I have liked this author in the past (this one for example), which is why I picked The Trackers up. I listened to it on audio on my way to and from Maine last week, and enjoyed it.

This is a depression era story of a wife in Wyoming who runs off and the men who search for her. The main character is an artist, who is in town to paint a post office mural (named The Trackers) for the WPA, but who ends up getting paid to search for Eve, thereby becoming a tracker himself.

The search takes the story to Seattle squatters and then to Florida Swamp red necks, as well as to night clubs in California. You experience many dichotomies, rich vs. poor, aggression vs. love and yearning, deception vs. reality. The characters are interesting– still leaving you guessing at the end.

Also integral are the various political views just before World War II, where there was a lot of income disparity, with most people struggling, and a few languishing resplendent, who espouse more conservative views. This is a snapshot of a time that is about to change.

You too might want to read this well written story. Because it ends too unresolved for my taste, I give it only four stars.