Clayton Burroughs is the Sheriff of Bull Mountain and the black sheep of the Burroughs clan. In the past, the family ran moonshine and farmed marijuana; now they're the dominant suppliers of methamphetamine.

So when an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shows up in Clayton's office with a plan to shut them down, his agenda will pit brother against brother and set Clayton on a path to self-destruction.

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Listening Length	9 hours and 18 minutes
Author	Brian Panowich
Narrator	Brian Troxell
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Audible.com.au Release Date	04 February 2016
Publisher	W. F. Howes Ltd
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B01AAVUKKI
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No winners blood fued set in the Ozarks

Reviewed in Australia on 2 December 2015

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I'm not sure what to make of this novel. It was fast paced and had a reasonable storyline but the characters all seem to be sociopaths including the good guys. It hankers back to the Martins and the Coys and their blood feud. For a novel about a small town where family names are everything no one questions the origin of one of the main protagonists based on their family names. The end as you come to expect is horrendous. Apart from the fact I could derive no empathy with the book the author has constructed the story line well and provides good and vivid descriptions and believable action. While not for me it it was not a bad read.

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Great page turner.

Reviewed in Australia on 4 September 2015

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Rip roaring trip through a criminal backwoods family with its 1 good guy - the local sheriff, his feisty, sensible wife, and a clever FBI agent who turns out to be ... well, read it & see. Stunning dialogue rings very true ... very snappy, & perhaps the most enjoyable aspect of the book. The ending? Not quite what I expected, & perhaps a little contrived, but a terrific, ballsy read. Would appeal to men as much as to this 65 y.o. Aussie woman.

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garry johnson

exciting and different. recommended.

Reviewed in Australia on 25 December 2015

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know nothing about the mountain country of georgia and the people who live there so really enjoyed this book until the last few pages. why does there always have to be an happy ending for the books hero. five pages shorter and it would have rated a five. but all the same well written, very exciting. an interesting and good book. will read mr.panowich again.

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Theo

Solid read but largely predictable

Reviewed in Australia on 31 December 2018

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Well written, with good character studies but the storyline itself was cliched and failed to support the quality of the writing

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Springa

fast paced and good characters.

Reviewed in Australia on 13 November 2015

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An interesting story line, fast paced and good characters.

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Nanna Sue

Four Stars

Reviewed in Australia on 26 November 2015

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Interesting plot with several twists.

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100 proof hick lit

Reviewed in Australia on 28 May 2019

Bull Mountain (2015)
Like Lions (2018)
Brian Panowich
The author was born and raised in rural Georgia. After college, he spent 20 years as an itinerant musician before returning to writing. He now lives in East Georgia with his family and works as a firefighter.
His debut novel, Bull Mountain, a bestseller that won numerous award, and the sequel Like Lions centre on the Burroughs family: a multi-generational clan of hillbillies and career criminals in Georgia Blue Ridge mountains. Think Duck Dynasty meets Goodfellas: nary a Jed, Jethro, or Ellie Mae in sight.
Hillbillies have received plenty of attention of late (e.g. J D Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy 2016) as unemployed, Trump voting, oxycontin addicts, but they have a rich tradition as outlaws that long predates that.
The Burroughs started out with illicit stills before moving on to marijuana, gun-running, and meth, wasting a whole mess o’ dudes along the ways. Plenty of space to bury bodies up in the mountains, which is lucky because demand is high.
The black sheep of the family is Clayton, the grandson who becomes local sheriff. Our boy has a white hat but limited interest in going by the book. Think Lucas Hood in the TV show Banshee.
His wife and love interest Kate is a kick-ass gal too. This is definitely ‘hick-lit’ rather than ‘chick-lit.’
Both these novels are rollicking tails well told, jammed packed with action and good writing, if a little exhausting when read back-to-back. The author leaves open the possibility of a third book involving a career change for Clayton.
4.5 stars for Bull Mountain, 4 stars for Like Lions.

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Fantastic!!

Reviewed in Australia on 3 October 2016

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I loved this book. From start to finish it was awesome. I Can't wait to read another from same author.

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Amazing how this is a first novel!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 October 2015

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I read more books than I have hot meals and this is by far one of the best books I have read.

It ticked every single box. A well thought out story with a smashing denouement I didn't see coming. Every character is fleshed out so well and vivid I still think of them even though I've finished the book. The kind of beautiful, yummy prose where you repeat sentences to yourself because they are just so damn perfect. But don't expect any purple softness. It is written with a gritty, hammer-hard-edge throughout about the tragic, violent criminal family of the Burroughs Clan in the Georgia mountains, where crimes and mistakes pass through generations to present day. It is amazing how much is fitted between 300 pages. It moved with fantastic momentum without ever feeling empty and rushed, which most today do. Also, most authors struggle with alternating timelines, making them muddled, confusing and downright boring. But Panowich struck gold by making it easy to follow, logical, smart and interesting. His prose and character work reminds me very much of Tom Franklin, another fantastic author. But Panowich makes his own stamp on the map with this true gem. I'm weary of reviews, what I love you may detest etc, but I can guarantee that if you love a fantastic, gripping read with characters you will genuinely care for, then please grab a copy of Bull Mountain.

One of the best reads I have had in a long, long time and I cant wait for Panowich's next book. Highly, highly recommended.

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Donny Rock

Local violence

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 October 2019

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The saga of a Georgia (USA) family involved in moonshine and crystal meth production. One of the family is the local sheriff. There is a lot of violence in this great storyline, along with well-drawn characters. How one man can dominate a rural area through fear and violence is integral to the book. The narrative does move from generation to generation, past and present. So it's important, and quite easy, to pay attention to the chapter headings.

Tom

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 January 2019

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One of the most enjoyable books I've read last couple years. Don't be put off by the chapters set in different years, it works really well at giving you a scope of the family as a whole and the background of each member.
Their is an urgency in the way brain panowich writes, as someone else put it, like a double barrel shotgun straight on to the page.

Dirty Books

A shotgun wedding between Justified and Sons of Anarchy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 April 2016

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Bull Mountain reads like a raucous shotgun wedding between Justified and Sons of Anarchy.

A crash-course in dirty deeds and impressively clean writing, this is a tremendous debut novel, and one that fully deserves the plaudits that were heaped on it like dirt on an unmarked grave.

Excellent stuff – highly recommended for fans of blood-splattered hillbilly crime sagas.

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Lindylou

Try it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 October 2015

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A good read my first on a kindle. It is a bit disconcerting first of all as it switches between characters every chapter. It isn't as dark as some of the 'Hillbilly' books I've read. It had a good storyline but some of the characters were not real enough to find empathy for them. I would read more as I think he is a very good writer.

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