Call Down the Thunder, Dietrich Kalteis
Call Down the Thunder, Dietrich Kalteis
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Call Down the Thunder
A Crime Novel

Author: Dietrich Kalteis

Narrator: T. Ryder Smith

Unabridged: 8 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/24/2019


Synopsis

Desperate times call for desperate measures in Kalteis's lightning-fast crime caper story Sonny and Clara Myers struggle on their Kansas farm in the late 1930s, a time the Lord gave up on: their land's gone dry, barren, and worthless; the bankers are greedy and hungry, trying to squeeze them and other farmers out of their homes; and, on top of that, their marriage is in trouble. The couple can struggle and wither along with the land or surrender to the bankers and hightail it to California like most of the others. Clara is all for leaving, but Sonny refuses to abandon the family farm. In a fit of temper, she takes off westward in their old battered truck. Alone on the farm and determined to get back Clara and the good old days, Sonny comes up with an idea, a way to keep his land and even prosper while giving the banks a taste of their own misery. He sets the scheme in motion under the cover of the commotion being caused by a rainmaker hired by the mayor to call down the thunder and wash away everyone's troubles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by John

Dietrich Kalteis cracks the code in his latest novel, “Call Down The Thunder.” He delivers an incredible piece of crime fiction set in the devastating dustbowl of the 1930’s that laid waste to Kansas farming, blowing most of the states topsoil to Oklahoma, and destroying lives. Kalteis’s attention t......more

1.5* The further I went in this one, the less it interested me. This best part was the first half which illustrated how tough things got in western Kansas during the Great Depression and the dust storms. The worst aspect was the geography of the whole thing. I'm just not sure that people would have dr......more

Kalteis plunges the reader straight into life in the Dust bowl of Kansas in the 1930s, so much so that you can almost feel the grit in your hair. From the lingo, to the various scenarios, this crime-noir caper is a smart and excellent story, one you won't want to miss.......more

Goodreads review by Ben

This is best Kalteis yet.......more