Back Road To Murder

By Ben Wolfe

A great read. Back Road To Murder is one of those rare, well written, hard to put down mysteries that are punctuated by flashes of insight and stimulating social massage. Nestled among the glass... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595212891
• ISBN13: 9780595212897
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Back Road to Murder was a wonderful Trojan Horse

I bought it because it looked like an interesting murder-mystery builtaround greed, old boy privilege and impossible love.I worried about the good guys, was angry with the bad guys, and becameoutraged about the abuse of power and exploitation of women. That'swhat a well-written novel should do! The characters were real, the plotbuilt steadily to its climax, the denouement was just right.Back Road To Murder also delighted me with insights and humor. Thenovel, hidden inside the Trojan Horse, uses everyday places, events andrelationships to define trickle-down abuse and exploitation.A GREAT READ - Much more than just another really good mystery!

You'll love it, tell your friends, then read again!

Back Road To Murder is a quirky, refreshing, page-turner mystery you can't put down: a glimpse into the mind-set of men who abuse power and exploit women, and the terrible downstream cost of their cover-up. A great read.This novel is one of those rare, well written, hard to put down mysteries that are punctuated by flashes of insight and stimulating social massage.Nestled among the glass skyscrapers in downtown Portland, Oregon, is Pierre's 5-Star Restaurant. There, on Tuesdays, a cabal of wealthy old-boys met to parade their show-and-don't-tell young women. Inside Pierre's, for those few hours every Tuesday, the elegant restaurant becomes "1920s-POSH."William Bartlet, Esq., head of a prestigious Portland law firm and Senior old boy, is blackmailed. An escalating damage control follows with the skillful set-up of redheaded Leyland Sowers, a small town logger, for the murder of Bartlet's mistress.Detective Martin "Red" Goodloe believes the overwhelming evidence against Sowers is "too convenient." As Goodloe-exotic latte in hand-does the legwork to find the real killer, he gives an insider's tour of Portland and Sultan, the isolated and quirky hometown where Sowers has lived his whole life.Candid glimpses of big-city-Portland and small-town-Sultan reveal parallel abuse of power, exploitation of women, and, most terrible of all, the reason the Sheriff's daughter can only trust redheaded men.