Pillars of Salt

Hearty backstories and a beguiling Louisiana setting enhance this compelling thriller. - Kirkus Reviews[A] strength would be the authors reverence for the regional quirks. H.s adventures take him through all the recognizable haunts of Cajun country which involve eating etouffee and boudin drinking Community Coffee and the drive over the Henderson swamp bridge.- University of Louisiana Press--Harvey Doucet a reasonably good Catholic would never have committed suicide.His son Harvey Jr. - H - knows this so after Doucet Drilling causes the collapse of a salt mine and thirteen deaths H searches for clues to clear his estranged fathers name. H and his fathers bodyguard Placide encounter dangerous cliffhangers as the pursuers become the pursued. On the way H exposes greed fraud and corruption leading all the way to the White House.In Pillars of Salt by J.A. Adams we experience Hs journey from his original bitterness angst and cynicism toward his life and his father to a place of appreciation and understanding of his fathers integrity. Maybe H will also discover the inherent goodness in people even when the world seems to be circling the drain.