Fox Valley Murders, The-Jack Vance mystery novel, book review
Fox Valley Murders, The-Jack Vance mystery novel AKA: Sometimes referred to as Joe Bain 1 The Fox Valley Murders is a mystery novel that was written in 1964 and published in 1966 under the name John Holbrook Vance. This is the real name of the famous writer Jack Vance. It is available in a very nice Spatterlight paperback and as a Subterranean Press hardcover titled Desperate Days: Selected Mysteries Volume Two. (Along with The Pleasant Grove Murders and The Dark Ocean.) The Fox Valley Murders introduces the character, Joe Bain, the acting sheriff in the fictional county of San Rodrigo "a few hours drive south east of San Francisco." Here almost everybody knows each other, nothing is secret for very long and a person's history is readily recalled. Joe, for example, was not the most well behaved teenager when he grew up in the area so many people are surprised that he has become the acting sheriff. Joe is the acting sheriff because the el...