Lynskey (Troglodytes) vividly renders backwoods Tennessee, a land where life is hard, and death, sometimes hard sometimes easy, is frequent, and you do whatever is necessary to survive. Brendan's unusual dreams, in which Ashleigh taunts him to find her real killer, provide another spur to action. Cobb's father, a crusty Korean War vet, plays a key role with his take-no-prisoners attitude in a wild scramble to find Edna and the "big bug" behind the pot farms. When Edna disappears at the lake, Brendan winds up getting entangled with local pot farmers, federal agents, and Ashleigh's rich, vengeful father. Brendan is driving to Lake Charles with twin sister Edna and his brother-in-law and best friend, Cobb Kuzawa, who have "yet to exchange a civil word" since they separated on July 4. He has believable well drawn characters and he always keeps it real. At the start of Lynskey's dark, casually violent tale set in 1979 rural Tennessee, Brendan Fishback is out on bail while awaiting trial for the murder of a casual pickup, Ashleigh Sizemore. Ed Lynskey has an assured narrative voice that inhabits Noir and thriller writing equally.
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