The title, the cover and the description really drew me to this book. I was not disappointed. The story and the characters were believable. . a real page turner.

Snow is the story of two hunters and their guide who find a plane that has crashed in the Montana wilderness. But, that is not really the problem. This plane is full of cocaine and each one of them has a reason to steal it.

The Mexican cocaine cartel along with the DEA and several others are soon on the trail of the two people who stole the cocaine. The story is captivating with well-crafted characters. Follow the adventure across several states in this thrilling mystery.

Highly recommend "Snow."

Once again I am surprised at the ability of Mike Bond to write an unexpected story. Many of his books does not end the way you thought they would, Snow is one of those. I have to thank Mandevilla Press and Netgalley for giving me the enjoyment of this great read.

It's an okay book. Interesting writing, but the stupid decisions by the main characters (who seem like they should be much more intelligent) really let the book down. Left me feeling disappointed.

I couldn't get into this one. I don't know if it was due to the fact that the storyline of ordinary citizens finding and keeping drugs is one that I have read before and seen in movies/tv shows. Or if I just didn't enjoy it because the two main characters were so unlikable that kept making decisions that frustrated the reader.

I went against my own reoccurring urge to just set this aside because I figured it'd get better, or at least less cliche.. It does not. Not a really horrible waste of time but.. At least I made the effort.

I like reading about smart people doing smart things, and even more about not so smart people trying to do smart things, but reading about smart people doing stupid things is not for me. This book is well written, however, even if it's a little slow.

Crime does not Pay

I would give this 3.5 for the adventure rounded down to 3 for the stupid choices made by the characters.

Three men go hunting every year in the mountains of Montana, Zack an ex football player, Steven a stock broker and Curt the guide. They each have money challenges but are trying to forget them on the hunting trip. Zack has gambling debts, Steven made bad investments and lost not only his money but Zack's as well, and Curt is about to lose his farm.

While hunting Zack shoots an elk, but forfeits it to a grizzly to escape he takes another way back to camp and discovers a plane filled with Cocaine crashed on the mountain. He goes back toward camp and finds Steven and tells him about the plane. They do not tell curt the guide about the cocaine but do tell him about the crashed plane. Steven and Zack decide to steal the cocaine and sell it to pay off their debts, but they must do it before the police arrive that Curt has called about the crashed plane.

This is the story. They steal the cocaine, the cartel that owns it is after them. The guide is after them to find out why they did it and crashed his truck and to help them if he can, the DEA and the police are also after them. This cat and mouse game goes on from Montana to Colorado to Vegas and back and forth. It finally ends on the top of a mountain pass.

The story is interesting, it has a lot of action, some soul searching by the two that stole the cocaine, especially toward the end. It was a fast moving story. I would recommend it if you like these type of books.

Thanks to Mike Bond, Mandevilla Press and NetGalley for allowing me to read and review a copy of the book.