- Hardcover: 356 pages
- Publisher: Doubleday Books (Sep 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0385495692
- ISBN-13: 978-0385495691
- Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 16.4 x 3.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,941,941 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The temperature is falling in Nationa County, Iowa--it should be a quiet time of year for Deputy Sheriff Carl Houseman and his partner, General Criminal Agent Hester Gorse. With two key duties to divvy up, Gorse opts for security duty on the popular floating casino The Beauregard, leaving Houseman responsible for the rest of the county, not that taxing for either of them at first glance. However, a car chase down snow-locked backcountry roads is only the start of things for Deputy Sheriff Carl Houseman. Petty crook Freddie has been driving for his burglar cousins the Colsons and is worried when they fail to come back to the car. The Sheriff finds them shot dead and stacked in the yard of the Borglan farm. Borglan himself is in Florida, but the signs are not good, there is right-wing literature on his bookshelves and someone has been using his computer. Something big is going down, some hardened criminals have set their sights on The Beauregard. Houseman is compelled to involve the FBI but fights hard to maintain his dignity, his integrity and control of his operation. This is a book with an admirable sense of place and season, which is brilliant on what happens to the time-word procedures of police work when an average cop finds himself up against someone who plays by very different rules. Written by a man who spent 26 years as the deputy sheriff in north eastern Iowa the plot could not fail to ring true. --Roz Kaveney
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'Gritty and realistic. Harstad is an author who knows his territory'
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Wow, another cracker from Donald Harstad. Following Carl Houseman through yet another crime packed novel, this time with the help of the FBI et al. Although the book has it's nasty parts, there is much humour through the book and the way in which Carl talks you through mystery double murder makes this book a classic, I can't wait for his next novel!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It's cold in Iowa, and you may want to wear a pair of warm gloves while reading this Carl Houseman novel in order to avoid frostbite. You can almost feel the blanket of snow covering the roads and smell the coffee brewing back at the station as Maitland's favorite Deputy Sheriff returns for a third entry in Donald Harstad's fine series.
A break-in at a rural Iowa farm where no one is home will leave two burglers dead, murdered execution style, and Houseman with only one suspect, who he believes is innocent. Only when the vague Special Agent Volont from Harstad's previous entry, Known Dead, arrives does Houseman discover the one man army named Gabriel has returned to Nation County.
DCI Agent Hester Gorse returns, as does Carl's boss Lamar, capable dispatcher, Sally, FBI Agent George, and reporter Nancy Mitchell, who looks to be a very interesting addition to this very enjoyable series. The rural atmosphere and Houseman's self-deprecating humor during tense situations are the trademark of Harstad's novels.
A moonlight chase on snowmobiles, an autopsy viewed by Houseman, Nancy and her photographer Shamrock, and the simultanious robbery of a bank and a gambling ship will all lead right back to the snow covered farmhouse where this all began, and a final confrontation with the always dangerous Gabriel.
This is a cold one, but a good one. Wearing long johns is optional, but highly recommended!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
fast moving,amusing, scary in parts, carl houseman makes a great hero who usally gets his man with hinderence from the FBI.Could not put it down.
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Harstad is good
Starting with Eleven Days I have read all 5 of Harstad's novels - I think this was the second - and have enjoyed them very much. Read more
Published on 3 Dec 2009 by D. Haigh
Obviously written by a policeman
This book is written in the style of a pedantic police officer giving evidence in court, painstaking,plodding, and mildly self-congratulatory. Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2001
Just Keeps Getting Better
I enjoyed "Known Dead", Mr. Harstad's previous book, enough to buy two more copies as gifts. Read more
Published on 14 Sep 2000
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