Authentic Appalachian Read

This was my first Pepper Basham book, but it won’t be my last. I appreciated the mountain folk perspective and all the fun little phrases that were tossed around the pages of the book. It felt genuinely authentic. And having a family feud as the basis of the mystery was just perfect for both the True Colors series and Pepper’s brand.

 

I appreciated the way Pepper intertwined a fictional story with real characters and real events. It flowed smoothly. It also seemed to be a fairly even balance o...