本書榮獲2015年席勒曼小說獎（Hillerman Prize）

Chase Ford was the first of four generations of Ford men to leave Comanche County, Colorado. For Chase, leaving saved the best and hid the worst. But now, he has come home. His friends are right there waiting for him. And so are his enemies.

Then the murder of a boy, a high school basketball star just like Chase, rocks the small town. When another death is discovered—one that also shares unsettling connections to him—law enforcement’s attention turns towards Chase, causing him to wonder just what he came home to.

A suspenseful, dramatic crime novel, The Homeplace captures the stark beauty of life on the Colorado plains.

 

Kevin Wolf is a member of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and Crested Butte Writers. The great-grandson of Colorado homesteaders, he enjoys fly-fishing, old Winchesters, and 1950s Western movies. He is the author of The Homeplace and lives in Littleton, Colorado, with his wife and two beagles.

 

“A humdinger of a first novel that brings together several gripping storylines, an appealingly flawed hero, and an intimate sense of life in small-town America.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Wolf manages to mix a trip down memory lane with a lovely, old-fashioned whodunit.” —Booklist

“Filled with brilliant well-placed descriptions of small town moodiness, politics, and gossip, Kevin Wolf has written a solid mystery which is abundant with unexpected twists in all the right places. The emotional intensity of the plot contrasts nicely with the sullen beauty of the open prairie.” —Colorado Book Review

“Similar to Hillerman’s, the prose here is clear-eyed and non-flashy. The characters are vivid. And the mystery is a grabber, with an everyman undertow.” —The New York Journal of Books

“Winner of the 2015 Tony Hillerman Prize, this cross between a Western and a murder mystery will please Craig Johnson and C.J. Box aficionados.” —Library Journal

“Kevin Wolf’s debut mystery novel takes you on an adventure in the eastern Colorado prairies… a thriller that is hard to put down with its constant suspense and intriguing characters.” —RT Book Reviews

“Reminiscent of the novels of James Lee Burke or John Hart....With nuanced characters and an appealingly flawed hero, The Homeplace is an intriguing look at what can happen when someone returns to the scene of their youth after too long away.” —Shelf Awareness