Inti Flynn is a biologist that specializes in wolves and has been tasked with reintroducing fourteen wolves into the Scotland Highlands. Local sheep farmers are against this rewilding of their region, but Inti and her crew release them, hoping for the success that happened in Yellowstone when wolves balanced the ecosystem there. Lacking diplomatic skills, Inti is single-minded with her goal, refusing to consider others’ opinions. She begins a romance with a local sheriff, all the while hiding that her traumatized twin Aggie lives with her. We get some back story on the twins, beginning with their polar opposite parents and their different parenting methods as the girls grew up, and moving onward through their adult years.
Inti gets mixed up in a murder mystery that has several different suspects-one of which could be a possible lone wolf. I figured out the killer almost immediately and found the conclusion infuriating. I kept at it because I found the wolf reintroduction fascinating and thought the book well-written enough, even if I hated Inti. Overall, this book proved to be uneven and challenging for me to read, but I persevered through it for my library book club, but recently found out that due to a scheduling conflict, I wouldn’t be able to make it. Oh well.
May 22, 2022 at 6:07 pm
Wow “Possibly a lone wolf” a bit of canine comedy there don’t you think? I would imagine you must be getting quite good at decoding books and stories with the amount you have read…it must be difficult to get anything past you.
Finally, I used to be a Werewolf once but I took some medicine for it and I’m ok Naaarooooowww!
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May 24, 2022 at 8:07 am
It was painfully obvious as to who the real killer was in the book.
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May 24, 2022 at 10:59 am
It sounds like it read like an episode of Columbo! Oh well maybe your next read will be better.
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June 6, 2022 at 8:47 am
Growing up, my mom would always figure out who the killer was almost immediately. We’d be five minutes into a movie and Mom would ask, “Is that the killer?” We’d say, “We don’t know! It just started!” And Mom would say, “I bet he’s the killer.” Books, movies, TV shows, Mom was always incredible at unraveling the mystery before anyone else. It’s something I’ve aspired to in my life! Whenever I read a mystery I like to see if I can figure it out and if I can figure it out quicker than I think Mom would…even though that never happens XD. While it sounds like this was more a muddled plot than anything else, I’m still impressed with how quickly you put it together and I’ll be thinking of you now, too, the next mystery I pickup.
‘Mirrorland’ totally kicked my butt, though XD. But it was excellent! I just read that the other week and I loved it but I figured none of it out.
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June 6, 2022 at 3:24 pm
Mysteries are one of my favorite genres, and I kick butt playing the game Clue!
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June 6, 2022 at 9:51 pm
Oh my gosh! I used to love Clue but I haven’t played it in years. But now I really want to…
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