{"product_id":"cold-quiet-country-9781849821667","title":"Cold Quiet Country","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn his last day in power, with a blizzard threatening eighteen inches of snow, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSheriff Bittersmith is called to the scene of a crime. A farmer has been stabbed \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eclean through the neck with a pitchfork. Two sets of tracks lead from the barn, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the dead man's frantic wife exclaims that her daughter is missing. Convinced \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eit was Gale G'Wain, the orphan who worked at the farm, Bittersmith follows the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003evanishing footprints into the storm. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiles away, holed up in an empty farmhouse, Gale is alone and close to death \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eafter falling through lake ice. Innocent but unlikely to ever stand trial in this \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecorrupt town, he loads his gun and prepares to defend himself against the dead \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eman's sons and the sheriff's department.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in rural Wyoming in the 1970s and unfolding in a single day, Clayton \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLindemuth's debut novel, COLD QUIET COUNTRY, explores small-town corruption \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the lengths some people will go to exact revenge. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a deft hand and sinister eye, Clayton Lindemuth reminds us that the green, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eidyllic landscape of Middle America can suddenly become an ominous backdrop \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor violence and treachery. Suspenseful, intelligent, and bold, COLD QUIET \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCOUNTRY brings a new edge to the world of modern noir and readers will no \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elonger be able to look upon rolling hills, pastoral fields, and picturesque barns \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewithout a sense of foreboding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lindemuth's impressive debut...is a go-for-the-jugular country noir....Lindemuth \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecarefully weaves characters' backstories into this thrilling narrative, and his visceral \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprose and unsparing tone are wonderfully reminiscent of such modern rural noir \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emasters as Tom Franklin and Donald Ray Pollock.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY Starred Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClayton Lindemuth\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Royal Oak, MI, but grew up in rural western Pennsylvania. After serving in the U.S. Army he began a career in financial services, finished his BA at Arizona State University, and is now a sales manager at a prestigious firm. His interest include economics, woodworking, and running marathons. \u003ci\u003eCold Quiet Country\u003c\/i\u003e is his first published work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"M P Publishing Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50433308360978,"sku":"9781849821667","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_49b4b402-de72-4cf0-8317-b22d06c88de3.jpg?v=1729566791","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cold-quiet-country-9781849821667","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}