“Graveyard Fields is right down my alley. If you don't have a blast reading this book, I really can't help you."
Ace Atkins, New York Times Bestselling author of the Quinn Colson mysteries
“. . . a smart, redemptive, and cackle-provoking debut.”
Chris Harding Thornton, author of Pickard County Atlas and Little Underworld
“[Tingle’s] flawed, but still likable protagonist, Davis Reed, narrates and moves the story with wit and pedal to the metal.”
David Swinson, bestselling author of The Second Girl and Sweet Thing
“A gripping read, both energetic and thoughtful, and will carry you deep into the night.”
Michael Farris Smith, author of Desperation Road and Nick
“Tingle deftly evokes both a very particular sense of place and his hero’s irritated inability to finish anything he starts.”
Kirkus Reviews
Davis Reed didn’t move to Cruso, North Carolina looking for friends
The down on his luck Private Detective recently survived an anonymous attempt on his life and fled to the tiny mountain community in order to hide, brew his own beer, and put his detective days behind him to work on a non-fiction book. But as usual with Davis, things aren’t going as planned.
When he finds several keys on a mountain trail near the Blue Ridge Parkway, Davis sets out to locate the rightful owner. Upon discovering that one of the keys fits a vintage BMW owned by a man who’s recently vanished, Davis can’t help but think the keys unlock a mystery, or better yet, a chest full of gold rumored to be hidden somewhere among the mountains of western North Carolina.
But keys that could lead to lost gold are a hot commodity, and Davis needs to outsmart everyone from law enforcement officials to amateur treasure hunters who are willing to do anything to get their hands on them. To make matters worse, people from Davis’s past are catching up to him.
Along with his new best friend, Dale Johnson, a local deputy who knows just how to push Davis’s buttons, and Dale’s cousin Floppy, a mad genius mechanic armed with a heart of gold and a mouth that never stops moving, Davis tries desperately to find lost treasure, start a romance with a smooth talking brewery owner, and most importantly, stay alive.
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Praise for Graveyard Fields
“Steven Tingle’s debut novel, Graveyard Fields, is a noteworthy, not to be missed summer read. His flawed, but still likeable protagonist, Davis Reed, narrates and moves the story with wit and pedal to the metal.”
David Swinson, author of The Second Girl and Sweet Thing
“Steven Tingle possesses a smooth and lyrical cadence that will keep you rolling through the pages of Graveyard Fields like a pick-up joyriding across the North Carolina landscape. This is a gripping read, both energetic and thoughtful, and will carry you deep into the night.”
Michael Farris Smith, author of Desperation Road and Nick
“Tingle deftly evokes both a very particular sense of place and his hero’s irritated inability to finish anything he starts.”
Kirkus Reviews
“A cleverly crafted and original novel that is a compulsive page turner of a read from cover to cover, Graveyard Fields by Steven Tingle is the kind of private eye mystery blended with police procedural elements that makes for blockbuster movies.”
Midwest Book Review
“Steven Tingle’s debut is that rare example of rural noir with a sense of humor that wouldn’t be entirely out of place in an English village mystery, despite the Appalachian setting. With plenty of village characters to fill out Tingle’s small-town setting, and gorgeous natural descriptions, Graveyard Fields is not to be missed.”
CrimeReads
"Lovely North Carolina scenery, plenty of good beer and classic rock 'n roll, and a hell of a fun and clever mystery to follow, Graveyard Fields is right down my alley. If you don't have a blast reading this book, I really can't help you."
Ace Atkins, New York Times Bestselling author of the Quinn Colson mysteries
“Graveyard Fields starts with a bang then reels you into its foggy aftermath: the day-to-day ennui of Davis Reed, a Xanax-numbed ex-PI-turned-aspiring-writer-in-hiding. Reed’s self-deprecating humor, eviscerating descriptions, and punchy jabs of dialogue are so quotable they may as well be trademarked. When Reed’s small, nagging fixations finally catapult readers into a surreal, hilarious crime novel, the result seizes the breath between wheezes of laughter. Graveyard Fields is a smart, redemptive, and cackle-provoking debut.”
Chris Harding Thornton, author of Pickard County Atlas and Little Underworld
“The unconventional heroes of this debut are exaggerated, awkward characters in a story that progresses from tragedy to dark humor. Fans of irreverent crime novels with flawed protagonists will appreciate it.”
Library Journal
“In Steven Tingle’s debut, Graveyard Fields, he takes an inept cop turned equally incompetent private investigator, stomps him into the ground, and turns all of his actions into a tragic comedy. I don’t know when I felt so frustrated with a character, and ended up laughing and rooting for him.”
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About Steven
Steven Tingle is a South Carolina based freelance writer, author, and journalist. In addition to having served as Editor at Large for Tempus, a luxury lifestyle publication for private jet owners, Steven contributes to a variety of national and regional publications including Robb Report, Modern Luxury, Town, Birmingham, and Discovery (Cathay Pacific’s in-flight magazine). A script Steven wrote detailing the early history of the South Carolina textile industry has been produced and will air on PBS in 2021. Steven’s debut novel, Graveyard Fields, will be published by Crooked Lane Books and distributed by Penguin Random House in August of 2021.
Steven is a member of International Thriller Writers, The Authors Guild, and The Mystery Writers of America.
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