Black Valley - Hardcover

Brown, Jim

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153 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0345446992 ISBN 13: 9780345446992

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2003

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From Jim Brown, author of the celebrated 24/7, comes a spine-tingling tale of a small town haunted by dark secrets.

When the citizens of Black Valley, a remote Oregon town, are terrorized by vicious, sadistic “Whitey” Dobbs–nicknamed for his shock of bone-white hair–five teenagers concoct a shiver-inducing act of revenge. But their plans to eliminate Whitey go terrifyingly awry, sending him on a rampage that plunges Black Valley into doom for generations to come. . . .

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On the night of a raging electrical storm, a group of teenage boys gathers to bury one of their own . . . alive. It isn’t murder, though, because the “victim” is a willing participant, part of a gang-initiation stunt. But even the best-laid plans can go horrifically wrong.

Fast-forward twenty-two years: The events of that stormy night are a distant memory. And the boys involved are now respected men in their hometown— the sheriff, the mayor, a congressman, even a Nobel Prize–winning physicist. Yet in spite of his newfound prestige, Dr. Dean Truman is a haunted man, tied to his town by a personal horror even his old friends know nothing about. But when a mysterious drifter arrives, bringing a wave of grisly and bizarre killings with him, Dean’s battle with his conscience will give way to a much more desperate fight: for his sanity, for the survival of his friends and neighbors, and for his own life.

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“Black Valley has it all–an ingenious premise, engaging characters, masterful storytelling, and hair-raising scenes that chilled me to the marrow. Jim Brown is clearly a rising star in this new golden era of suspense fiction.” –JOHN SAUL

“Terror runs amok in Black Valley–a Dean Koontz-style thriller pulsating with suspense, intrigue, and a twenty-year-old vendetta that rises (literally) from the grave." –KATHERINE NEVILLE, Author of The Eight

“A classic page-turner . . . An intense, intelligent, fast-paced, first-rate thriller.” –JOE WEBER, Author of Dancing with the Dragon

“Black Valley is an incredible story–I’m still reeling.” –DOUGLAS PRESTON, Coauthor of The Cabinet of Curiosities

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