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"Fast, smart and authentic. Riley Fisher is a bold new character on the crime scene, grounding this eerie and engaging thriller. The Fields is one of the best procedurals I've read in a good long while." --Ace Atkins, New York Times bestselling author of The Heathens The Fields is my favorite sort of novel: the sharp prose and explosive plot immediately drew me in, but the richly textured exploration of life in rural America stayed with me long after I finished. I hope to see more of Sergeant Riley Fisher, the novel's dynamic female protagonist. This is a classic crime series in the making. -- Cristina Alger, New York Times bestselling author of Girls Like Us "This is superb. Dark, immersive and seriously gripping. Hints of True Detective & The Silence of the Lambs ." --Will Dean, author of The Last Thing to Burn "Young delivers a disturbing, twist-riddled thriller stocked with well-drawn characters." --Publishers Weekly "What could be more all-American than a small town amid rolling fields of corn? But when a woman's body is found in those same fields, the dark truth beneath that wholesome image begins to emerge.... From potential serial-killer investigation to high stakes political intrigue... The Fields is an impressive debut." --Mystery & Suspense --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. An Amazon Best Book of February 2022: A bloodied young woman named Chloe is running through an Iowa cornfield before she collapses and dies from her injuries. Days later, after the owner of Zephyr Farms sends up a drone to check for crop damage, Chloe’s brutalized body is discovered. When Sergeant Riley Fisher examines what remains of Chloe, she is horrified to recognize her old friend. Soon Riley is working with the BAU, hunting for a serial killer, as secrets from Chloe’s past threaten to interfere with the present. Young takes what could be a prosaic plot and breathes complexity, agonizing suspense, and a claustrophobic terror into it. Her canvas manages to capture both the big and the mundane details—of detective work, Big Agriculture, small town living, and office politicking—and weaves it all into a plot worthy of Tana French or Jane Harper in this riveting debut. —Vannessa Cronin, Amazon Editor --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. The Fields is Erin Young 's debut crime thriller, featuring Sergeant Riley Fisher of Black Hawk County, in the first of a planned series. Young lives and writes in Brighton, England. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. Read more
Features & Highlights
- A breakneck procedural that is beautifully written and masterfully crafted, Erin Young's
- The Fields
- is a dynamite debut—crime fiction at its very finest.
- Some things don't stay buried.
- It starts with a body—a young woman found dead in an Iowa cornfield, on one of the few family farms still managing to compete with the giants of Big Agriculture.When Sergeant Riley Fisher, newly promoted to head of investigations for the Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office, arrives on the scene, an already horrific crime becomes personal when she discovers the victim was a childhood friend, connected to a dark past she thought she’d left behind.The investigation grows complicated as more victims are found. Drawn deeper in, Riley soon discovers implications far beyond her Midwest town.
