Children of the Valley

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A fast-paced, sharply observed novel of rural suspense.

Sheriff Lucian Wing goes to the aid of a pair of young runaways, Duncan and Pamela, who have fled to his backwoods county jurisdiction in Vermont. The girl's powerful stepfather New York has set a smoothly menacing lawyer and well-armed thugs on their trail.

At the same time Wing must deal with his wayward wife's chronic infidelity; the snobbery of Pamela's cosmopolitan mother; the dubious assistance of a demented World War Two enthusiast - and even the climactic, chaotic onset of a prodigious specimen of the local wildlife.

Amidst it all, can Wing bring Duncan and Pamela to safety

Reviews

Praise for Castle Freeman's novels:

A small miracle sharp, sly, moving and full of heart'Nick Cave

'Part comic romp and part nail-biting thriller ... Castle Freeman writes withboth wit and a deep understanding of the human psyche, and he does not cheat us out of a dramatic climaxGuardian

Shares many small-town, big-crime themes with Cormac McCarthy... it isimpossible not to appreciate thisThe Times

'Wonderful... every paragraph a gem.Freeman like Cormac McCarthy, like Annie Proulx shows us the awkward realness of lives, and does it with humour, with wry perception, with great style'R. J. Ellory

Extremely funny... streamlined storytelling, dead-on dialogue and lyrical descriptions of the bleak, woodsy landscape. This is ameticulous New England miniature, with not a word wastedOprah Magazine

A fast, memorable read gooey with atmosphere a gem that sparkles with sly insight and cuts like a knifeBoston Globe

Freeman has a flawless ear for dialogue and a sharp eye for quirky detail SuperbPeople Magazine

A brilliant book laconic, spare, stylish and excitingAl Alvarez

A small masterpiece of black comedy and suspense If all novels were this good, Americans would read moreKirkus Reviews

Author Bio

Castle Freeman is the author of seven novels, including the critically acclaimed Go With Me, which has been made into a film starring Anthony Hopkins, as well as two short-story collections. He has lived in rural Vermont since 1975.