![]() The pair was on the trail of an enigmatic billionaire whose ‘interesting’ financial transactions had piqued the interest of the feds. ![]() ![]() On the surface, “Pines” is the story of Secret Service Agent Ethan Burke who is sent to Wayward Pines, a remote and stereotypical small town paradise in the middle of the Idahoan mountains, to investigate the disappearance of two fellow agents. Be forewarned: it’s impossible to adequately review this book without spoilers but I’ll try to keep them to a bare minimum. The mysterious and often ridiculous feeling of David Lynch’s television series took root and grew like a weed, within a teenage boy’s receptive imagination. It was a revival of earlier attempts to continue the “Twin Peaks” series (He actually wrote a third season for the show). In his own words, Crouch tells us, this is his attempt to tell a deeply disturbing but fulfilling tale of a forgotten town full of quirky characters and incredible situations. Inspired by his fascination with “Twin Peaks” and “The X-Files”, “Pines” is Crouch’s first novel of the “Wayward” trilogy. ![]() The smart reader would be wise to heed the unspoken warning – suspect the unexpected and the usual suspects – before they even turn the first page. From the very beginning, the acknowledgement page in fact, Blake Crouch alludes to the less than traditional plot and twists in “ Pines”. ![]()
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