The Salt Maiden by Colleen Thompson

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The Salt Maiden by Colleen Thompson

• Publisher: Dorchester Publishing Company, Incorporated
• Pub. Date: November 27, 2007
• ISBN-13: 9780843960174

Colleen Thompson is an author waiting to “happen”. Oh, she has been out there, is well respected as a growing talent. She has a solid backlist of amazing tales; only, she just has that presence of an author ready to have that break out novel. The Salt Maiden is that book. Her skill and flow of the prose marks her as a master wordsmith. She weaves an intricate plot into this eerie, sinister tale that kept me spellbound. This simply is Colleen Thompson at her very best.

Dana Vanover is resolute to find her sister. Her determination takes her back to the desert town of Devil’s Claw, where she encounters nothing but resistance to the answers she’s come to find. The strongest stonewalling to her prodding and probing for an explanation about her sister’s disappearance comes from Sheriff Jay Eversole. The sheriff makes no bones about it – he wants her gone for more reasons than one. However, Dana is not leaving without her sister. As she continues the hardheaded pursuit of the riddle of the mystery, Jay causes other problems – namely the passions he provokes in her. Lives are at peril in this deadly sinister story, and under the careful crafting of this very talented writer, the reader is guaranteed a tale that will keep them on the edge of the seat, with temperatures rising, as they turn page after page unable to put this novel down.

Very highly recommended.

review by~~ Deborah Macgillivray, The Best Reviews