Excellent. Art. Philosophy. Violence.
And fly fishing.
“Peter Heller is the poet laureate of the literary thriller.” —Michael Koryta
Painter is my second Heller book, I liked this one better than The Guide.
I’ll read more from this author. Original and surprising. Opposite of the formulaic and predictable books of Baldacci, for example.
Jim Stegner is a troubled, brilliant artist.
He flees the art scene of Santa Fe to start fresh in the valleys of rural Colorado.
Here he spends his days painting and fly fishing, trying to find a way to live with the dark impulses that sometimes overtake him.
But one afternoon, on a dirt road, Jim comes across a man beating a small horse, and a brutal encounter rips his quiet life wide open. …
Rick McCharles 