The Bones of Amoret - Arthur Herbert

The Bones of Amoret

By Arthur Herbert

  • Release Date: 2022-05-20
  • Genre: Historical Mysteries
Score: 4
4
From 325 Ratings

Description

**2023 Chanticleer International Book Awards - 1st place, Best suspense/thriller novel**
**2022 NYC Big Book Award: Winner- Best Western Novel; Finalist- Best Mystery Novel**
**2022 American Book Fest: Winner- Best New Fiction; Finalist- Best Mystery Novel**
**2022 Hollywood Book Festival: Finalist- Best Genre Novel**


An unconscious drug mule in the lawless desert. A decaying marriage where love is a phantom limb. The savage murder of a possible witness. Rivalry. Betrayal. It's a new day along the border, one where the clandestine has moved out of the shadows and asserted itself with muscles that announce to the world: the rules are different now.

Amoret, Texas, 1982. Life along the border is harsh, but in a world where cultures work together to carve a living from the desert landscape, Blaine Beckett lives a life of isolation. A transplanted Boston intellectual, for twenty years locals have viewed him as a snob, a misanthrope, an outsider. He seems content to stand apart until one night when he vanishes into thin air amid signs of foul play.

Noah Grady, the town doctor, is a charming and popular good ol' boy. He's also a keeper of secrets, both the town's and his own. He watches from afar as the mystery of Blaine's disappearance unravels and rumors fly. Were the incipient cartels responsible? Was it a local with a grudge? Or did Blaine himself orchestrate his own disappearance? Then the unthinkable happens, and Noah begins to realize he's considered a suspect.

From the Amazon #1 Best Selling author of The Cuts that Cure comes an atmospheric mystery set on the Texas-Mexico border where a small town grapples with its bloody loss of innocence. Paced like a lit fuse, this riveting whodunnit will keep you guessing all the way to its shocking conclusion.

"Great action, well-told, and authentic with all the nuances and spirit of small town Texas. Don't miss it." -Lone Star Literary Life Reviews

Reviews

  • Slow

    1
    By uhfsrq
    This has to be the slowest book I have read in a long time. Unlike some other reviewers, I did not find it interesting and was a chore to keep reading. It did not improve until about 2/3 through the book and even then did not peak.
  • Amazing!

    5
    By Vksintx
    This book was so good I couldn’t put it down. VERY well done. Descriptions and dialogue are very accurate reflections of West Texas and its culture. This writer should be at the top of the short list of Texas authors.
  • Read This For Sure

    5
    By Just Me Sapfm
    Actually, loved it all from the descriptive language to the solve. Haven’t read a book this good in a long time. Did this one in a day and a smidge.
  • The Bones of Amoret

    4
    By Pins4
    Interesting book. I never figured that one out! Great characters! I’d recommend it it’s a bit wordy if you like that. Thanks!
  • The Bones of Amoret

    5
    By kathywamsley
    Good book enjoyed the telling of the story. Thanks k
  • Mystery medical

    5
    By jdt_s
    Well written book about a man in the SW working in the medical field.
  • The Bones of Amoret

    5
    By mrobertson 2747
    Great read! Couldn’t put it down.
  • Intense and scary

    1
    By TBgr1992
    Too real out of the headlines! Too much vulgarity. That doesn’t entertain me.