Bredes’s method is a little like his sturdy small-town constable’s—by page two he’s got you by the lapels, pushed you up against the wall, and made you fear what comes next. He doesn’t relax his grip until the last page is turned. I only worry that, given the high tension and breakneck pace, the reader might not take the time to savor the beautifully rendered descriptions of the people, the places and, yes, the produce of a portion of Vermont that Bredes clearly loves.
--Tom McNeal, author of Goodnight, Nebraska
The Errand Boy is the most suspenseful and engaging literary thriller I’ve read since Elmore Leonard’s Bandits. What’s truly at stake this time around for Don Bredes’s wonderfully human investigator, Hector Bellevance, is the integrity of his hometown and the safety of his family. The Errand Boy is a beautifully-written work of fiction, combining the unspeakable terror of a father’s worst nightmare with a memorable evocation of what must be one of the “last best places” in these United States.
--Howard Frank Mosher, author of On Kingdom Mountain
