Backcounty Delta

Another instance to reaffirm my pledge not to read any same-year released fiction reviewed in the New York Times. Rick Gavin is a first time murder mystery writer with the release this year of his murder mystery Ranchero. Set in impoverished Mississippi delta country, Gavin captures the dialect of the region but his portrayal of the Blacks, crooked cops, and meth-brewing good ol' boys are way too stereotypical. The motivation of the "good guy" to go after his landlady's dead husband's restored Ranchero is shallow and much ado about nothing. Not one I'd recommend, but then I am in a pre-holiday funk anyway.