Over Tumbled Graves (P.S.) - Softcover

Walter, Jess

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061712833 ISBN 13: 9780061712838

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2009

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub the Date: 2009 08 Pages: 400 in Publisher: Harper Perennial During a routine drug bust on a-narrow idge over white-water falls in the center of town. Spokane detective Caroline May finds herself face-to-face with a utal murderer. Within hours. the body of a young prostitute is found on the riverbank nearby. What follows confronts our fascination with pathology and murder and stares it down. as Caroline and her cynical partner. Alan Dupree-thrown headlong into the search for a serial murderer who communicates by killing women-uncover some hard truths about their profession ... and each other.Rich with the darkly muted colors of the Pacific Northwest skies. Over Tumbled Graves established Jess Walter as a novelist of extraordinary emotional depth and dimension.

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Product Description:

In Over Tumbled Graves, Jess Walter, National Book Award finalist and author of Citizen Vince and The Zero, confronts our fascination with pathology and murder. A thriller of extraordinary depth and dimension, Over Tumbled Graves follows Caroline Mabry, a Spokane police detective searching for a serial murderer.

Review:

"(Walter's) powerful fiction debut....stands out from run-of-the-mill serial killer novels...."--The Seattle Times

"First rate writing speeds us to a perfectly foreshadowed plot twist and a gripping conclusion."--Oregonian

"Breathtaking.Moving.Insightful. Excellent quality of writing."--The Mystery Review

"Shifting like...currents, the story moves swiftly, promising a fast-paced thriller filled with inner turmoil as well as action."--Sun Sentinel

"(Walter's) first novel is an accomplished character study...A very satisfying debut."--Booklist

"[An] intelligent, gripping, and genuinely scary novel..."--Otto Penzler, Amazon.com

"Disquieting. Walter('s)...incisive sensitivity...emerges as a bitter metaphor."--New York Times Book Review

"Suspenseful, challenging and intelligently written, Over Tumbled Graves is a first novel of considerable depth and insight."--The Dallas Morning News

"Outstanding. Riveting. Never sacrifices action for emotional impact."--The Washington Post Book World

"An original page-turner in this overcrowded genre."--Philadelphia Inquirer

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061712833
• ISBN 13: 9780061712838
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400