Christopher Valen


Biography

Christopher Valen is the author of three works of fiction featuring Colombian born St. Paul Homicide Detective John Santana, White Tombs (2008), The Black Minute (2009), and Bad Weeds Never Die (2011). White Tombs won the 2009 Reader Views Choice Award for Best Mystery/Thriller and the Garcia Award for Best Fiction. The Black Minute won the 2010 Reader Views Choice Award for Best Mystery/Thriller, the Linda Goldman Award for Best Novel, and was a finalist for the 2010 Midwest Book Award for Best Mystery/Thriller.

Christopher is a graduate of the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Citizen Academy and has many contacts and resources in the law enforcement community. He lives in Minnesota.

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Books

Bad Weeds Never Die    by Christopher Valen
Price: $7.99 USD. 97570 words. Published on February 13, 2012. Fiction.

When a blood spattered Mercedes belonging to the daughter of a prominent psychologist is found abandoned, there are few clues to her whereabouts but a million dollars' worth of reasons why someone might want her dead. Homicide Detective John Santana's search for answers leads him back to Colombia, where he must face the ghosts of his past and the man who has vowed to kill him.
White Tombs    by Christopher Valen
Price: $6.99 USD. 95700 words. Published on February 8, 2012. Fiction.

When a prominent leader of St. Paul's Hispanic community is murdered, Detective John Santana promises the widow he will bring down the killer. Hunted by an assassin out for revenge and haunted by his violent Colombian past and the younger sister he left behind, Santana's simple vow to a dead man's wife becomes an oath that could cost him his life.

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