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    Blind Tiger
    Blind Tiger
    Blind Tiger
    Audiobook15 hours

    Blind Tiger

    Written by Sandra Brown

    Narrated by Jason Culp

    4/5

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    About this audiobook

    From a New York Times bestselling author, a war-weary soldier jumps from a moving freight train to avoid trouble–and lands in more than he bargained for.

    On the day Thatcher Hutton arrives in Foley, Texas, a local woman goes missing. Thatcher becomes the prime suspect. Standing between him and exoneration are a corrupt mayor, a crooked sheriff, and a young widow named Laurel Plummer. 

    As violence erupts, Thatcher and Laurel find themselves on opposite sides of a moonshine war, where blood flows as freely as whiskey.

    Includes a Reading Group Guide.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateAug 3, 2021
    ISBN9781549156359
    Blind Tiger
    Author

    Sandra Brown

    Sandra Brown is the author of seventy-three New York Times bestsellers. She has published over eighty novels and has upwards of eighty million copies of her books in print worldwide. Her work has been translated into thirty-five languages. Four books have been adapted for film. She lives in Texas.

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    • 3/5
      Not a compelling read (listen) for me. Had this been my first Brown read I'm not sure I'd pick up another. Excellent research but there's a combination of compelling, 3d characters mixed with one-dimensional predictable bad guys and one-dimensional bad girls and guys with hearts of gold, a romance I didn't find compelling and a business model of which I was skeptical.
      Other reviewers have detailed the story elements
    • 4/5
      Bestselling author Sandra Brown sets Blind Tiger in 1920 in fictional Foley, Texas, where the terrain and climate make it "an ideal place to make corn liquor." As the story opens, Laurel Plummer's husband, Derby, is a soldier who came home from World War I a changed man. The "dashing young man" she married returned a "quarrelsome stranger." Their daughter, Pearl, is just a month old, but they are traveling a hundred and fifty miles in the middle of the night. Derby, who has lost another job, abruptly announced that they were moving to Foley to live with his father. Laurel is dismayed when they arrive to find that his father, Irv, resides in what can best be described as a "shack" with a dirt floor. He had no idea that Derby survived the war, much less that he would be arriving with a wife and infant daughter. When Laurel asks why Derby has brought them to such a desolate place, he promises, "You'll thank me later," and then takes action that forever alters the trajectory of Laurel's life. But Brown soon reveals Laurel to be strong, resilient, and determined to forge a decent life for herself and little Pearl.

      As Laurel is attempting to settle into life with her father-in-law and daughter, Thatcher Hutton, who also served in World War I, has just returned from Europe, intent on resuming his life as a cowboy on a ranch in the Texas Panhandle. "He hadn't cheated death in France to die in a railroad car" so he leaps from a train to avoid a fight with three hobos, but not without sustaining a cut on the palm of his hand. In need of water as he's walking toward his destination, he stops when he sees Laurel struggling to hang sheets on "a makeshift clothesline strung between the back corner of the shack and the outhouse." As Laurel gives him water, they discover that Thatcher and her husband served in the same regiment. He observes her agitated demeanor. "She was strung up a whole lot tighter than her clothesline." As Thatcher continues walking toward town, Laurel rushes back inside to check on Pearl who has been ill for more than week. But Laurel and Thatcher will meet again.

      Trouble finds Thatcher immediately. He rents a room in a boardinghouse and finds a job on a ranch, but is accused of murdering the wife of the local doctor. Thatcher briefly encountered the woman when he first arrived in town, but now she has gone missing and is presumed dead. Because a nosy neighbor observed Thatcher speaking with her, he is accused and arrested.

      Meanwhile, Laurel and Irv form a tentative alliance. Taking in his daughter-in-law and granddaughter has upset the equilibrium of his solitary existence, and Laurel is determined that they will move into more suitable housing. Soon Laurel learns where Irv goes when he leaves the shack and what he is up to, and since she is extremely bright and very clever, she envisions how they will earn enough money to improve their living conditions.

      Thatcher quickly discovers that he has made his way to a town that runs on rampant corruption and the civic leaders are willing to do whatever is necessary in order to protect their influence and empires. They are driven by greed, as well as lifelong social standing and local politics about which Thatcher is uninformed. Matters become more complicated for him once the criminal charges are dismissed and he is released from jail, because the local sheriff convinces him to serve as a deputy. Thatcher knows the position will enhance his ability to investigate the disappearance of the doctor's wife. Foley was never supposed to be his ultimate destination. But his future, like Laurel's, inescapably differs from the way he imagined it because he learns there is no longer a ranch and respected employer for him to return to. And Thatcher has a hard time resisting his attraction to Laurel.

      The joy that Brown says she derived from creating the story and her characters is evident on every page of Blind Tiger. It is a clever, intricately-plotted tale full of surprising twists and developments -- and yes, romance. Brown deftly transports readers to the small town of Foley and a long-ago way of life where a vivid cast of supporting characters provide intrigue, mystery, and some unexpected heartbreak. At the center of it all are Thatcher, the principled, quiet man who finds himself caught up in drama he did not go looking for, but from which he cannot extricate himself without ensuring Laurel's safety and, hopefully, taking her with him. And Laurel, who is resolved, in part because she finds herself with nothing left to lose, and develops an affection for Irv and his friends. She is willing to take great risks and, convinced by her brilliance and determination, they permit her to team up with them in their moonshining business. Both Thatcher and Laurel have experienced devastating loss and disappointment, but are focused on securing their futures and wondering if happiness is still possible. They are dreamers -- charming, sympathetic, and endearing. Fully developed, multi-layered, and likable but flawed, Thatcher and Laurel, along with the cantankerous Irv, make the story engrossing, as well as suspenseful. They are the soul of Brown's masterful and engaging adventure in which the danger her characters face is real, and Brown places them in peril to great dramatic effect as she propels the story forward at an unrelenting pace. With Laurel running a moonshine operation, while Thatcher is a deputy sworn to uphold the law, the conflicts between them may derail any possibility of a happy ending for the two. That is, if they survive after Laurel and her partners enrage the locals whose bootlegging market they are encroaching upon.

      Historical fiction is a bit of a departure for Brown, but readers will never suspect that. With Blind Tiger, Brown is in top form, delivering a story about a wild time in American history that is both a masterfully constructed and engaging adventure.

      Thanks to Grand Central Publishing for a hardcover copy of the book to review.
    • 4/5
      In Foley, TX, Thatcher Hutton jumps off a train after being attacked by some others on the train. Bruised, he wanders down the road to find Laurel Plummer, a widow, who is living with her father-in-law, Irv, and baby daughter. He feels an immediate attraction, but she shoos him away.
      That same night, a woman goes missing and Thatcher is questioned because he is the new guy in town. The mayor accuses Thatcher, and the sheriff jails him. However, the sheriff doesn't think he did it, and later asks Thatcher to be a deputy. Meanwhile, Laurel needs to earn some money to help Irv with expenses after they move to a nicer place. She discovers that Irv is into moonshine, and she becomes involved.
      With Thatcher the law, and Laurel making and selling moonshine, things get complicated. The town is also corrupt, and plenty of secrets come to light.
      Sandra Brown can always be depended on for a sexy, suspenseful novel with some complications. Enjoyed it. I listened to the audio version along with reading the print version, and I think the narrator did a great job!
    • 3/5
      3.5 stars

      I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

      “You'll thank me later.”
      He produced a pistol from the pocket of his coat, put it beneath his chin, and pulled the trigger.

      It's 1920, Laurel's husband made it back from the war, at least physically, but there's little work to be had and they have a new baby to support. When he says he's found work with his father, they pack up and head out. Except the father wasn't expecting them and Laurel's husband commits suicide in front of her. Her father-in-law, Irv, offers her to stay with him but he lives in a shack a couple miles from town. He's the handyman of the town and that helps to persuade him to rent a house in town but Laurel knows they'll need to bring in more money. When Irv is forced to reveal his little moonshine business to Laurel, she plans to pair it with her bakery delivery and expand the business.

      She looked beyond him at the glow of the fire. “You camp out here?”
      “Damn, girl. Wha'd'ya think? I'm making whiskey.”

      Thatcher survived the war and is trying to make his way back to his mentor and the ranch he grew up on. When he has to jump from a train early to avoid some other hobos that didn't like losing their poker winnings to him, he comes upon a small shack. He's instantly drawn to Laurel but thinking she is married, just takes his drink of water and continues into town. There he gets accused of taking the town doctor's wife and has the whole town suspicious of him, except for the Sheriff. They can't pin the doctor's wife's disappearance on him, no matter how hard the doctor and the town mayor try to, and with news that his mentor has died, Thatcher gets roped into being deputized by the sheriff and the moonshine wars that are ramping up.

      “I hope it doesn't turn into a bloodbath, Bill. But a war between moonshiners isn't my fight, and I'm staying out of it.”
      The sheriff held his gaze for several seconds. “We'll see.”

      Blind Tiger was a slow burn of a suspense story that had a compelling moonshine plot during the time of Prohibition. The romance was a little weaker, I'm not sure I completely felt the deep connection between Laurel and Thatcher, they had an insta-lust/love vibe and it took to around 40% before the romance really got addressed and ramped up some. This is a story that takes time to build and mature, the last 20% is where the action takes place. Each side character is built with care and they all serve a purpose but that purpose is in service of the moonshine plot, you want to show up for that and less for the romance.

      He dropped his voice so she'd have to listen really close to his last part, because it was an ultimatum of his own. “But if you genuinely don't want me coming at you again, be careful you don't dare me.”

      The first half feels a little slow with the crafting of the setting, the town and the people's dynamic in it, the question of what happened to the doctor's wife, and the three competing moonshiners, the mayor and his smarmy partner Landry, the hillbilly Johnsons, and Laurel's building business. There's a little of Laurel and Thatcher starting to be on opposite sides as Thatcher gets roped in by the sheriff but, for the most part, it's all more about the building tension about to come to a head than actual on opposite sides between the two. The romance wasn't as captivating as the moonshine plot. I loved all the research details the author included, possible spies working for the Anti-Saloon League, talking about corn liquor and the process of how to make it, and even mentioning boll weevils and how they destroyed crops during this time, making people turn to moonshining even more. These additives and others set the time period and I felt the depression of the time and helped to put me in the setting.

      “Does this speakeasy have a name?”
      “Blind Tiger.”

      As I said, you'll want to prepare for a slow burn suspense, a beginning that takes its time crafting the setting and characters, less focus on the romance, but then an ending that ramps up the pace and delivers on all those building tensions. There's also a brutal rape scene that some might want to prepare for that happens to a secondary character and two surprising revelations that change some characters' profiles. The 1920s vibe, moonshine business details, and the ties and binds that threaded the characters together, made this a compelling read. I'll be on the lookout for more books in this time period.
    • 5/5
      BLIND TIGER by Sandra Brown
      I don’t usually read Brown, but I got this as an ARC. Moonshine, murder, false accusations, a pretty girl, corrupt politicians, what more could you want! When the stranger to town becomes the default sheriff, and the pretty girl is a target of the bad guys who abound in this 1920’s Texas thriller, the reader is in for an entertaining afternoon or two.
      Tight plot, well drawn characters and an interesting premise make this a sure fire hit. By the way, a “blind tiger” is an illegal saloon and this is prohibition in Texas!
      5 of 5 stars