LOST RIVER was my first book by J. Todd Scott and will not be my last. A whip-fast, ultra-violent and true-to-life rural crime drama involving a Kentucky drug family and the effect that family has on those who grow up within their aura of violence.

Scott's prose is taut and vicious, and his 25 years of experience as a DEA agent brings an ultra-realism to the proceedings that makes it both frightening and heartbreaking.

A top-notch read. Highly recommend.