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Burt Weissbourd is a novelist, screenwriter and producer of
feature films. He graduated fromYale University with honors in psychology.
During his student years he volunteered at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris
and taught English to college students in Thailand. After he graduated, he
wrote, directed, and produced educational films. He began a finance program at
Northwestern University Graduate School of Business but left to start his own
film production company in Los Angeles. He produced films including Ghost Story
starring Fred Astaire and Raggedy Man starring Sissy Spacek, which the New York
Times called “a movie of sweet, low-keyed charm.” He’s a voting member of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 1987, he founded an investment
company that he still runs. Inside
Passage, his first novel, was published in 2013. In Velvet is his second novel. Teaser,
the sequel to Inside Passage and the
second book in the Corey Logan trilogy, will be published in winter, 2014. He
lives in New York City.
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My Thoughts:
In Velvet is a story about events happening in Yellowstone Park, Rachel is a bear biologist who is seeing horrific changes in the animals in a part of the park. Mutations such as bear cubs with no ears, elk having huge antlers and they are getting the velvet on them in the wrong season and a bear, Woolly Bugger, that she has been tracking for 13 years, is digging a den for hibernation in the wrong season. There is research being done on thermophiles in the hotsprings that may be contributing to the strange animal behaviors.What can be happening? Rachel is determined to find out what is going wrong. With the help of Rainy, a friend and previous lover, she goes up against a corrupt sheriff, a dangerously demented poacher and other government officials.
This is a fast paced, character driven novel that could actually happen, greed and corruption abounds amongst some of the characters. Rachel comes across as a tough woman but she is also very vulnerable, Rainey is a man who has seen his share of troubles but the two of them make for a dynamic couple. There is a lot of scientific jargon but that does not detract from the story. A great thriller for the person who enjoys a story who's characters are tough and gritty, no sugar coated people in this book! I enjoyed it immensely.
I received a copy of this book for review and was not monetarily compensated for my review.
My Thoughts:
In Velvet is a story about events happening in Yellowstone Park, Rachel is a bear biologist who is seeing horrific changes in the animals in a part of the park. Mutations such as bear cubs with no ears, elk having huge antlers and they are getting the velvet on them in the wrong season and a bear, Woolly Bugger, that she has been tracking for 13 years, is digging a den for hibernation in the wrong season. There is research being done on thermophiles in the hotsprings that may be contributing to the strange animal behaviors.What can be happening? Rachel is determined to find out what is going wrong. With the help of Rainy, a friend and previous lover, she goes up against a corrupt sheriff, a dangerously demented poacher and other government officials.
This is a fast paced, character driven novel that could actually happen, greed and corruption abounds amongst some of the characters. Rachel comes across as a tough woman but she is also very vulnerable, Rainey is a man who has seen his share of troubles but the two of them make for a dynamic couple. There is a lot of scientific jargon but that does not detract from the story. A great thriller for the person who enjoys a story who's characters are tough and gritty, no sugar coated people in this book! I enjoyed it immensely.
I received a copy of this book for review and was not monetarily compensated for my review.
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