{"id":5016,"date":"2020-08-19T14:15:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T20:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=5016"},"modified":"2020-08-19T14:17:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T20:17:43","slug":"in-the-country-dark-by-mike-mallow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=5016","title":{"rendered":"In the Country Dark by Mike Mallow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"236\" data-attachment-id=\"5018\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?attachment_id=5018\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/in-the-country-dark.jpg?fit=302%2C475&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"302,475\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"in the country dark\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/in-the-country-dark.jpg?fit=302%2C475&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-5018\" style=\"width:150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/in-the-country-dark.jpg?resize=150%2C236&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A skillful twister\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Set in rural Appalachia, Mallow\u2019s excellent crime thriller sees two childhood friends entangled in a life or death situation after a murder-for-hire goes wrong. When Cabel Walsh, a disenchanted journalist, offered to drive his childhood friend Troy Mason, a recently fired CAN, to a far-off location for a work opportunity, he didn\u2019t have a clue their life was going to change forever. When the situation turns deadly, the friends find themselves trapped. They must take drastic measures or risk losing their lives. This page-turner offers fast-paced plot twists and shocking surprises, and the high tension and thrill of anticipation keep readers on toes. Mallow bolsters his realistic portrait of a rural community steeped in pride with many real-life situations and characters and does a good job of detailing his protagonists\u2019 struggles with their past traumas as they try to deal with the powerful enemies. He manages his multiple plot threads with panache as the action races to a sad and yet hopeful conclusion. This is a stunner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In the Country Dark<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">By Mike Mallow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Cressen Books, LLC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Country-Dark-Mike-Mallow-ebook\/dp\/B08DRN84TH\">Buy now<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Pub date September 9, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">ISBN 9781940249186<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Price $10.99 (USD) Paperback, $5.09 Kindle edition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Editorial Book review Website<\/p>\n<p>Book review: In the Country Dark by Mike Mallow #amreading #WritersLife #Author #authors #Kindle #writingcommunity #amwriting #writers #books <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":5018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"An Editorial Book Review Website\n\nBook review: In the Country Dark by Mike Mallow #amreading #WritersLife #Author #authors #Kindle #writingcommunity #amwriting #writers #books #inthecountrydark #mikemallow #mysterybooks #crimedrama #suspense #thri","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[38100332,7223,726,91,460,7215,178,94767,8053601,1136176,8811,4511574,349],"class_list":["post-5016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-amreading","tag-author","tag-authors","tag-blogging","tag-blogs","tag-book-review","tag-books","tag-crimedrama","tag-indie-author","tag-indie-books","tag-suspense","tag-suspense-and-thriller","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/in-the-country-dark.jpg?fit=302%2C475&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-1iU","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5016"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5024,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5016\/revisions\/5024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}