This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Free Book Program, which is open to all readers and is completely free. The author will provide you with a free copy of their book in exchange for an honest review. You and the author will discuss what sites you will post your review to and what kind of copy of the book you would like to receive (eBook, PDF, Word, paperback, etc.). To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email.
This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Review Exchange Program, which is open to all authors and is completely free. Simply put, you agree to provide an honest review an author's book in exchange for the author doing the same for you. What sites your reviews are posted on (B&N, Amazon, etc.) and whether you send digital (eBook, PDF, Word, etc.) or hard copies of your books to each other for review is up to you. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email, and be sure to describe your book or include a link to your Readers' Favorite review page or Amazon page.
This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Donation Program, which was created to help nonprofit and charitable organizations (schools, libraries, convalescent homes, soldier donation programs, etc.) by providing them with free books and to help authors garner more exposure for their work. This author is willing to donate free copies of their book in exchange for reviews (if circumstances allow) and the knowledge that their book is being read and enjoyed. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email. Be sure to tell the author who you are, what organization you are with, how many books you need, how they will be used, and the number of reviews, if any, you would be able to provide.
Tony Wright is the author of Things Aren’t Right: The Disappearance of the Yuba County Five. He's the author of two comic books and a graphic novel with Source Point Press. Tony is an archivist, father, husband, and a lost soul of rock and roll. When he is not writing, he is spending time with his family or enjoying a trip to the library. Tony has been featured as a Yuba County Five case expert on the Mopac Audio podcast Yuba County Five, the Motor Trend TV show Auto/Biography: Cold Case, and the hit Netflix series Files of the Unexplained.
Reviewed by Anne-Marie Reynolds for Readers' Favorite
Things Aren't Right by Tony Wright is the true story of 'The Disappearance of the Yuba County Five.' In February 1978, a group of five men headed off to a basketball tournament in Sacramento. One had schizophrenia, while the others had other intellectual disabilities. They never made it home. Four days after they left on their trip, their car was discovered abandoned on the mountainside in the snow, in the wrong direction from their homes. Four months later, the remains of four of them were discovered 12 miles away from their car, one of them in a US Forest Service trailer – the fifth has never been found. There was enough fuel and food to last for months, so what happened? Unsolved to this day, the case continues to baffle everyone. Why did the men end up in the Plumas National Forest, and what really happened during those fateful days?
Things Aren't Right by Tony Wright is the stunning, strange story of the disappearance of five men. This book is incredibly well-written, clearly thoroughly researched, and it goes into great detail but it's a true crime story with a difference. Instead of being solely about the investigation into the disappearance, this book tells their individual stories. Each man is brought to life, no longer just names on a page, but real people with real lives and their own unique personalities. The photos of all five men help with that, too. The story also delves into the investigation in detail, diving into the official case files and backed up with plenty of interviews while offering many theories as to what might have happened to force them so far off their route home. Lastly, it examines how the families of the men were impacted by what happened. This is the perfect book for anyone who loves true crime stories, especially unsolved cases.
