The Ploughmen
Zupan, Kim

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John Gload is a seventy-seven-year-old murderer. He has been killing for over half a century before he is caught for the first time. Valentine Millimaki is the young man in the Copper County sheriff's department who draws the overnight shift after Gload's arrest. He is tasked with getting the killer to confess to a string of unsolved murders. Gload and Millimaki sit across from each other in the dark, swapping stories and secrets. As sheriff and criminal talk through the bars night after night, Millimaki's safety is threatened within his own department. Then a brazen act of violence leads to a manhunt and a stunning revelation that ensures Gload's past and Millimaki's future are forever entwined.

Author Information

Kim Zupan is a native Montanan who lives in Missoula and grew up in and around Great Falls, where much of The Ploughmen is set. For 25 years Zupan made a living as a carpenter while pursuing his writing; he has also worked as a smelterman, pro rodeo bareback rider, ranch hand, Alaska salmon fisherman and teacher, and presently teaches carpentry at Missoula College University of Montana. He holds an MFA from the University of Montana.