Dry Bones in the Valley

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Dry Bones in the Valley is a crime novel by Tom Bouman that follows a rural Pennsylvania cop investigating a murder amid fracking tensions and small-town secrets.

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instanceOf crime novel
debut novel
mystery novel
author Tom Bouman
awardReceived Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author
linked to: Edgar Award

Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller
centralTheme environmental conflict
fracking tensions
murder investigation
rural community life
small-town secrets
countryOfOrigin United States
genre crime fiction
mystery fiction
rural noir
hasMotif economic decline
family secrets
isolation
landscape as character
hasSequel Fateful Mornings
hasSubject crime in small towns
law enforcement
natural gas drilling
rural policing
language English
literaryStyle literary crime fiction
mainCharacter Henry Farrell
narrativePerspective third-person narration
narrativeTone atmospheric
dark
protagonistOccupation deputy
rural police officer
publicationDecade 2010s
publisher W. W. Norton & Company
series Henry Farrell series
settingCountry United States
settingLocation rural Pennsylvania
timePeriod early 21st century
titleCharacter Henry Farrell

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C. L. Franklin notableWork Dry Bones in the Valley
Upgrade & Afterlife hasPart Dry Bones in the Valley (I Saw the Light Come Shining 'Round and 'Round)
linked to: Dry Bones in the Valley
Upgrade & Afterlife notableTrack Dry Bones in the Valley (I Saw the Light Come Shining 'Round and 'Round)
linked to: Dry Bones in the Valley