J. Todd Scott

A departure from the authors 3 previous books that took place in western Texas. This one takes place in the authors home state of Kentucky. It covers 1 day in a town devastated by drugs and opioid addiction, a massacre that wipes out the drug dealing family who control the town, the crooked cops being paid to look the other way and the devastating consequences of addiction and what it’s like to be with someone going through addiction.
No book covers the heartache of addiction suffered by someone close as well as this book.… (more)

I have an obsessive love of this author's first 3 Chris Cherry books, and his next one, "Lost River" which sadly did not involve Chris Cherry, but was still a good read. I knew going in that "The Flock" was going to be a complete departure from those books, but I thought, what the heck--his other books have been total winners, so I'll give it a try. I'm not sure what the deal is with my favorite authors deciding to go down the supernatural road--with Craig Johnson and James Lee Burke, I assume maybe after decades, they have finally exhausted all their plot ideas and going supernatural is their escape route. It's hard to imagine that Mr. Scott has run out of ideas after only 4 published books, so I can't imagine why he chose to go with this hallucinogenic story. I trudged through to the end, despite my misgivings, and was rewarded with the realization that I had wasted several hours I'll never get back. I HATE giving him a negative review, but this one is just not for me.… (more)