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Title: Welcome to the Fallen Paradise

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Dayne Sherman

Narrator: Charles Kahlenberg

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-24-16

Publisher: Accendo Books

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The Times-Picayune's Best Debut of the Year (one of four chosen)

American Booksellers Association Book Sense Notable Book

Baxter Parish, Louisiana, is a bloody place where family tradition is stronger than the law and pride more valuable than life. Thirty-year-old Jesse Tadlock returns home to Packwood Corners to claim his inheritance after a peaceful, if not dull, 12-year Army hitch. With a steady job, a past love back in his life, and his own land, he thinks he's outlasted the legacy of violence that has haunted his family. But the morning after his first night in his new home in Mount Olive, a neighbor turns up at his door with a loaded rifle on his arm and a bloodthirsty pit bull in tow. Cotton Moxley says he was born in this house and he'll die there, or Jesse will. With his Uncle Red pushing him to deal with the threat the old way - meeting fist with blade, bullet with bomb - at odds with his desire for a simple peace, Jesse must find a way to stand up and save his own, even if it means losing everything to the fires of pride.

Critic Reviews:

"This pitch-perfect debut novel, about a hard-luck place where blood feuds spring up natural as pit bulls after raw meat, will go down easier with fans of rural crime stories than a juicy pork steak steeped in red-eye gravy." (Booklist - May 2012 Hard-Boiled Gazetteer to Country Noir Winner and Starred Review)

A very slick debut tale, colorful and taut, that takes us into a crazy world and, at the close, brings us out alive. (Kirkus)

Members Reviews:

What is paradise with Revelation?

Welcome to the Fallen Paradise is suspenseful and ironic, with a wonderful glimpse of Louisiana culture in Tangipahoa Parish, or Baxter Parish in its fictional incarnation. The book examines rural culture, family loyalty, and Louisiana politics with its back-country wheeling and dealing. The story-telling has a wonderful sense of movement, and the reader feels carried along in the rides to the outskirts of the parish, visiting locations that are vibrant and palpable. At the same time, the plot pushes at the limits of credibility, providing humorous forays into the lengths to which people will go to protect their territories. The ruralism of the novel offers a strong sense of the clannish ties that evokes the idea of the Highlands where the laird of the land oversees justice. The story challenges the reader to examine those key moments in life where the past conflicts with the future as Jesse Tadlock evaluates his values, his legacy, and his destiny.

Blown Away! Wow and Great Job, Dayne Sherman!

Dear Friends of Mine Who Like to Read:

I have forgotten who recommended this book but please, let me say thank you, thank you, thank you whoever it was. This book was so very good it took my breath away. I was simply blown away not expecting such a great book.

The description of each character was amazing. The storyline (perhaps because I'm from the south, not sure) was unbeatable. The dialogue was spot-on. It was like a book I'm looking for now; one which I hate to put down and can't wait to pick up; then annoyed with myself because it's the end. Foolish, I know.

I still have it and think I will read it again before the end of the year. That, my friend, is what an impact it made on me. And I just read that a new book is coming out in November. Hoorah! I can hardly wait.

As an aside, I like his politics, too.