A Winston Radhauser
Mystery #4
Expected Publication:
September 12, 2018
Publisher: Tirgearr
Publishing
Genre: Mystery,
Suspense, Thriller
Blurb:
Something evil has taken root in Ashland, Oregon. And with
it, an uneasy feeling sweeps down on Detective Winston Radhauser. If someone
doesn’t intervene, that evil will continue to multiply until the unthinkable
happens.
While on vacation with his wife and their newborn son,
Detective Radhauser receives a call from Captain Murphy--a high school kid has
been branded with a homophobic slur and is hospitalized in Ashland, a small
town known for, and proud of, its diversity. And this is only the beginning.
White supremacy, homophobia and racism are one thing. But murder is something
else.
Radhauser will do whatever it takes to find the perpetrators
and restore his town’s sense of safety. With such hostile opposition, can he
succeed, and will justice be done?
My Review:
Our favorite detective Winston Radhauser is back and solving
more crimes in Arizona, OR. Radhauser is a very kind and good hearted man. When
he walks into a crime scene he lets the scene and the bodies tell their own story.
He takes the time to look at each little minuscule detail. Each crime scene has
a story to tell and Radhauser reads each and every crime scene like a story or
book.
River of Shame is about racism, white supremacy, and
homophobia. It is about high school kids being branded with homophobic slurs
and murder.
A teen close and dear to Radhauser’s heart is murdered in
Radhauser’s barn. Hunter was a young man with a heart of gold who helped his
mother take care of his little sister.
A young girl Hunter’s girlfriend is found dead in the park
on the night of Hunter’s memorial. Michelle was girl very much in love with
Hunter. Did she know too much? Who murder Michelle? Who murdered Hunter? Did
the same person who killed Michelle kill Hunter? A crime Radhauser was very
determined to solve.
Two high school students Logan and Amy who are best friends
are branded with Homophobic slurs. A brand that they will carry with them for
the rest of their lives of the hate and evil from another human being just for
being who they are and for who they love.
I don’t know how anyone could have so much evil and hate in
their hearts to do something so evil to another human. I don’t know what is
going through their minds but you know what I don’t ever want to know because
if I did wouldn’t that make me just like them?
I think you should love someone for what is in their hearts
and the kind of person they are; not hate them because of whom they love or the
color of their skin. A character in the book said “We are one”. I have been
saying this for a long time and I truly believe it. I first heard this from my husband
who is a good person with a kind heart.
River of Shame is the fourth book in the Winston Radhauser
mystery series. I have read each and every one of the Winston Radhauser
mysteries and highly recommend each one. They are each and every one brilliantly
written. Each one will have your emotions all over the place. Each one will
have you guessing whodunit and then guessing some more.
If you like a good mystery then please give River of Shame a
chance along with Redemption Lake, When Time is a River and A River of Silence.
Susan has more great books like A Bend in the River and Tormented that you need
to give a try as well. Trust me you won’t be disappointed I know I wasn’t.
Susan is one of those writers where you don’t have to read
the summary to know it will be a great read. Pick up one of her books today and
start an amazing journey of mystery and suspense.
AUTHOR BIO:
Susan Clayton-Goldner was born in New
Castle, Delaware and grew up with four brothers along the banks of the Delaware
River. She is a graduate of the University of Arizona's Creative Writing
Program and has been writing most of her life. Her novels have been finalists
for The Hemingway Award, the Heeken Foundation Fellowship, the Writers
Foundation and the Publishing On-line Contest. Susan won the National Writers'
Association Novel Award twice for unpublished novels and her poetry was
nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Her work has appeared in numerous
literary journals and anthologies including Animals as Teachers and Healers,
published by Ballantine Books, Our Mothers/Ourselves, by the Greenwood
Publishing Group, The Hawaii Pacific Review-Best of a Decade, and New
Millennium Writings. A collection of her poems, A Question of Mortality was released in 2014 by Wellstone Press.
Prior to writing full time, Susan worked as the Director of Corporate Relations
for University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona.
Susan
shares a life in Grants Pass, Oregon with her husband, Andreas, her fictional
characters, and more books than one person could count.
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