Henry Farrell Dry Bones in the Valley: A Henry Farrell Novel, Book 1, (Paperback)

from zmagic69

Based on the number of 5 star reviews I wonder if I read a different book, than everyone else? This book came highly recommended and even had an author blurb from Donald Ray Pollack whose books are fantastic. This for me was not a fantastic book. It was way too slow, and the story was not that in...

from jwrudn

I know this was an Edgar Award winner for first novel, but I found it a bit disappointing. Nice depiction of the methland of rural NE Pennsylvania. Too much tramping about in the woods for me. I had trouble keeping the characters straight. The main plot had little to do with the many sub plots th...

from jfe16

The story of "Dry Bones in the Valley" takes place in a small rural town and is told by Officer Henry Farrell. There's a body, an investigation that manages to turn up more bodies without too much effort, and a lot of tramping through the back woods. As mysteries go, this one manages to keep the ...

from maneekuhi

I read a rave review in July 2017 of Tom Bouman's newly released "Fateful Mornings"(FM), his second Henry Farrell novel. I did a little research and found that the first one, "Dry Bones in the Valley"(DB),released about a year+ earlier, had received a number of prestigious awards. I decided to re...

from muddyboy

This is an Edgar Award finalist for best first mystery. The body of an unknown man is found on a reclusive man's (Aub) rural property. Shortly after this body is discovered a local law enforcement officer is killed. So, there are dual mysteries and we don't know whether or not they are interconne...