[DC Bound]

On his last day in power, with a blizzard threatening 18 inches of snow, Sheriff Bittersmith is called to the scene of a crime. A farmer has been stabbed through the neck with a pitchfork. Two sets of tracks lead from the barn, and the dead man’s frantic wife exclaims her daughter is missing. Convinced it was Gail G’Wain, the orphan who worked at the farm, Bittersmith follows the vanishing footprints into the storm.

Three miles away, Gale G’Wain is alone. He’s holed up in an empty farmhouse, half-dressed and nearly dead after falling through lake ice. Innocent, but unlikely to ever stand trial in a town as corrupt as Bittersmith, he places a loaded rifle at every window and waits to face whatever hell the dead man’s bloodthirsty sons and the Sheriff’s Department have in store. He doesn’t wait long.

Set in small town Wyoming in the 70s and unfolding in a single day, Cold Quiet Country explores corruption, morality, and revenge.

[humblegunner]

Convinced it was Gail G’Wain, the orphan who worked at the farm, Bittersmith follows the vanishing footprints into the storm.

Three miles away, Gale G’Wain is alone.

Just between paragraphs, you changed the character's name.

I'm dubious about the project, but good luck.

[Dysart]

Cold Quiet Country explores corruption, morality, and revenge.

Intriguing. Sounds like a thematic template based on any given Obama administration scandal.

[Dysart]

Okay, I snuck over and read some pages. At quick glance it reads like a screenplay; that’s neither good nor bad, just an observation.

[DC Bound]

Wow, just got a starred review in Publishers Weekly.