Summoned by a friend, ex-cop Cam Richter agrees to do a favor: investigate the assault of a young woman in a remote area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Cam knows the misty hills and shadowed hollers of the park, and his outdoor skills might break a case that local cops can’t---or maybe don’t want to---solve.Cam has no idea how dangerous his search will become, because in this part of Appalachia, matriarch Grinny Creigh and her extended family destroy those who intrude into their web. The Creighs control the crystal meth trade and own just about everything and everyone in their neck of the woods. But they also operate a much worse enterprise, a dark secret that terrifies any children unfortunate enough to come within their grasp. Blocked by a menacing sheriff with ties to the family, Cam is shut down and sent away, no wiser about why the young woman was attacked and what she saw. He returns, stealthily stalking the Creighs and their secrets, moving ever closer to Grinny’s mountain house and what it might conceal . . . not knowing that his presence on her web has been detected, and that the Creighs are hunting him with creatures bred for that purpose and starved into relentless fury.Spider Mountain features nonstop action, frightening night pursuits through deep wilderness, and a shocking finale---a masterful novel of suspense by the author of The Cat Dancers.
Cam Richter is back in the Smoky Mountains of N.C. this time in pursuit of the secretive Creigh Clan headed by Grinney Creigh and her son Nathan. They control most of the crystal methtrade in this part of the mountains but they also operate another enterprise on the side. This one involves abandoned andabused children. Richter and special agent Carrie Santangelo ofthe N.C. State Bureau of Investigations uncover this secretwhile experiencing how much power the Creighs have and why theyhave been able to get away with this for so long. This is the second book in the Cam Richter Series from about 1997. It's apretty good story with non stop action and worth reading.
What do You think about Spider Mountain (2006)?
This is the 2nd in the Cam Richter series. I loved it. There were only 2 German Shepherds in this one Frick and Frack and it was about a woman in the hills of NC that was selling organs from children in the hills. It involved an SBI agent and a DEA agent that was bad. You didn't know that he was bad until the end, but I kind of had that feeling. I liked the Big brothers too. Really well done.This was narrated by Dick Hill and as always I enjoyed listening to him. I think he is one of the better narrators.
—Connie
