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In The Forest Of The Night Kindle Edition

by Larry Ellis (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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A story of violence and corruption in the coalfields of southern West Virginia. A State Trooper is dispatched to a rural, mining county to solve the murder of a local UMWA operative. He meets a woman who says she wants to help and a local policeman who apparently wants to sabotage his investigation.
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A reader who has himself "been there" sometimes simply knows when a writer is "from there." The descriptions are just right: The subtlest shadings, not merely of local landscape, but of facial expressions, dialect and accent, mannerism and gesture, are faithfully rendered. The writer is at home among the people and places he is describing. Larry Ellis is from there, I can tell. Robert P. George - National Review

About the Author

Larry Ellis was born and raised in southern West Virginia. He has been a Federal Prosecutor in Charleston, West Virginia since 1982. He lives in St Albans with his wife and their two sons. This, his first novel, won first prize in the West Virginia Writers competition in 2000.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00KHAXIJS
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 20, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 675 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 296 pages
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Fritz Galt
4.0 out of 5 stars An interesting look at life in West Virginia
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2013
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A wonderfully observed insider's look at what it means to grow up and live in West Virginia. Part police procedural, part courtroom drama, part thriller, part teen romance, the story shows the reader all the influences that go into the various three-dimensional characters' behavior, not the simple reductio ad absurdum of what is and isn't lawful. Has the feel of an unfinished novel, much as life itself resists stereotypes.
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Richard Franzblau
5.0 out of 5 stars Depicts working class coal country realistically.
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2024
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As a native West Virginian who worked in and around Boone County, which is the setting for much of the action in this book, I recognized these characters as real people who deal with the stresses of the working class in the coal fields. The tensions between men and women, miner and coal operator, Union and anti-union forces, corruption and lawlessness vs. those who try to root it out, are realistically portrayed.. Ellis writes with the sensitivity of someone who knows the region and respects the people who call it home. He tells an exciting story that could be centered on actual local headlines. A great read that will keep you engaged to the last word.
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Melanie
4.0 out of 5 stars In The Forest Of The Night
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2013
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Mr. Ellis captures the beauty and its underbelly ugliness of rural and semi-backwoods country. His fast paced crime/drama keeps you guessing and turning the pages knowing you are becoming privy to the dirty politics of yesterday and today.
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Charlene Farrell
5.0 out of 5 stars A true to life tale of murder politics and guts in the West Virginia Mountains.
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2014
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I loved the character development and the descriptions of West Virginia. As a native West Virginian with family in the justice system I felt the story and characters were straight out of a case file. John Grishom move over for Larry Ellis.
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Erik
4.0 out of 5 stars A pleasant read, a change of pace
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2006
Tired of hokey courtroom dramas and trite whodunits? This book is a welcome change of pace from the inplausible and routine. With imagry that drips off the page, the characters struggle with a murder investigation on the vast stage of a dying coal town and the lush surrounding scenery. The characters come off as very human, with depth and feeling. They react in ways that make sense for them. The courtroom confrontations are extremely well done--they are punchy and clearly drawn from the author's first hand knowledge. The book has the sort of depth that has you reconsidering the story even days after its conclusion--a testament to the care and craftsmanship in which it was shaped. The book reads like a work of art.
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Jimmy Jaminski
5.0 out of 5 stars In the Forest of the Night
Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2005
If you want to read a fictional book that parallels some of the real life occurrences in Southern West Virginia, as well as some of the nuances that Troopers encounter in working criminal investigations in Southern West Virginia, this is the book for you.

While reading the book I could envision several diffrent places in Southern West Virginia that I have lived, worked and visited.

I hope Larry Ellis draws from some more of his life experiences, as well as from West Virginia history to create another mystery page-turner.
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amanda marshall
5.0 out of 5 stars Review by William Marshall
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2004
Ellis does a wonderful job of taking you to the moment. Instantly you are in the mind set of the characters. I went from not liking characters to understanding and caring for them in an instant. Ellis gets it done giving you a look behind the scenes of the characters and allowing you to understand their role. Many moments in the book allowed me to relive numerous memories during my childhood while growing up in West Virginia. The book is simply a great read, one I didn't want to end. I can only hope Ellis decides one day to write again.
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karen johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars a great pager turner
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2004
from start to finish In The FOREST of The Night eagerly kept me turning pages to see what happens next to that diverse group of
West Virginians It gave me chills to read about events that I REMEMBER SO WELL like the Marshall plane chrash Thank you Mr Ellis for turning an investigation into a gteat story line
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