The Guide

Excellent. I loved getting lost in the descriptions of nature, and funnier than I expected. If you want to go fly fishing, zen-out, become one with nature and then disappear into the shadows of pine trees to uncover a crime while working out your guilt and pains, all the while making fun of billionaires in mountain towns, with a simple sense of right and wrong, and vampires -- then, friend, have I got a book for you.

I truly enjoyed this novel. I was initially a bit taken aback by the Covid references and inclusion, but ended finding the rationale for its involvement reasonable, cogent, and appropriate. The characters in this tale are people I'd like to meet. I admire the world view expressed by the author as well as the overall story, plot and mystery.