{"id":1013,"date":"2012-09-01T17:32:05","date_gmt":"2012-09-01T22:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/?p=1013"},"modified":"2013-03-01T17:34:28","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T23:34:28","slug":"the-truck-comes-on-thursday-a-loni-wagner-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/the-truck-comes-on-thursday-a-loni-wagner-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truck Comes on Thursday: A Loni Wagner Mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Picture3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1014\" style=\"border: 0pt none; float: left; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px;\" alt=\"Cover of the Truck Comes on Thursday\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Picture3.png\" width=\"199\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hardesty, Sue. The Truck Comes on Thursday: A Loni Wagner Mystery.\u00a0L-Book ePublisher, 2011.\u00a0 368p. 9781934889824 $17.95 pbk; 9781934889817 $10.95 ebook; 9781934889831 $13.95 audiobook<\/p>\n<p>Drawing on her experiences and knowledge of Arizona&#8217;s deserts and landscapes, Hardesty combines police work, mystery, and romance with Native American culture, family, and loss into this entertaining and attention-grabbing\u00a0 debut novel.<\/p>\n<p>The protagonist, Loni Wagner, has returned home to her maternal grandparents, Native Americans who raised her on a ranch at the request of her German father.\u00a0Suffering from the loss of Maria, her partner in love and work, Loni is reminded why she left, the hatred towards half-breeds and the chauvinistic attitudes towards females in general.<\/p>\n<p>As she readjusts to small-town life after her city life in Los Angeles, Loni finds herself forced to tone down her lesbian, two-spirit self while investigating a major drug and human trafficking ring. Loni is the outsider who sees everything with a fresh eye.<\/p>\n<p>Little does anyone know that the Chief of Police is the ringleader, and his attempts to thwart and stomp down Loni come not from prejudice but instead from his desire to save himself.\u00a0 Plot twists, romance, hope, and despair all come together in this gut-wrenching, tear-jerking, hope raising tale of romance and mystery.<\/p>\n<p>This book is a wonderful addition to any romance or mystery collection as well as for those interested in reading about police work, Native American culture, and a touch of Arizona history.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reviewer: <strong>s.n.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hardesty, Sue. The Truck Comes on Thursday: A Loni Wagner Mystery.\u00a0L-Book ePublisher, 2011.\u00a0 368p. 9781934889824 $17.95 pbk; 9781934889817 $10.95 ebook; 9781934889831 $13.95 audiobook Drawing on her experiences and knowledge of Arizona&#8217;s deserts and landscapes, Hardesty combines police work, mystery, and romance with Native American culture, family, and loss into this entertaining and attention-grabbing\u00a0 debut novel. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1164,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1013"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1013\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}