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Peaceful Nation County, Iowa, confronts the modern world--the arrival of a kosher meat-packing plant and loss of local jobs to foreign workers--a situation made worse when the eighty-plus-year-old Heinman brothers witness an execution-style murder near their farm, as local deputy sheriff Carl Houseman embarks on a baffling investigation into the crime. 50,000 first printing.
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"A Long December:
American crime fiction's best-kept secret-as if Michael Connelly had
spent twenty-six years as a small-town cop in Iowa-has written his
breakout book.
Brief Description:
The people of Nation County, Iowa-a heartland town straight out of a
Coen Brothers movie or a John Cougar Mellencamp song-practice a
unique brand of American stoicism. You betcha. And they rely upon
their public servants to shield them from the horrors of the outside
world. Carl Houseman, deputy sheriff of the 750-square-mile county,
dedicates his life to keeping his citizenry so secure that you can leave
the door unlocked at home and walk his streets with a big hello and a
smile to every stranger. On Houseman's watch, the mounting terrors
of the new world order stay far away.
But December 2001 could change all of that. Outsiders are everywhere.
The meat plant is now kosher and there are more Jewish fellows per
capita than any other place in the country. Hispanic and other foreign
workers, with dubious immigration papers, have taken jobs from the
locals. Eighteen other languages are now spoken within the tiny region,
and Carl and company can't speak a single one.
Then the eighty-odd-year-old Heinman brothers' call comes in from
their farm down in Frog Hollow. They've witnessed an execution-style
killing not one hundred yards from their pig feeders. The victim's awful
dead and half his head's been blown off. The boys haven't seen nothing
like it since Normandy. When Carl gets to the scene, he believes them.
What follows is a masterful police procedural thriller-think Joe
Wambaugh crossed withFargo-written with a singular and authentic
voice that has electrified readers around the world.
About the Author
Donald Harstad is the internationally bestselling author of Eleven Days, Known Dead, The Big Thaw and Code Sixty-One. A former deputy sheriff and twenty-six-year veteran of the Clayton County Sheriff's Department, he lives in Elkader, Iowa.
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- PublisherRugged Land
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1590710134
- ISBN 13 9781590710135
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages307
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