Dark Epiphany

About the Book

Dark Epiphany pits two D.C. police homicide detectives against the dark forces behind the strangulation murder of an influential congressional aide, leading the detectives through a maze of bizarre clues and encounters that end in a chase scene in a cave deep under the hills of northern Alabama. The possible suspects include a motley array of Capitol Hill wonks and bureaucrats, an upscale department store buyer, a health food faddist and a classical guitar player.

"Valentine has written a cop novel that's not only on the money with cops but also that has brains and compassion. He's written an erudite policier." Carl Schoettler, The Baltimore Evening Sun

"Valentine's writing is crisp and the story moves along head over heels." Gene Williams, The Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Valentine has taught his characters to speak in perfectly tuned idiom." David Bradley, The Pennsylvania Gazette

About the Author

Paul W. Valentine, a retired reporter for The Washington Post, spent 33 years covering police, courts, prisons, and radical politics in the nation's capital, and another five years before that covering the civil rights movement in the deep South for the Atlanta Journal and Columbia (S.C.) Record. He published his first novel, Crime Scene at 'O' Street, in 1989. He lives in Baltimore with his wife, Elizabeth.