The Peaceful Valley Crime Wave

By Bill Pronzini

Publisher Description

Bill Pronzini’s riveting western mystery, The Peaceful Valley Crime Wave, takes on the modern world with old-fashioned violence--and his Peaceful Valley is anything but…

Nothing much happens in Peaceful Valley, Montana. And that’s just how Sheriff Lucas Monk likes it.

Aside from the occasional drunken brawl or minor disturbance out on the reservation, he hasn’t had to resort to his fists or sidearm in years.

That is, until mid-October, 1914, when the theft of a wooden cigar store Indian sets off a crime wave like nothing Lucas has ever seen. Teenager Charity Axthelm goes missing, Reba Purvis’s housekeeper is poisoned with cyanide Reba is sure was meant for her, and Lucas’s gut tells him that this is only the beginning.

It’s not long before the first corpse shows up, bringing the peace in the valley to a thundering end.

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7 Reviews

3.5

Neia Quaintance

Created 10 months ago

“I wouldn't have read this book cause I usually don't read this type, but I got it as a blind date with a book. And this book is very interesting. This took place in 1914. Lots of stuff happened in this lil town all at once. It had me hooked from beginning to end. And wondering who has been doin all these crimes. The sheriff Lucas is a good sheriff, and he tries hard to get to get the bad guys. And doesn't listen to all the Karen's in Peaceful Valley. If ur thinking bout reading this book, u definitely should.”

John Molas

Created about 3 years ago

“A bit slow at first, but gets really good at the end, even if a bit predictable”

David J

Created almost 4 years ago

Kendall Timmons

Created over 4 years ago

Kendall Timmons

Created over 4 years ago

About Bill Pronzini

Bill Pronzini has published seventy-nine novels, thirty-eight of which feature the Nameless Detective, Americas longest-running PI series, begun in 1971. He is also the author of four nonfiction books and three hundred fifty short stories, and the editor of numerous anthologies. Among his many awards is the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, presented in 2008—a distinction he shares with his wife, crime novelist Marcia Muller, the 2005 Grand Master recipient. The couple lives in Northern California.