Blow the Man Down

by Roger Pinckney

Grayson Devoe is plagued by ghosts. He’s a treasure diver from Folly Beach, South Carolina, a honky-tonk town that lives up to its name. The wreck of a Spanish ship lies somewhere just beyond the breakers, and Grayson aims to find it. But his business partner has other ideas and sends Carmela Morales, a beautiful young cutthroat, to make sure Grayson follows orders. But once a body washes ashore, ghosts are the least of Grayson’s worries. Then there is the Black Madonna, Tanisha Roundtree, Grayson’s cook, who is ready to bear “The Chosen One.” She prays for Grayson in church, consorts with the voodoo man, and ultimately holds his life in her hands. Blow the Man Down sings like a power line in a gale, in a perfect storm of drugs, deception, delusion and danger, love, lust, loss, and redemption. But meanwhile, cocaine is coming ashore and the bullets are about to fly.

223 pages, Paperback

First published October 14, 2012

Reviews

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is not the book I was expecting. I thought I was ordering the book on which the new Amazon Prime movie, of the same name, is based. This is the story of Grayson Devoe, a treasure diver off the coast of South Carolina, looking for shipwrecks with valuables. Instead, Grayson becomes involved with Carmela, a Spanish beauty, and ends up in the middle of a drug-running operation. His cook, Tanisha, the Black Madonna, adds an interesting twist to the story. The subject matter is not of particular interest to me, but the book is very well written.

[Marlyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

An easy book to read and hard to put down. Life in the low country with a interesting end, maybe a sequel?