Deep Creek

By: Dana Hand

Narrated by: Bernard Setaro Clark

Idaho Territory, June 1887. A small-town judge takes his young daughter fishing, and she catches a man. Another body surfaces, then another. The final toll: over 30 Chinese gold miners brutally murdered. Their San Francisco employer hires Idaho lawman Joe Vincent to solve the case. Soon he journeys up the wild Snake River with Lee Loi, an ambitious young company investigator, and Grace Sundown, a metis mountain guide with too many secrets. As they track the killers across the Pacific Northwest, through haunted canyons and city streets, each must put aside lies and old grievances to survive a quest that will change them forever. Deep Creek is a historical thriller inspired by actual events and people: the 1887 massacre of Chinese miners in remote and beautiful Hells Canyon, the brave judge who went after their slayers, and the sham race-murder trial that followed. In this enhanced audiobook edition, Deep Creek teams history with invention, setting authentic photographs and maps alongside the authors' brilliant fiction to illuminate this long-forgotten American tragedy, in a tale of courage and redemption, loss and love. The Washington Post has named Deep Creek a Best Novel of 2010, and The Daily Beast/Newsweek ranked it among the dozen best Western novels since 1960.

©2010 Dana Hand (P)2014 Audible Inc.

Critic reviews

"[An] engrossing look at racial prejudice and the settling of the West." ( Publishers Weekly)

"This gripping, complex novel captivated the critics with its moving story, engaging characters, and stark, evocative writing. Building a novel around actual events can be tricky, but these first-time novelists carry it off with aplomb, seamlessly interweaving fact and fiction to fill in the historical gaps...a vivid, visceral portrait of the Old West." ( Seattle Times)

"Astonishingly effective...a gripping, spooky historical novel, based on true events, told in a way that closely resembles real life, [yet] full of the unknown and unknowable." ( Washington Post)

Frustrated with place name mispronunciation

Great story well told. But was so frustrating to hear place names mispronounced frequently. Reader did not do his homework. Most common mistakes were Wallowa, Willamette. Spokane and chinook.

superb historical novel

Would you listen to Deep Creek again? Why?

the historical detail

What was one of the most memorable moments of Deep Creek?

VINCENT as Salem in the enemy camp

Which character – as performed by Bernard Setaro Clark – was your favorite?

Salem

If you could rename Deep Creek, what would you call it?

Massacre at Deep Creek

Any additional comments?

meticulously researched-a historical tragedy revealed