Summary
On a desolate road in the Oregon high desert, an apprentice mortician stumbles upon a horrific car crash–and into a vortex of treachery, long-buried secrets, and growing menace.Melisende Dulac is a fish out of water after relocating from the East Coast to a small community in the Oregon high desert. But just as she’s beginning to think of Barlow County as home, her life takes an ominous turn when she comes upon a grisly multiple car wreck and three shattered bodies on an isolated road outside…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781643852805 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1643852809 |
| Author: | W.H. Cameron |
| Publisher: | Crooked Lane Books |
| Imprint: | Crooked Lane Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 10 December 2019 |
| Weight: | 512g |
| Dimensions: | 244mm x 162mm |
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Critics Review
Praise for Crossroad:
“Cameron keeps the surprises coming. This pulse-pounding tale begs to be read in one sitting.”
—Publishers Weekly
“A stellar foundation…Crossroad is marked by dark humor, grace and seeds of connections that hopefully signal a path to more Melisende Dulac.”
—Shelf Awareness
“Crossroad is an immersive read and a you-are-there page turner.”
—Karen Harper, New York Times bestselling author of Dark Storm
“Dark, funny, and truly mysterious…I loved her from the very first page.”
—Victoria Helen Stone, bestselling author of Jane Doe
“Crossroad offers up twist after delicious twist. Readers will root for the prickly and exceedingly relatable mortician-in-training Melisende Dulac.”
—Tiffany Quay Tyson, author of The Past is Never and Three Rivers
“Gripping and darkly comic…Packed with unusual and enthralling characters, and set in a wonderful, fully-realized, high desert milieu, Crossroad had me hooked from page one.”
—Owen Laukkanen, author of The Forgotten Girls and The Watcher in the Wall
“Cameron deploys cliffhangers with a master’s touch, and renders his fictional Barlow County so vividly, you can almost smell the desert sage…He and I will be returning for years to come.”
—Chris Holm, Anthony Award winning author of The Killing Kind
“A richly drawn background contextualizes the mystery’s melancholy, with bursts of humor emerging like sun through clouds.”
—Kirkus Reviews
About The Author
W.H. Cameron
When he’s not tending his chickens, W. H. Cameron shapes unruly words into captivating people caught in harrowing situations. As Bill Cameron he’s the author of the critically-acclaimed Skin Kadash mysteries. His stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Portland Noir, Lee Child’s First Thrills anthology, and more. His work has been nominated for the Left Coast Crime Rocky Award, the CWA Short Story Dagger, and multiple times for the Spotted Owl, which he won for County Line. His YA mystery Property of the State was named one of Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2016- Teen.
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