This book had me adding some interesting searches to my Google history. (Think: What is cheeva? Why would a drug user drink bleach?)
We follow thirty-seven-year-old Frank as he sets off on a road trip through the Four Corners of Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico with his twentysomething girlfriend, Maddie, both heavy drug addicts (though Frank is trying hard to kick his habit) and his friend's young son. The reason for their trip is that Frank's best friend, Ben, went on yet another bender, and returned to his father's house where his dad was holding Ben's son. Ben's father was threatening to revoke Ben's custody because he didn't feel that his son was in a good enough state to be taking care of a kid. Unfortunately, Ben's dad had some pretty serious issues of his own, the least of which was that Ben's former girlfriend was now his dad's current girlfriend. It's messy. So Ben essentially steals his own kid and turns up on Frank's doorstep, much to Maddie's dismay.
Frank and Maddie set off to try to get out of state and off the scent trail of Ben's dad and his questionable associates. They plan to meet up in another state with Ben, return the boy to him and take off and get married and leave all of their troubles behind. Unfortunately, when illicit drugs, kidnapping charges, ransoms and old debts are running after you, it's not so easy to escape. Who can you trust? What is real?
Four Corners has a twisty plot and the road trip aspect amps up the intrigue. There is plenty of violence and drama and the author, a former drug addict and Midwestern traveler himself, put his knowledge to great use in this book. His personal experience helps create an captivating-yet-believable story of what happens when drugs and money take over, a person is in over their head and lives are turned inside out. A person might try to change the future, but the past can never be erased.
Judge the cover: 5/5
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