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Very Good Condition.

Very Good Condition.

New York. 1998. September 1998. Doubleday. 1st American Edition. Very Good in

New York. 1998. September 1998. Doubleday. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0385488947. 291 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration by Larry Lurin. keywords: Mystery Iowa. DESCRIPTION-In a mesmerizing debut, cop-turned-author Donald Harstad uses real-life events to paint a jarring picture of crime in America's heartland-where two-stoplight towns no longer offer refuge from modern-day brutality. Life in Maitland, Iowa, is usually predictable, even for a cop. But all that changes the day Deputy Sheriff Carl Houseman's dispatcher receives the terrifying 911 call. The day cops find the mutilated bodies at a remote farmhouse. The first of eleven days Carl will never forget. As hotshot investigators fly in from New York, Carl and his fellow cops use old-fashioned detective work to piece together clues. But to turn suspicions into suspects, Carl must search among his closest friends to find a killer who has shocked and bewildered cops who'd thought they'd seen it all. And before it's over, Carl will be forced into an unrelenting spiral of chaos, coming face-to-face with evil he never dreamed could exist in Maitland. or anywhere else. inventory #26038.

Book. Signed on Full Title Page First Printing. Nominated for the ANTHONY AWARD for Best First Novel.

Book. Signed on Full Title Page First Printing. Nominated for the ANTHONY AWARD for Best First Novel.