Cripple Creek

Description

Now Deputy Sheriff in the new town, Turner seems to be finally escaping his past and creating a new life for himself - until a routine traffic stop results in a young man being sprung from jail, a brutal assault on the Sheriff and Turner risking everything in his wild pursuit. A novel as atmospheric and eventful as anything Sallis has written.

James Sallis has published sixteen novels, multiple collections of short stories, essays, and poems, books of musicology, a biography of Chester Himes, and a translation of Raymond Queneau's novel Saint Glinglin. He has written about books for the LA Times, New York Times, and Washington Post, and for some years served as a books columnist for the Boston Globe. He has received a lifetime achievement award from Bouchercon, the Hammett Award for literary excellence in crime writing, and the Grand Prix de Litterature policiere.

Sallis is an unsung genius of crime writing. Hunt this one out and you won't be disappointed -- Mark Timlin * Independent on Sunday * James Sallis writes crime novels that read like literature -- Judith Freeman * Los Angeles Times * The brooding atmosphere and depth of characterisation mark this as superior mystery fare -- Simon Shaw * Mail on Sunday * spare but eloquent...[a] superior series -- Marilyn Stasio * New York Times * make[s] you raise your eyes off the printed page in silent admiration -- Stephen Miller * January Magazine *