The Fields

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Eerie and engaging. The Fields is one of the best procedurals I've read in a good long while * Ace Atkins, New York Times bestselling author of The Heathens * The sharp prose and explosive plot immediately drew me in, but the richly textured exploration of life in rural America stayed with me long after I finished. This is a classic crime series in the making * Cristina Alger, bestselling author of Girls Like Us * Loved the vivid sense of place. Hints of True Detective & The Silence of the Lambs. EXCELLENT * Will Dean, bestselling author of The Last Thing to Burn * A smart compelling thriller. Silence of the Lambs meets the Pelican Brief * Lyz Lenz, author of God Land * Young delivers a disturbing, twist-riddled thriller stocked with well-drawn characters * Publishers Weekly * What could be more all-American than a small town amid rolling fields of corn? But when a woman's body is found in those same fields, the dark truth beneath that wholesome image begins to emerge . . . From potential serial-killer investigation to high stakes political intrigue . . . THE FIELDS is an impressive debut * Mystery & Suspense magazine * Murder, politics, family secrets, an iconic main character, and a fiendish plot. What's not to love? * Laura Shepherd-Robinson, author of Blood & Sugar * [A] well-crafted procedural... vivid portraits of Black Hawk's denizens provide a compelling draw. * Booklist * Whips along at an incredible pace and it left me breathless... both a brilliantly imagined police procedural and a nightmarish horror story * Marina Palmer, author of The Russian Doll * Get ready for the first novel in a new page-turning police procedural series * Novel Suspects * Real people you care about caught up in a thrilling plot. It gave me Mare of Easttown vibes. Surely a bestseller on both sides of the pond * E C Fremantle, author of The Poison Bed * Sharp with dark brilliance and a gripping panorama of characters, a detective who will pull you round and break your heart, Erin Young takes us deep into the Fields, dark heart of cruelty, conspiracy, betrayal, a web of lies, secrets and love. A world you don't want to leave, an all out, edge of your seat thriller you can't put down * Kate Williams, author of The Pleasure of Men * With an eye for detail, Erin Young has provided a timely tale of mystery. Not only will the reader come away with a formidable knowledge of the changing landscape of our heartland, but Ms. Young introduces a strong female character who defies the odds to uncover the truth behind the murders in a previously quiet community * Killer Nashville * A very well polished debut... [and] a compelling police procedural.... Those who appreciate well-constructed multi-layered mysteries with flawed characters should find this very much to their liking * Deadly Pleasures * An immersive unravelling of small-town America with a gloriously chilling mystery at its core * Anna Bailey, bestselling author of Tall Bones * The first two thirds of THE FIELDS is pure police procedural. The last third is a can't-put-it-down thriller. The breakneck speed at the end is bound to keep readers wide-eyed into the wee hours.... As the plot progresses and more bodies turn up, you learn what makes Iowa tick: agriculture, the state fair, small towns, and decent folk. But there are mysteries out there in the never-ending fields of organic gold * The Big Thrill * A body. A newly appointed investigator. A second body. Ghosts of a dark past. The story of Sergeant Riley Fisher, a new crime investigator in a small farming town, simmers with tension and the niggling fear that there's something dangerous just around the corner. If you love cracking open crime procedurals or page-turning thrilled books Erin Young's debut crime novel will have you clamouring for more from the author. The best part? The Fields is set to be the first in a series, so get ready for the next instalment! * Reader's Digest * This is gonna be big. A jet-black and compulsive thriller set against the backdrop of Iowa's agri industry. Corruption, murder, elements of horror and an engaging female lead detective. Brilliant writing. -- Anna Mazzola, author of The Clockwork Girl Not only a great crime novel, but a sizzling and timely description of a collapsing corn-belt community. Riley Fisher is a hero we can all root for -- William Shaw, author of The Trawlerman A big, ambitious, angry story... In narrative terms it works well and the ultimate message that good intentions are no guarantee of good outcome adds a sense of tragedy to the novel * Literary Review * Provocative and gripping * Crime Monthly Magazine * Just as surely as Mare of Easttown brilliantly tweaked the police procedural format, so does Erin Young in her lean-limbed, gripping new novel, the first in a series...Young's plot blazes outward like a prairie fire as the body count mounts and Riley's own past surges into the present, testing her instincts in crime scene after crime scene * Oprah Daily * A story as gripping and sinuous as Jane Harper's The Dry. There could be no higher praise * Daily Mail * Fisher is a credibly drawn lead, and this is a series that, if it can plough a distinctive furrow, may go on to put down roots. * The Times * A razor sharp procedural, a protagonist you'll root for, and a twist that you will never see coming -- Anthony Riches, author of Nemesis Just brilliant * Heat *