Free book (nook) - Bone Rattler [Historical Mystery]

ATDrake · 03-11-2011, 10:28 AM

Bone Rattler: A Mystery of Colonial America by Edgar Award-winning author Eliot Pattison, is B&N's Free Fridays book of the week, courtesy of publisher Counterpoint Press.

Free at B&N, of course. May stay exclusive to them, since the imprint doesn't seem to be one of the Agency publishers, though I could be wrong about that.

Synopsis
In a novel rich in historical detail, acclaimed author Eliot Pattison reconsiders the founding of America and explores how disenfranchised people of any age and place struggle to find justice, how conflicting cultures can be reconciled through compassion and tolerance, and ultimately how the natural world has its own morality.

Aboard a British convict ship bound for the New World, protagonist Duncan McCallum witnesses a series of murders and apparent suicides among his fellow Scottish prisoners. A strange trail of clues leads Duncan into the New World and eventually thrusts him into the bloody maw of the French and Indian War. Duncan is indentured to the British Lord Ramsey, whose estate in the uncharted New York woodlands is a Heart of Darkness where multiple warring factions are engaged in physical, psychological, and spiritual battle.

Exploring a frontier world shrouded in danger and defying death in a wilderness populated by European settlers, Indian shamans, and mysterious scalping parties, Duncan, the exiled chief of his near-extinct Scottish clan, finds that sometimes justice cannot be reached unless the cultures and spirits of those involved are appeased.

GlenBarrington · 03-11-2011, 12:09 PM

Sounds interesting, but not so interesting I'd want to own a Nook to read it! My TBR list is comfortably large.

sufue · 03-12-2011, 07:45 AM

I've read several of Pattison's Inspector Shan mysteries and enjoyed them very much. I'm not sure how his style will translate from a Chinese labor camp in the Himalayas to colonial America (!), but I've had my eye on this book for a while, and now I'll get to find out for free.

And there's a second (pricey, but non-agency, so discountable) one in this series, so if I like the first one, there's another to read.

03-11-2011, 10:28 AM	#1
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Free book (nook) - Bone Rattler [Historical Mystery] Bone Rattler: A Mystery of Colonial America by Edgar Award-winning author Eliot Pattison, is B&N's Free Fridays book of the week, courtesy of publisher Counterpoint Press. Free at B&N, of course. May stay exclusive to them, since the imprint doesn't seem to be one of the Agency publishers, though I could be wrong about that. Synopsis In a novel rich in historical detail, acclaimed author Eliot Pattison reconsiders the founding of America and explores how disenfranchised people of any age and place struggle to find justice, how conflicting cultures can be reconciled through compassion and tolerance, and ultimately how the natural world has its own morality. Aboard a British convict ship bound for the New World, protagonist Duncan McCallum witnesses a series of murders and apparent suicides among his fellow Scottish prisoners. A strange trail of clues leads Duncan into the New World and eventually thrusts him into the bloody maw of the French and Indian War. Duncan is indentured to the British Lord Ramsey, whose estate in the uncharted New York woodlands is a Heart of Darkness where multiple warring factions are engaged in physical, psychological, and spiritual battle. Exploring a frontier world shrouded in danger and defying death in a wilderness populated by European settlers, Indian shamans, and mysterious scalping parties, Duncan, the exiled chief of his near-extinct Scottish clan, finds that sometimes justice cannot be reached unless the cultures and spirits of those involved are appeased.

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03-11-2011, 12:09 PM	#2
GlenBarrington Cheese Whiz Posts: 1,986 Karma: 11677147 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Springfield, Illinois Device: Kindle PW, Samsung Tab A 10.1(2019), Pixel 6a.	Sounds interesting, but not so interesting I'd want to own a Nook to read it! My TBR list is comfortably large.

03-12-2011, 07:45 AM	#3
sufue lost in my e-reader... Posts: 8,063 Karma: 61341458 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: sunny southern California, USA Device: Android phone, Sony T1, Nook ST Glowlight, Galaxy Tab 7 Plus	I've read several of Pattison's Inspector Shan mysteries and enjoyed them very much. I'm not sure how his style will translate from a Chinese labor camp in the Himalayas to colonial America (!), but I've had my eye on this book for a while, and now I'll get to find out for free. And there's a second (pricey, but non-agency, so discountable) one in this series, so if I like the first one, there's another to read.

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