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The year 1920 comes in with a roar in this rousing and suspenseful novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown. Prohibition is the new law of the land, but murder, mayhem, lust, and greed are already institutions in the Moonshine Capitol of Texas.
Thatcher Hutton, a war-weary soldier on the way back to his cowboy life, jumps from a moving freight train to avoid trouble . . . and lands in more than he bargained for. On the day he arrives in Foley, Texas, a local woman goes missing. Thatcher, the only stranger in town, is suspected of her abduction, and worse. Standing between him and exoneration are a corrupt mayor, a crooked sheriff, a notorious cathouse madam, a sly bootlegger, feuding moonshiners . . . and a young widow whose soft features conceal an iron will.
What was supposed to be a fresh start for Laurel Plummer turns to tragedy. Left destitute but determined to dictate her own future, Laurel plunges into the lucrative regional industry, much to the dislike of the good ol’ boys, who have ruled supreme. Her success quickly makes her a target for cutthroat competitors, whose only code of law is reprisal. As violence erupts, Laurel and—now deputy—Thatcher find themselves on opposite sides of a moonshine war, where blood flows as freely as whiskey.
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I've read six of Sandra Brown's novels and Blind Tiger has been my least favourite. I found the first half of the book VERY slow. I kept reading, hoping it would get better, but I struggled to connect with the characters and the plot wasn't intriguing enough to make me want to keep turning the pages. Halfway through I put it down for a week. If it were a library book I would've returned it, but I bought the book so I made myself finish it. The moonshining plot was pretty flat, had lots of different tentacles but not much depth. There wasn't a big question that I needed to have answered by the end. Everything seemed to follow an inevitable course and I didn't feel much tension. There were a lot of characters to keep track of, and I didn't connect to them. And Thatcher not telling Laurel where he was going at the end, sorry, but how long does it take to send a telegram...
Yeah, I've loved some of Sandra Brown's books, but not Blind Tiger I'm afraid...