All The Fields

by Christopher Valen

Christopher Valen, award-winning author of the John Santana Mystery Series, presents a moving stand-alone novel. In a narrative that moves seamlessly between the present and the past, All The Fields is a powerful tale of love, loss, and redemption. Set in Virginia and Minnesota, the novel tells the story of Michael Collins, a professional baseball player who, out of love for a beautiful but tormented woman, makes a decision that shatters his relationship with his father and forever changes the course of his life. It is the story of one young man’s struggle to find his place in the world and, by unlocking the past, to overcome betrayal and the darkest of personal demons.

222 pages, Paperback

First published July 5, 2015

About the author

Christopher Valen is the award-winning author of nine works of fiction featuring Colombian-born, St. Paul Homicide Detective John Santana: White Tombs, The Black Minute, Bad Weeds Never Die, Bone Shadows, Death’s Way, The Darkness Hunter, Speak For The Dead, The Price Of Life, and No Way To Die. He's also written the historical noir murder mystery, City Of Stones, set in 1950 Minneapolis, with fellow author Dan Cohen, and the literary novel All The Fields.

Booklist calls Santana “. . . an appealing series lead, strong and intelligent . . .” Midwest Book Review declares that “Santana is a wonderful addition to the sub-genre,” and Library Journal says that Valen’s “ . . . highly moral Santana character is golden.”

Christopher is a graduate of the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Citizen Academy and has many contacts and resources in the law enforcement community. He lives in Arizona and Minnesota with his Colombian-born wife, Martha. To learn more visit his website at www.christophervalen.com

Reviews

[pete jaroscak · Rating 1 out of 5]

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Did not like, just ended no surprises
Slow read, would not recommend
No action or real plot, was that supposed to be a happy ending?

[Gary Malmberg · Rating 4 out of 5]

I quick and entertaining read. I finished it in my second sitting. Several seemingly unrelated subplots join together in the end. All the Fields is sort of a novelette on steroids. A good story, imo, could have been developed into a great one. I don't mean that as a back-handed compliment. For whatever reason, Valen chose to go with a shorter story. Still good.