Mariah Is Missing - Nelson, David Henry

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Résumé :
Inspired by a true event in the Big Sky Country of North Central Montana in the 1970s, Mariah Is Missing tells a compelling tale about a small town and the memorable people who live, work, love, and drink there. In his debut novel, David Henry Nelson reimagines the story behind a crime which occurred in 1974 while he served as the county attorney in Pondera County, Montana. He realized years later that this case had a long-lived ripple effect on many people, which prompted him to write this book. In Maria Is Missing, Ana McGuire, a prosecuting attorney, must solve the disappearance of an attractive young school teacher who is reported missing from her Monday morning class, while navigating a male-dominated professional world of law and local politics. She tangles with a zealous sheriff and an egocentric county commissioner as she deals with complications in her past and present relationships with two men in her life, Rib Torgerson and Fat Jack Moser, and encounters a variety of colorful townspeople. This suspenseful novel offers a dramatic recreation of the past and a fascinating insider view of what it's like to investigate a murder.

Biographie:
DAVID HENRY NELSON's lifetime of experiences as a lawyer, a wheat farmer, and an Oregon State Senator have given him innumerable highs with as many lows. He earned a Juris Doctorate from the University of Montana Law School in Missoula, Montana. He considers his 16 years (1997-2013) in the Oregon State Senate as his most rewarding, and cherishes his days as a Montana lawyer (1967-1981) as his most educational.As Senator Nelson, David served as Majority leader in 2001, chaired the 1999 Business Committee that produced an Oregon state-wide broadband system, and chaired the Capital Construction Committee as a minority member. After his retirement from politics in 2013, he began writing fiction and chaired the Board of Trustees for Eastern Oregon University from 2015 through 2020. He received the university's Distinguished Service Award and delivered the 2021 Commencement address.David's first novel, Mariah Is Missing, is a fictionalized drama of an actual event in 1974 while he served as the county attorney in Pondera County, Montana. He realized years later that the disappearance of a young school teacher had a long-lived ripple effect on many people, which inspired him to write this book to honor her.He lives with his wife, Alice, and Boo, a Bolognese dog, in Pendleton, Oregon, home of the world famous Pendleton Round-Up and an amazing whiskey. To learn more about the author and this book, please visit www.davidhenrynelson.com.