Who is an author that captures the ups & downs of childhood nostalgia in such a brilliant way in which so few can? The only sound was the whistling of bicycle tires on concrete, the grind of our chains rolling on their sprockets as we pedaled.” The air was cool and bats circled overhead diving at bugs. The shadows of the pine trees fell silent across the road in front of us in dark arrowhead shapes. “We rode swiftly beneath the light of the partial moon. And on one terrifying night of rushing creek water and thundering rain, an arcane, murderous force will rise from the past to threaten the boy in a harrowing rite of passage… Vintage Lansdale, A Fine Dark Line brims with exquisite suspense, powerful characterizations, and the vibrant evocation of a lost time. In his quest to unravel the truth about their tragic fates, Stanley finds a protector in Buster Lighthorse Smith, a black, retired Indian-reservation cop and a sage on the finer points of Sherlock Holmes, the blues, and life’s faded dreams. And an undetected menace simmers under the heat that clings to the skin like molasses… For thirteen-year-old Stanley Mitchell, the end of innocence comes with his discovery of the mysterious long-ago demise of two very different young women. The kids listen idly to rockabilly on the radio and waste their weekends at the Dairy Queen. Synopsis: It is the summer of 1958 in Dewmont, Texas, a town the great American postwar boom passed by.
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