I enjoyed BADWATER by Toni Dwiggins, an independently published thriller that compares well with traditionally published paperbacks available at any bookstore.
Cassie Oldfield and Walter Shaws are forensic geologists—a new term to me, but I know about it now thanks to the book—who are called in to assist in the investigation of missing radioactive waste in Death Valley. The setting is well described, the technology well researched, and the bad guys engineer diabolical plot twists. The action continues right up to the end.
My only gripe worth mentioning has to do with the narrative perspective. The book is written in a mix of first and third person that I personally find to be distracting. I don’t know if this is a recent trend in fiction—this is the second book I’ve recently read that does this—but I find it jarring at each change. It may well be a personal preference, but I can’t help but penalize a star for it.
BADWATER gets three stars from me, others who don’t mind the narrative perspective would likely rate it higher. It is available at Amazon in ebook (at 99 cents as of this writing) and paperback.
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