Review
WL Rating
In Kem Nunn’s fifth book, lead character Sam Fahey is an ex-con and ex-surfer who now runs a worm farm. Yes, a worm farm. Sounds ridiculous, but once again Kem Nunn manages to craft a story and characters that are completely credible, while at the same time will have you shaking your head in disbelief. In the book, Fahey is on the trail of a pack of feral dogs near Tijuana when he comes upon a disoriented Mexican woman stumbling across the dunes near the beach at Tijuana Straits. Fahey winds up helping the woman, nursing her back to health while inadvertently inheriting a world of hurt from south of the border, This is a really well written thriller that, like most of Nunn’s work, manages to successfully weave a variety of topical threads through the story. Characters move through feelings of lost innocence, vengeance, redemption and further loss, all under a backdrop of a border driven by dreams, greed, corruptness and, oddly enough, love. This is a great summer read on the beach followed by a shot or two of stiff tequila. (July 2008)
Tijuana Straits - Kem Nunn
