Cottonwood

Cottonwood

by ScottPhillips (Author)

Synopsis

Cottonwood, Kansas, 1872: Bill Ogden is an unfaithful husband and an unwilling farmer who has imperilled his marriage, not so much through his infidelities but because he has stolen his wife's inheritance to build a saloon. Marc Leval is a wealthy entrepreneur, newly arrived in town with a beautiful, lonely wife and an exciting agenda. He hopes to make sleepy Cottonwood into a thriving metropolis, and he requires Bill's help. The Benders are a family of serial killers who run the Cottonwood Hotel. And as railway money comes to town, Cottonwood's population of prospective victims is about to increase dramatically . . .

Evocative, horrible and very funny, Cottonwood is the new, gripping read from the author of The Ice Harvest.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 356
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Picador
Published: 05 Aug 2005

ISBN 10: 0330493183
ISBN 13: 9780330493185

Media Reviews
Scott Phillips is dark, dangerous, and important. Cottonwood is crime fiction at its best. --MICHAEL CONNELLY Cottonwood is an adventurous, bawdy, and genre-bending epic. Scott Phillips cements his reputation as a fearless, ambitious writer who never makes a false move. --GEORGE PELECANOS, author of Hard Revolution From the Hardcover edition.
Author Bio
Scott Phillips has been shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey Award and the Macallan Dagger for Fiction Award, for his debut novel, The Ice Harvest. The Ice Harvest has recently been made into a film starring John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton. Scott lives in Southern California with his wife and young daughter.