I’ve been borrowing tons of books from the library on my
kindle lately. The Tilted World was one title I picked up. At first, I was
afraid it was going to be one of those Christian fiction novels that masquerade
as something I would actually want to read. I was not only pleasantly surprised;
I was blown away with the intensity of this story.
Dixie Clay, a recently bereaved mother and the best
moonshiner in the state, takes in an orphan that was found by undercover
revenue agents during a shootout. Little
does she or the revenuers suspect, the missing agents they are searching for
were killed by Dixie’s husband. With the waters of the Mississippi River rising
fast and saboteurs on dam, will Dixie be able to turn in her abusive gangster
husband to the revenuers and evacuate with her new child in time? Will the
revenuers be able to find the moonshiners, find their colleagues’ murderer, and
stop the saboteurs before the town is lost? You’ll have to find out for
yourself because I’m not giving away anything else.
This book was amazing. It managed to tell a compelling story
with realistic characters extremely well. I felt so bad for Dixie and her
orphan. I wished it was possible to be friends with Ingersoll. The back story
portions for various characters weren’t overly and gave just enough information
to continue the story without breaking the mood of the “present.” The
atmosphere is almost tangible. The whole thing feels like watching an old black
and white film instead of reading a novel. I was not familiar with either of
the two authors but a little bit of easy detective work reveals that both are
fairly well known and married to each other in the bargain. I’m looking forward
to finding more of their work. Even if they don’t collaborate on any other
projects, they’ve managed to create a masterpiece with this novel.
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