Our Last Wild Days by Anna Bailey
After reading Anna Bailey's Tall Bones, I have been eagerly awaiting her next book, Our Last Wild Days and let me tell you it did not disappoint. Anna has a way of writing about small town American communities that draws you in and leaves you wanting more. This book is set in Louisiana and features a small cast of characters that get under your skin. Loyal May returns home to assist with her ageing mother and finds herself working for the local newspaper. She'd also like to make things up with a friend she betrayed, but discovers it's too late when Cutter is found dead in a swamp. The police are saying its suicide or an accident and nobody seems to care about investigating further as Cutter comes from the Labasque family who live on the outskirts of Jacknife. Alligator hunters and viewed as trouble by others, they're best left alone. But Loyal believes there's more to it and continues the investigation, along with Sasha - another employee on the paper (and my favou...
