Lake Country: A Novel

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"Sean Doolittle is a young writer with serious chops," says George Pelecanos, and Laura Lippman calls him "hip, smart, and mordantly funny." Now the acclaimed author ofSafer returns with a mesmerizing story of tragedy, revenge, and redemption. Five years ago, successful architect Wade Benson killed a young woman when he fell asleep at the wheel. His punishment- two days in jail for every year of his probation. But for one friend of the victim's family-an ex-marine named Darryl Potter-this punishment isn't enough. Potter sets out to even the score by kidnapping Benson's twenty-year-old daughter. It's a bad, bad plan, and only Mike Barlowe, Potter's former combat buddy, knows how to stop it. With a beautiful news reporter, the cops, and a bounty hunter on Potter's tail, Barlowe races to head off his troubled friend before innocent people get hurt. The hunters and the hunted plunge north into Minnesota's Lake Country, each with their own ambitions and demons, each headed for a violent collision-and for one horrifying moment of life or death.

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As long as there are writers like Sean Doolittle out there, American crime fiction has got a sterling future ahead of it.Dennis Lehane

With Lake Country, Sean Doolittle has out-Fargoed Fargo. Already a master of Midwestern noir, he takes a huge, novelistic leap with his newest work, a complex, quirky, and tremendously satisfying story of revenge and redemption. If you havent yet read a Doolittle novel, youve missed the cutting edge of crime fiction today. Trust me, this guy is the future.William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author of Northwest Angle

Praise for Sean Doolittles Safer

Doolittle cleverly articulates the vulnerability of a close-knit community where those friendly people who know your name also know your darkest secrets.The New York Times Book Review

A smart, funny and powerfully suspenseful thriller.People

Enthralling and unsettling.The Washington Post

Author Bio

Sean Doolittle is the author of four novels- The Cleanup, Rain Dogs, Burn(winner of the gold medal in the mystery category of ForeWord Magazine's 2003 Book of the Year Award), and Dirt (an Amazon.com Top 100 Editor's Pick for 2001). His short stories have been collected in Plots With Guns and The Year's Best Mystery Stories 2002. He lives with his family in Omaha, Nebraska.