Dakota

by Martha Grimes

Book Overview

There is ?suspense on every page?( Cleveland Plain Dealer ) in this follow-up to Biting the Moon ? now available in paperback. In Martha Grimes's acclaimed novel Biting the Moon , amnesiac drifter Andi Oliver sought the one man who held the key to her past. Now, Andi continues from one small town to the next, surviving the dangerous expanse of the Western plains, until she finds her mission'and menace'in Dakota . Taking a job at Klavan's pig farming...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451225899
• ISBN13: 9780451225894
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Fantastic and informative book

I imagine the people who gave this book a bad review didn't like reading about how the animals that some of eat are treated. This book was in some ways better than Bite the Moon. I love the main character. Some of the situations that occurred are not really plausible in our world of today, but this is fiction. I can't wait for the next one.

Dakota

People ask why Martha Grimes would write a novel like this. I say because she can. I applaud her for bringing animal abuse to the forefront and taking an unpopular stand. Martha brings back the character of Andi Oliver that we met in Biting the Moon. Andi loves animals and will do anything to relive their suffering. This was a very hard book for me to read as I'm a animal lover. If you have a hard time with this type of thing then don't read the book. It is well written and has the great characters that Martha is so well known for. I look forward to the next novel on Andi and her adventures.

Gripping Grimes!

I do savor everything I read by Martha Grimes. She gets into the heart of characters and deals with hard issues and real problems. This book could be somewhat disturbing to some people who are squeamish with some of her descriptions about slaughter of pigs and cattle and how they are treated in breeding facilities but Andie is a tough cookie that wants to stand up for the animals she comes across that are neglected or abused and she is determined to do what she can to ease their suffering. She is still trying to discover who she really is and where she came from and makes new friends along her travels as well as a few enemies. Martha Grimes always makes you think, even about the hard things in life to face.

Dakota Novel Review

I enjoyed the book written by Martha Grimes. It was a different hero character that I had read by her. Usually I read her stories about Jury. I like her plots and twists in the books.

Left me breathless!

I am a long-time fan of Martha Grimes and her Richard Jury series, as well as the stories about little Emma. For some reason I did not read "Bite the Moon" which is the introductory book to her other heroine, Andi Oliver. That is an oversight that I intend to correct now that I have read Dakota. I don't even know what to say about this book. It is so unexpected and so perfectly written. The characters are truly wonderful, and Andi is a delight. She is a young woman without a past and one who is used to making her own way. She also has a great love of animals, and they all relate to her. The expose that Ms. Grimes performs on the intensive hog raising industry is uncomforable to read about. We all sense that this is what it's like, but prefer not to think about it. And just watch how Andi handles herself! She comes up against one danger after another, and just handles each as they come up. She's a cracker! I loved this story.