Books: Murder at Thompson Bog

“Jon Batson is not just a writer, but a storyteller. His gift is making you experience what his characters feel and see while he slings irony and witty asides that make others wonder why you’re laughing so hard. He looks closer at the ordinary world and determines what extraordinary things a person can do given the right circumstances. The result is a story that won’t be put down.”
Alice Osborn, author, editor and teacher of “Write from the Inside Out.”

“Colorful, engrossing, and highly entertaining! Jon Batson has produced an evocative collection of engaging characters whose lives unfold in amusing, tragic and, often, unexpected ways that send the imagination gliding over each one’s winding paths, hairpin curves and jarring potholes with the artistic finesse of a truly masterful storyteller.”
Karen Michelle Raines, poet/author

“Batson’s stories are contemporary yet reminiscient of an earlier time -O’Henry, Raymond Carver and Edgar Allen Poe come to mind. Luckily for us although the aforementioned have gone onto their last edit, John will be with us for a long time.”
Steven Elliot, Falls River Books