Synopses & Reviews
Grimess beloved Andi Oliver returns, on the run from her past
In this stunning sequel to Grimess beloved Biting the Moon, young Andi Oliver is an amnesiac and drifter who awoke in a Santa Fe bed and breakfast with a mans belongings tossed about the room. Adopting a name from the initials on her backpack, Andi moves from one waitress job to the next, from Idaho to North Dakota.
It is in Dakota that she is hired at Klavans, a massive pigfarming facility that specializes in the dark art of modern livestock management. As Andi begins to uncover the truth about Klavans and a slaughterhouse called Big Sun, two men are on her trail, one a gunman hired to kill her, another who has followed her across three states demanding something from her forgotten past.
Dakota signals the return of one of Martha Grimess most indelible heroines, a smart and troubled young woman who, though she doesnt know her own identity, knows right from wrong. Set against the breathtakingly expansive backdrop of the American plains, Dakota will reward Grimess legion of fans as well as attracting new readers.
Review
As always, Grimes writes with breathtaking grace
Dakota will leave you wanting much more
At once heartbreaking and heartwarming.
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Compelling.
Publishers Weekly
A good read with an interesting twist.
Denver Post
Synopsis
There is ?suspense on every page?(Cleveland Plain Dealer) in this follow-up to Biting the Moon? now available in paperback. In Martha Grimes?s acclaimed novel Biting the Moon, amnesiac drifter Andi Oliver sought the one man who held the key to her past. Now, Andi continues from one small town to the next, surviving the dangerous expanse of the Western plains, until she finds her mission?and menace?in Dakota. Taking a job at Klavan?s pig farming facility, Andi learns the gruesome truth of modern livestock management. As she begins to uncover the even darker secrets about Klavan?s sister facility, Big Sun, a stranger from her past comes to the surface? demanding information of which Andi has no memory.
Synopsis
In this stunning sequel to Grimes' beloved "Biting the Moon," young Andi Oliver is an amnesiac and drifter who awakes in a Santa Fe bed-and-breakfast. Though she doesn't know her own identity, the smart yet troubled young woman knows right from wrong.
About the Author
Martha Grimes is the bestselling author of eighteen Richard Jury mysteries and also the acclaimed fiction
Foul Matter,
Cold Flat Junction,
Hotel Paradise,
The End of the Pier, and
The Train Now Departing.