From the Delta Mud by Guy Wheatley
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Southeast Arkansas is the main setting of this political thriller. We meet our main three characters who don’t have much in common, but their lives have collided in the past and recent events are going to bring them back together in a collision. Marshall Bennington is a Congressman who is shooting for the White House. Tom Stratton is a quiet unassuming man whose livelihood was destroyed in the wake of Marshalls bid for power. Gibb Asbury is a decorated veteran who is simply trying to live a peaceful life after his time serving in the military. When Tom decides that he cannot let Marshall get into the White House, by any means necessary, things get heated and Gibbs, who stumbles into the mess is pulled along for the ride unless he can stop the destruction.
What had great promise, turned into a very slowly paced book. I really like this genre, so I was excited to start this book, but it took awhile to finish it and I had to push myself to do that. There were plenty of scenes that were so descriptive that could have been pared down immensely and not lost much of what the writer was trying to tell. The potential is here, it just needs some editing and picking up the pace and it would be better.


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