Review: Murder of the Prodigal Father

Murder of the Prodigal Father by Mark William Smith
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Review of MURDER OF THE PRODIGAL FATHER
by Mark Wm Smith

Author Thomas Wolfe orated, “You can't go home again.” My response is:
“in some cases, whyever would you want to?” This would be the case with Connor Pierce, formerly of tiny Miles City, Montana. The man reaches adulthood despite his unpleasant father, enlists in the Air Force, becomes an airplane mechanic (memorizing every single tiny mistake that can crash a plane), lives on Okinawa, marries and fathers children (despite the fact in his own life of the Role Model of How Not To Parent). Eventually, Daddy dies. Supposedly, a heart attack, actually more mysterious—as in, what really happened? So Connor flies the 18-hour “endless” trip from Okinawa to Eastern Montana, falling right back into old flame, old friend, abused sister—and a whole bunch of nobody-wants-the-truth-revealed.

I give Author Smith a lot of credit for bringing this setting, and these characters alive. I didn't have to like them, but I surely did get “up close and personal” with them. MURDER OF THE PRODIGAL FATHER is a very vivid and sensory story.

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