num_pages: 336
description: Madeline Dare isn't your average detective. Born into a blue-blood family, she followed her heart to marry ruggedly handsome Dean, a farmboy-genius investor who's as far from high society as humanly possible. Now Maddie's stuck in the post-industrial wasteland of Syracuse, New York, while her husband spends weeks on the road perfecting the railway equipment innovation that might be their only chance to escape. She can handle churning out lightweight features for the local paper--it's the Dean-less nights in their dingy, WASP-castoff-crammed apartment that Maddie can't stomach. Obsession trumps angst when a set of long-buried dog tags link her favorite cousin to the scene of a vicious double homicide. Drawn by the desire to clear her cousin's name, Maddie uncovers a startling web of intrigue and family secrets that could prove even more deadly.
language: English
title: A Field of Darkness
titlecomplete: A Field of Darkness (Madeline Dare, #1)
characters: Wilt, Fritz Huber, Archie Sembles, Officer Sully, Vomit Girl, Farmer Johnston, Egon, Weasel, Binty Townsend, Lapthorne Townsend, Madeline "Bunny" Dare, Simon Holt, Cal Bauer, Dean Bauer, Kenny Doukatelis, Dot Bauer, Jack Schneider, Bonwit, Grant Franklin, Ellis Clark, Scott "Wimpy" Bauer, Izzy Fleischmann, Kit Townsend
genres: Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Suspense, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, New York, Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Unfinished
ratings_count: 1759
places: Long Island, New York, Syracuse, New York
series: Madeline Dare
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Barry Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Macavity Award
category: Best First Mystery Novel, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: Grand Central Publishing