Big Wheat: A Tale of Bindlestiffs and Blood - Couverture souple

Thompson, Richard A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1590588223 ISBN 13 : 9781590588222

Editeur : Poisoned Pen Pr, 2011

Synopsis

Book by Thompson Richard A

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The summer of 1919 is over, and on the high prairie, a small army of men, women, and machines moves across the land, bringing in the wheat harvest. Custom threshers, steam engineers, bindlestiffs, cooks, camp followers, and hobos join the tide. Prosperous farmers proudly proclaim ''Rain follows the plow,'' meaning that the bounty of the land will never be exhausted. Everywhere, people gleefully embrace the gospels of progress and greed. The threshing season is on. But there is also an evil upon the land. A killer who calls himself the Windmill Man believes he has a holy calling to water the newly plucked earth with blood. For him, the moving harvest is a target - rich environment, an endless supply of ready victims. He has been killing for years now and intends to kill for many more. Who could stop him? Nobody even knew he existed. Until now. A young man named Charlie Krueger also follows the harvest. Jilted by his childhood sweetheart and estranged from his drunkard father, he hopes to find a new life as a steam engineer. But in a newly harvested field in the nearly black Dakota night, he has come upon a strange man digging a grave. And in that moment, he has become the only person who can stop the evil, if he lives long enough. For the killer knows his name and his wanderings, and he, too, is now a target. When next they meet, one of them will have to die.

Biographie de l'auteur

Richard Thompson is a former civil engineer and construction manager who traded his hard hat for a laptop and now writes full time. His first novel, Fiddle Game, was short-listed for a Debut Dagger award, and Frag Box was a finalist for the 2010 Minnesota Book Award. He is also the author of a standalone historical mystery, Big Wheat. He lives in Minnesota with his wife of 45 years and two neurotic cats.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Poisoned Pen Pr
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1590588223
• ISBN 13: 9781590588222
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 235
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible