Review of Beyond the Higher Ground
Posted: 27 May 2022, 03:06
[Following is a volunteer review of "Beyond the Higher Ground" by Thomas A. Brigger.]
Amidst dealing with the death of his wife and demons from childhood, Mason Tucker has been assigned to oversee the construction of a new prison on a remote mountain. In Beyond the Higher Ground, Thomas A. Brigger walks us through the story of this recently widowed man, whose appearance in Wells County, Virginia is detested by a mysterious person. Mason rents a house that used to belong to an old couple who were recently found dead. When leaving for lunch from work, he notices his front left tire is flat, and the laborer tasked with fixing a new one informs him that someone probably shot the tire.
After fixing it and driving down the road on his way to the airport, Tucker is rear-ended two times by a large flatbed truck and knocked over the hill. While he was on the verge of unconsciousness, he heard the words, “You…kin you hear me? You don’t come back, y’hear. You don’t never come back here agin…". Soon enough, mysterious things start happening: his window is shot out, loud noises occur at night, his gasoline can explodes while he is mowing the grass, and a heart is left in a bag by his door. There is also the suspicion of drugs being smuggled into the prison construction site, and this serves as a backdrop for violence and danger.
My favorite part of the story is the infusion of mystery and suspense; it heightened my interest in getting to the soul of the matter. The book is well written, it held my attention right from the beginning until the very end, really captivating. The book is written from the third-person perspective and is very descriptive and well-developed. The book is satirical; it brings to play and criticizes the effect of drugs on individuals and those around them in general. Moreover, I think the book fits more in the C/T/M/H category.
Honestly, I have never been a fan of crime-related books, but this one got me hooked. I noticed minor errors in the book, but they were mostly absent commas, and they did not exactly affect the overall enjoyment of the book. Although grammatically correct, I disliked that there were several long sentences, but this is a personal preference anyway. I still think the book will benefit from another round of editing, though.
Since there were no obvious errors and the book appealed to me greatly going by its suspense and mysterious nature, I rate Beyond the Higher Ground 4 out of 4 stars.
Readers who enjoy suspense, historical fiction, and mystery novels would love this book. It is unsuitable for children and minors because there are many uses of profane words, although there is no sexual content.
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Beyond the Higher Ground
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Amidst dealing with the death of his wife and demons from childhood, Mason Tucker has been assigned to oversee the construction of a new prison on a remote mountain. In Beyond the Higher Ground, Thomas A. Brigger walks us through the story of this recently widowed man, whose appearance in Wells County, Virginia is detested by a mysterious person. Mason rents a house that used to belong to an old couple who were recently found dead. When leaving for lunch from work, he notices his front left tire is flat, and the laborer tasked with fixing a new one informs him that someone probably shot the tire.
After fixing it and driving down the road on his way to the airport, Tucker is rear-ended two times by a large flatbed truck and knocked over the hill. While he was on the verge of unconsciousness, he heard the words, “You…kin you hear me? You don’t come back, y’hear. You don’t never come back here agin…". Soon enough, mysterious things start happening: his window is shot out, loud noises occur at night, his gasoline can explodes while he is mowing the grass, and a heart is left in a bag by his door. There is also the suspicion of drugs being smuggled into the prison construction site, and this serves as a backdrop for violence and danger.
My favorite part of the story is the infusion of mystery and suspense; it heightened my interest in getting to the soul of the matter. The book is well written, it held my attention right from the beginning until the very end, really captivating. The book is written from the third-person perspective and is very descriptive and well-developed. The book is satirical; it brings to play and criticizes the effect of drugs on individuals and those around them in general. Moreover, I think the book fits more in the C/T/M/H category.
Honestly, I have never been a fan of crime-related books, but this one got me hooked. I noticed minor errors in the book, but they were mostly absent commas, and they did not exactly affect the overall enjoyment of the book. Although grammatically correct, I disliked that there were several long sentences, but this is a personal preference anyway. I still think the book will benefit from another round of editing, though.
Since there were no obvious errors and the book appealed to me greatly going by its suspense and mysterious nature, I rate Beyond the Higher Ground 4 out of 4 stars.
Readers who enjoy suspense, historical fiction, and mystery novels would love this book. It is unsuitable for children and minors because there are many uses of profane words, although there is no sexual content.
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Beyond the Higher Ground
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon