Review: The Blaze

The Blaze by Chad Dundas
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is the kind of book I love to read for myself--not because it's going to win any literary awards or break new ground.

Matthew, the main character, is injured in Iraq during an explosion, but it's one of those that is difficult to see. His brain was rattled (this just happened to many American soldiers when our Iraqi military base was bombed by Iran), and Matthew lost his memory. He is able to fake it fairly well and seems to be a fast learner, so he listens to his friends and decides to go back to his hometown in Montana (I'll read anything about Montana!) when his dad dies to try to learn about his past. There's a mystery there--he had shut his dad out of his life, as well as many of his old friends.

He meets up with his ex-girlfriend Georgie, now a reporter, and the two of them become involved in a mysterious fire that happens as soon as Matthew returns home. Even Matthew is a suspect--he comes home and there is immediately a crime? Matthew is constantly getting flashes into his memories and the reader wants to know--why did he leave home? The end of the novel is a roller coaster--a lot happens and things wrap up nicely.

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