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Donald Harstad


Born
in The United States
January 01, 1945

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Genre
Mystery & Thrillers


Donald Harstad is a twenty-six-year veteran of the Clayton County Sheriff's Department in northeastern Iowa, and the author of the acclaimed novels Eleven Days and Known Dead. A former deputy sheriff, Harstad lives with his wife, Mary, in Elkader, Iowa. (From Random House website.) ...more

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Average rating: 3.89 · 11,548 ratings · 1,024 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors
Eleven Days
3.87 avg rating — 1,813 ratings — published 1998 — 10 editions
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The Big Thaw
3.94 avg rating — 671 ratings — published 2000 — 11 editions
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Known Dead
3.90 avg rating — 543 ratings — published 1999 — 15 editions
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Code 61
3.86 avg rating — 483 ratings — published 2002 — 16 editions
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A Long December (Carl House...
4.06 avg rating — 285 ratings — published 2003 — 12 editions
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November Rain (Carl Housema...
3.78 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions
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Series by Donald Harstad

Eleven Days Known Dead The Big Thaw Code 61 A Long December November Rain
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“In my soaked condition, it was freezing cold. It felt wonderful, and I had visions of ice-coated mosquitoes falling off my raincoat. Uttering little gaspy screams.”
― Donald Harstad, Known Dead
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“The public was wrong, but like they say, it’s not the truth that’s important, it’s what’s perceived as the truth.”
― Donald Harstad, Eleven Days
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