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Mountain Folks
by Roberto Robert
Description
Jeff Davis, Texas, 1971. More than twenty people disappear in strange circumstances on a rural road known in the area by the name of Mountain Folks. The media has dubbed the case "The Mountain Folks Mystery."
Rosemary Morgan, a Black private detective from Los Angeles, decides to go to the area to investigate on her own. Initially, she will be following the trail of the last official missing person: Andy Sharpe, a friend of hers and an editor at the L.A. Times.
Near Mountain Folks is CookWard, the place of residence of most of the missing victims; a town whose inhabitants live, in many ways, as if they were trapped in the middle of the 19th century.
Once in CookWard, Rosemary will have to overcome countless obstacles, risks, and threats. To begin with, in the town, Mountain Folks will be a taboo subject that no one will want to hear about. On the other hand, the competent authorities of the county will refuse to collaborate with the detective. And, to make matters worse, the color of her skin will arouse a good dose of rejection among quite a few of the locals.
In an environment riddled with cowards and rogues, Detective Morgan will gradually delve into a case with no clues that will soon present her with a moral dilemma, and that will soon test more than just her many detective skills.
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A powerful, thrilling noir with elements of intrigue, suspense, and horror.
Both its prose and its plot are reminiscent of the literary style that has brought so much fame to American author Stephen King.
In terms of its narrative structure, the construction of characters and situations, and the cinematic component that is present, this novel follows the tradition of the fast-paced, hard-hitting, noir thriller.
Author Biography
Roberto Robert is an entrepreneur and writer born in Barcelona in 1975. He has a long career in Spain as a manager and co-founder of several outsourcing companies, a job he has combined with writing in recent years. In his almost three decades of professional experience, he has collaborated with the most recognized companies in the sector and has contributed to their positioning and subsequent growth.
His vast business knowledge is evident in his first two works: the novel Leones, Hienas y Corderos (Lions, Hyenas, and Lambs) (2014) and the essay Vendo, Luego Soy (I Sell, Therefore I Am) (2015).
Roberto is also the author of La Jornada (The Day) (2017) — an outstanding mystery story set against the backdrop of the controversial world of alternative therapies —, La Dama del Foro (The Lady of the Forum) (2019) — a science fiction novel that surprisingly reinvents the superhero genre —, and El Método Felpac (The Felpac Method) (2024) — a self-help manual on child education —, among other unpublished works, such as the novel Mountain Folks and the film script La leyenda de Messieur Chevalier (The Legend of Messieur Chevalier), whose production possibilities were affected in 2020 due to the Covid19 pandemic.
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- Orginal LanguageSpanish
- Pages413
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusUnpublished
- Original Language TitleMountain Folks
- Original Language AuthorsSpanish
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