Synopsis
Helps readers identify hazards associated with the workplace, ways these hazards can be avoided, and steps toward recovery for those who have been diagnosed with a workplace-related disorder. Issues concerning protective equipment, toxic and hazardous chemicals, child labor, stress, workplace violence, and the effects of workplace hazards on the body are discussed. Material is drawn from publications issued by federal and state government agencies, and by organizations. Includes a glossary and lists of resources. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Reviews
You'll never look at a grain silo in the same way after reading this novel. Wiltse injects his small-town Nebraska setting with Hitchcockian terror: a cornfield, a school yard, even pieces of farm equipment all move from ordinary to horrific in the blink of an eye. Agent Billy Tree, who investigated the homes of crackpots as part of pre-event security for the Secret Service, has returned to his hometown of Falls City, Nebraska, to recover from physical injuries and his deep shame after his partner was killed on a house search. Billy wants nothing more than to hole up at his sister's home, watching the road and replaying the scene where he failed his partner. But the plight of his old girlfriend and her son, victims of harrowing psychological abuse from the ex-husband, forces Billy to rejoin life. And when a school shooting wounds his girlfriend and kills others, Billy can no longer ignore the sheriff's pleas to help him investigate. What Billy discovers is that the seemingly pure midwestern small town harbors big-time vices. What Billy feels is still shame, skidding over into cowardice and increasing the overall tension. The book's climactic scene, played out in a grain silo, has to be one of recent fiction's most terrifying. Heartland delivers a wrenching psychological portrait along with blood pressure-raising suspense. Roger Leslie
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