The Grove (Kindle Edition)

by John Rector (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

The last time farmer Dexter McCray went off his medication, someone wound up dead. So, after waking from an alcoholic blackout to discover his tractor stuck in a ditch and the body of a teenage girl in the cottonwood grove bordering his cornfield, things look worryingly familiar.

With no alibi and a creeping suspicion that he might indeed be guilty, Dexter decides to investigate the crime himself. He can’t tell anybody. Not his friend, the sheriff, who keeps offering to help him winch his tractor out of the ditch. Nor his estranged wife, whose love he’s desperate to win back. And certainly not the Tollivers, his redneck neighbors.

Fortunately, Dexter’s not entirely alone. He has some help.

In the shape of the dead girl herself.


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"Spare and evocative as a cornfield in autumn, The Grove marks the arrival of a haunting, powerful new voice in contemporary fiction. John Rector writes with deceptive grace, spinning out irresistible prose with a dark pulse between every line. This is psychological suspense at its most seductive. I loved it."

-Sean Doolittle, award-winning author of Dirt, Burn, Rain Dogs, The Cleanup, and Safer

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 347 KB
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B002AVU2MI
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,300 in Kindle Store (See Bestsellers in Kindle Store)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Insanely Good, May 25, 2009

By	Earthling (Fl, USA) - See all my reviews

The author's tight writing style makes this psychological thriller very high impact. The Grove is the story of troubled Dex McCray, who finds the body of a young girl on his farm. Dex doesn't report it because he realizes he may have done the murder. He hasn't been taking his medicine and has blackouts. The realistic dialog and straightforward narration creates interesting characters and vivid relationships as Dex tries to solve the crime while spiraling deeper into mental illness. I found the story so captivating that I could not put it down. This is a very satisfying and intense read. If you are looking for a page turner it doesn't get much better than this.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast, lean, disturbing read!, May 25, 2009

By	Kimberly L. Collison "Late Night Reader" (Santa Fe, New Mexico USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is one of those great

-late night-can't put it down til it's done-3am finish-oversleep with nightmares-late to work-think about it all the next day-books....

It caught my interest on the first page, and then I was HOOKED by the end of the first chapter.
Haunting images that stayed with me for days after.....

The textured layers and splinters of relationships, friendships,conflicts,loyalties, even the blossoming relationship with a dead girl drew me further and further in to McCrays world.....

Just when I thought we couldn't go any deeper into McCray's 'breakdown' (if he is even having a breakdown that is)..... the author shows us another staircase headed down, down, down... the pace quickens, the tension builds...

and when it was all over,I am left surprised, shocked, and craving more from this author.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Well Written Page Turner, May 29, 2009

By	Esmerelda Luv "Esme" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This was like a good movie and I had a front row seat. The descriptions were vivid. The characters were real. The flow of the story kept me riveted and I didn't want it to end. It had some mystery, some unfortunate events and the story wrapped up nice and neat in the end without any loose ends. For a first time author, he wrote like a long time pro. This book gets 5 stars from me.