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Donald harstad author donald harstad worked for 26 years as deputy sheriff and chief investigator for the police department of clayton county, iowa. Prior to taking up writing, he had a 26year career with the sheriffs department of clayton county, iowa, retiring as a deputy sheriff. Donald harstad is a twentysixyear veteran of the clayton county sheriffs department in northeastern iowa, and the author of the acclaimed novels eleven days and known dead. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes. Read november rain a carl houseman mystery by donald harstad available from rakuten kobo. November rain a carl houseman mystery ebook by donald harstad. Donald harstad books list of books by donald harstad. This website is supported by the institute of museum and library services under the provisions of the. Booklist on a long december harstad gets better and. The american heartlands answer to michael connelly, ian rankin and henning mankell.
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And he precisely captures the freezing january landscape and nononsense mentality of the citizens who choose to live there. Booklist on a long december harstad gets better and better with each. I attempt to accurately depict the people in iowa, and the various crimes that effect them. Now retired, harstad has already written a sequel about highway patrolman and deputy sheriff carl houseman of nation county pd in iowa. Deputy sheriff carl houseman is dozing in his cruiser near parklands in nation county, iowa when he hears popping sounds. Library journal on the big thaw instantly propels him into the top ranks of mystery writers. Donald harstads police procedural set in smalltown iowa starts with a satanic multiple murder and gets more complicated from there. A former deputy sheriff, he lives with his wife, mary, in elkader, iowa. Carl houseman, the deputy sheriff of rural nation county, iowa, leaves home to enter the world of international intrigue. A long december by donald harstad overdrive rakuten.
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