase and he blames Laney for their affair, even though she had initially told him she was no longer interested in their affair. It is a well thought-out story and I absolutely loved how well the environment of the setting was described. It is very easy to be submerged into this plot and have strong feelings-good or bad- about each character. It is because the reader is so easily submerged that those graphic scenes and the Laney character in general had me more uncomfortable than I remember feeling about a book.I would recommend this book for readers who enjoy hunting and/or may have grown up on a farm. This book is very heavy on farm life and the pros and cons of it. I would recommend this book also for readers who enjoy a surprise ending as this one is great.On the other hand, I would not recommend this book for readers who may be triggered and/or offended by: grief, death, male chauvinism, graphic violence, kidnapping, hostage situations, violence towards animals, hunting, addiction (prescription pills in particular), fracking, deforestation, and betrayal.Please note: an Audio CD of this book was generously provided by the publisher for free through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers Program in exchange for an honest review.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I enjoyed this audio book immensely. The mystery was something I did not figure out until the last. Great character development and intrigue.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Transom is missing, and many people have it out for him. A small town that has been cut up and parceled by fracking, Fallen Mountains has many secrets. A sheriff named Red is nervous about a secret he's kept for years, since Transom was part of it. Can Red find Transom, or is Transom dead?This audiobook goes from past to present each chapter, and is a bit dull. I didn't really feel captured by the story. As for the mystery, the ending is satisfying at least. The narrator, James Patrick Cronin, was very talented and easy to listen to.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This is a short mystery, quick to read and capably written. The story is set in a small town in Pennsylvania and concerns a missing man, Transom Shultz. This is a quiet but compelling book, centered around the consequences of mistakes and dealing with the grief of losing family members. There's a bit about how destructive shale fracking can be on the land and some nice passages about nature. But essentially this is a character-driven story. Transom was quite an unlikable person and it kept me wondering what was going to happen. On the other hand, I found the local, soon-to-retire sheriff's point of view especially moving. (I received an mp3 formatted CD from the Early Reviewers program; since it didn't play in my car, I had to check the book out of the public library.)
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Yes, this is labeled as a mystery/thriller but I feel like it was so much more than that. It was gritty, tragic, powerful, well-written, and had well developed characters. Fallen Mountains will be one of my top reads of the year. I look forward to see what else Kimi Cunningham Grant will write because I will be definitely be reading it!Transom Shultz goes missing after returning to his hometown of Fallen Mountains, PA. The sheriff, Red, is nervous that Transom’s disappearance is related to a crime that was committed 17 years ago. If so, it will unbury secrets that Red has kept hidden. Could Possum, the victim of that hidden crime, want revenge? Then there is Laney, who will do anything to keep Transom quiet about their intertwined past. Or did Chase, who is outraged at Transom’s betrayal, have something to do with his disappearance? So many questions, so many lies and as the story unfolds, everyone must decide what to do.Thank you to NetGalley and Amberjack Publishing for allowing me to read an advanced reader’s copy in exchange for an honest review.