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Publishers Weekly12/09/2013 At the start of Gailey's relentlessly tragic debut, Danny Bedfordfat, mentally slow, and considered harmless by most folks in the small town of Wyalusing, Pa.discovers Mindy Knolls's battered body in her trailer on her birthday in 1984. Alternating points-of-view include those of aging and weary Sheriff Lester; befuddled, good-hearted Danny; swaggering deputy sheriff Mike Sokowski, who's also the town drunk; alcoholic state trooper Bill Taggart; and Mindy's revenge-minded twin brothers, Scott and Skeeter Knolls. In this isolated, winter-frozen community, where "everybody around here always carries a firearm," a dispirited and confused Danny, suspected of Mindy's murder, wanders the woods while some hunt to capture and others to kill him.
About the Author
Samuel Gailey was raised in a small town in northeast Pennsylvania (population 379) and now resides on a remote island in the Pacific Northwest. "The Guilt We Carry" is his second novel, following the critically acclaimed "Deep Winter". Gailey's novels are intriguing studies of human nature and portray how the simplest act of fate can alter and shatter lives. Before writing novels, he worked in film production and eventually became a screenwriter, writing and developing shows for Showtime and Fox. He lives with his wife, author Ayn Gailey, and daughter on Orcas Island where he is a founding board member of the Orcas Island Literary Festival.Please connect with Samuel at www.samuelwgailey.com, , or facebook.
