Erik Tomblin Riverside Blues

Riverside Blues

Erik Tomblin

Earthling, Aug 2005, $14.00

ISBN: 0976633922

In South Georgia, fifty years ago, Lily is the wife of Gordon Lyles who vanished without a trace. Unable to move on, he sleeps in the den and never ventures into their bedroom at least until now. He goes in seeking soap for a shower, but hears whispers and hastily leaves the room once he has what he needed.

To keep his mind from wandering about what happened to the woman he still grieves, Gordon visits their romantic spot by the nearby river. This time more alert than in years after his soap quest, Gordon finds a clue that shakes him to his core, as the truth begins to free him from the lies he never challenged for five decades.

Gordon makes this deep psychological thriller work, as the audience feels his loss, even after all this time and his grief as we mourn with him, and most of all hurt for his failure to live since Lily disappeared. Readers will want what is best for him, but we do not really know what that is. Though now a septuagenarian, he finally is beginning to find his way, but what he learns will increase his rage at his helplessness, yet he conjures up the only way out for him while avenging what really happened. RIVERSIDE BLUES is a gloomy atmospheric tale that leaves fans stunned and wanting more stimulating novels that evoke emotion and thought.