Lake Country

A Novel

Sean Doolittle

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Bantam Books Inc
15 August 2012

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Thriller & suspense

""Sean Doolittle is a young writer with serious chops,"" says George Pelecanos, and Laura Lippman calls him ""hip, smart, and mordantly funny."" Now the acclaimed author ofSafer returns with a mesmerizing story of tragedy, revenge, and redemption.

Five years ago, successful architect Wade Benson killed a young woman when he fell asleep at the wheel. His punishment- two days in jail for every year of his probation. But for one friend of the victim's family-an ex-marine named Darryl Potter-this punishment isn't enough. Potter sets out to even the score by kidnapping Benson's twenty-year-old daughter. It's a bad, bad plan, and only Mike Barlowe, Potter's former combat buddy, knows how to stop it. With a beautiful news reporter, the cops, and a bounty hunter on Potter's tail, Barlowe races to head off his troubled friend before innocent people get hurt. The hunters and the hunted plunge north into Minnesota's Lake Country, each with their own ambitions and demons, each headed for a violent collision-and for one horrifying moment of life or death.

By: Sean Doolittle
Imprint: Bantam Books Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 250g
ISBN: 9780345533920
ISBN 10: 0345533925
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 15 August 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sean Doolittle is the author of four novels- The Cleanup, Rain Dogs, Burn(winner of the gold medal in the mystery category of ForeWord Magazine's 2003 Book of the Year Award), and Dirt (an Amazon.com Top 100 Editor's Pick for 2001). His short stories have been collected in Plots With Guns and The Year's Best Mystery Stories 2002. He lives with his family in Omaha, Nebraska.

Reviews for Lake Country: A Novel

As long as there are writers like Sean Doolittle out there, American crime fiction has got a sterling future ahead of it. -Dennis Lehane With Lake Country, Sean Doolittle has out-Fargoed Fargo. Already a master of Midwestern noir, he takes a huge, novelistic leap with his newest work, a complex, quirky, and tremendously satisfying story of revenge and redemption. If you haven't yet read a Doolittle novel, you've missed the cutting edge of crime fiction today. Trust me, this guy is the future. -William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author of Northwest Angle Praise for Sean Doolittle's Safer Doolittle cleverly articulates the vulnerability of a close-knit community where those friendly people who know your name also know your darkest secrets. -The New York Times Book Review A smart, funny and powerfully suspenseful thriller. -People Enthralling and unsettling. -The Washington Post