The Spring of Our Exile (Dylan St. John Novels, 4)

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Summary: Characters "Spring" to Life
Review: The characters in Robert Funderburk's "The Spring of Our Exile" spring to life as real people in this South Louisiana mystery. Dylan, a sheriff's deputy and a complicated man prone to human mistakes, is forced to face the sweaty darkness waiting both in the cajun swamp and in the recesses of his consciousness. He sometimes struggles to maintain his integrity, but, clutching to his faith, he is successful.

His wife and child, the center of his earthly world, often are his strength as he battles those whose corruption includes lies, cheating, illegal drugs, violence, even murder. And then there is "the other woman" who is bent on using Dylan for her own sinister purposes.

The story-line, told amid descriptive passages that bring the reader the smells and sounds of the bayou and paint a picture of a sultry, lush Louisiana, tells of a beautiful, former grade school girlfriend of Dylan's, who returns from Hollywood seeking Dylan's help, charming her way into his life. Dylan, unknowingly, must contend with her rather nefarious agenda, while investigating a series of seemingly unrelated lawless acts that drag Dylan into the shadowy, sordid world of the criminal.

And, there, standing among the shadows is a beautiful and very familiar face.

In the end, will good triumph over evil, right over wrong? ...... have faith.

Rating:
Summary: Characters "Spring" to Life
Review: The characters in Robert Funderburk's "The Spring of Our Exile" spring to life as real people in this South Louisiana mystery. Dylan, a sheriff's deputy and a complicated man prone to human mistakes, is forced to face the sweaty darkness waiting both in the cajun swamp and in the recesses of his consciousness. He sometimes struggles to maintain his integrity, but, clutching to his faith, he is successful.

His wife and child, the center of his earthly world, often are his strength as he battles those whose corruption includes lies, cheating, illegal drugs, violence, even murder. And then there is "the other woman" who is bent on using Dylan for her own sinister purposes.

The story-line, told amid descriptive passages that bring the reader the smells and sounds of the bayou and paint a picture of a sultry, lush Louisiana, tells of a beautiful, former grade school girlfriend of Dylan's, who returns from Hollywood seeking Dylan's help, charming her way into his life. Dylan, unknowingly, must contend with her rather nefarious agenda, while investigating a series of seemingly unrelated lawless acts that drag Dylan into the shadowy, sordid world of the criminal.

And, there, standing among the shadows is a beautiful and very familiar face.

In the end, will good triumph over evil, right over wrong? ...... have faith.