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Reviews for Devil\u2019s Slew, St.Martin\u2019s\/Minotaur<\/p>\n
\u201c. . . Wimberley knows his weaponry, swamp terrain and small-town prejudices better than most. If hard-boiled is what you\u2019re after, Raines qualifies as the black hero du jour.”–Kirkus Reviews<\/p>\n
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\u201cVivid descriptive prose and a keen ear for local dialect distinguish Wimberley’s explosive fifth mystery featuring African-American special agent Barrett\u00a0 Raines\u2026 Bear\u00a0 knows every inch and most of the diverse inhabitants of his seven-county northwestern Florida jurisdiction, including Quentin Hart, an Afghanistan War vet who takes his girlfriend hostage in his trailer in a swamp area known as Devil’s Slew\u2026\u201d Publishers\u2019 Weekly<\/p>\n
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\u201c. . .\u00a0 Wimberley captures the 3rd District with its slash pines, blacktop roads, abandoned double-wides, vine-tangled bogs and endemic poverty with compelling accuracy. . . Wimberley weaves a tight web of a story, with flashes of fear and churning violence, but he also takes the time to spool out the telling details of his characters. They range from the Harley-riding vet with her Bible and memories of grinding sugarcane, to the middle-aged kayaking game wardens who make a particularly grisly discovery hauling litter out of the Gulf. . .\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 P.G. Koch<\/p>\n
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\u201cDarryl Wimberley’s fifth book, Devil’s Slew, is a true hard hitting mystery that kept me reading. FDLE agent, Bear Raines is forced to kill an old friend’s son. Is the death tied to a missing Treasury Department agent, a Mexican drug cartel, a rogue group of Marines, or a major counterfeiting operation? There were several twist to this fast moving plot that I did not expect. Wimberley knows the flora, fauna, and culture of the Panhandle well. He also has done his research with law enforcement operations which makes this a smooth read. This is a very well written and researched true mystery that takes the reader from their home, to the Panhandle of Florida. Probably the biggest mystery is; why haven’t I heard of Bear Raines before now?\u201d\u00a0 M. Hammond, for Amazon.com<\/p>\n
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