<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author results for Valen, Christopher]]></title><description><![CDATA[author results for Valen, Christopher]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/hclib/rss/search?query=Valen%2C%20Christopher&amp;searchType=author&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:37:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[No Way to Die]]></title><description><![CDATA["During the annual St. Paul Winter Carnival, Homicide Detective John Santana and his rookie partner, Gabriel Cruz, investigate a mysterious case of human remains unearthed in Como Park after a snowstorm. As they delve deeper into the investigation, and more bones are unearthed, they uncover a web of secrets and lies involving Afghani refugees and a former Army vet, Tara Easton, found dead in her bathtub from an apparent suicide. When a government agent appears at the scene, the detectives realize they are facing something much bigger and more dangerous than they anticipated. With time running out, Santana and Cruz must confront their own personal demons while unraveling the truth behind the bones in the park and Tara Easton's death--before it's too late." -- Back cover.]]></description><link>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C6519344</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C6519344</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Valen, Christopher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/6519344109</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781737747116/MC.GIF&amp;client=hennp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[White Tombs]]></title><description><![CDATA[John Santana of the St. Paul Police Department police procedural provides enough plot twists to keep readers engrossed and paints a clear picture of St. Paul's Hispanic community.]]></description><link>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C3193586</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C3193586</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Valen, Christopher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3193586109</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780980001723/MC.GIF&amp;client=hennp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[White Tombs]]></title><description><![CDATA[When a prominent leader of St. Paul's close-knit Hispanic community is murdered, Detective John Santana promises the widow he will bring down the killer. Despite the snow and bitter cold, the case heats up quickly-suspects are killed before they can be questioned; his alcoholic partner's trigger finger draws the attention of Internal Affairs; a sexually explicit photo of a murder victim surfaces in an unlikely place; a snow plow becomes a deadly weapon; and police brass threaten to pull Santana off the case. 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.]]></description><link>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C5633980</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C5633980</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Valen, Christopher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/5633980109</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781465703125/MC.GIF&amp;client=hennp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Darkness Hunter]]></title><description><![CDATA[When St. Paul Homicide Detective John Santana is assigned a cold case involving the murder of an environmental engineer, he begins to see connections to another case he once investigated--the murder of a young Native American woman. But in seeking justice for the victims, it soon becomes clear that someone wants to keep their deaths buried, someone very cunning . . . and very deadly. In his quest to hunt down the killer before he strikes again, Santana must deal with his own darkness and a conspiracy that threatens his life--and the life of the woman he loves.]]></description><link>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C5325383</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C5325383</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Valen, Christopher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/5325383109</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A John Santana Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780990846123/MC.GIF&amp;client=hennp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Price of Life]]></title><description><![CDATA["The death of a DEA agent pulls Santana off the cold case investigation of a young woman's murder and into the dark and lethal world of drug smuggling and sex-trafficking. Soon, he suspects there is a link between the two cases and a group of wealthy and highly influential men belonging to a secretive club. Working with the DEA agent's partner and hunted by a deadly sicario searching for the cartel's missing half-million dollars and the young woman who stole it, Santana is in a race against time to solve two murders and save the young woman's life." -- Amazon.]]></description><link>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C6223435</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C6223435</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Valen, Christopher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/6223435109</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781737747109/MC.GIF&amp;client=hennp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Price of Life]]></title><link>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C6229687</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C6229687</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Valen, Christopher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/6229687109</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[City of Stones]]></title><link>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C6136855</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C6136855</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Valen, Christopher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/6136855109</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak for the Dead]]></title><description><![CDATA[The brutal murders of two young women in the caves along the Mississippi River pull St. Paul Homicide Detective John Santana into a case with all the telltale signs of a serial killer. Except that one of the victims doesn't fit. Santana's search for answers unearths connections between the first victim, an NTSB accident investigator, and the crash of an airliner off the California coast. He soon finds himself embroiled in a complex investigation that takes him from St. Paul, Minnesota to Washington DC and ultimately to Colombia in a race to thwart a dangerous technology that could cause a global economic meltdown. In a case fraught with internal and external politics, Santana must speak for the dead, while trying to finally make peace with the past.]]></description><link>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C5633369</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C5633369</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Valen, Christopher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/5633369109</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780990846192/MC.GIF&amp;client=hennp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Darkness Hunter]]></title><description><![CDATA[When St. Paul Homicide Detective John Santana is assigned a cold case involving the murder of an environmental engineer, he begins to see connections to a case he investigated two years before--the murder of a young Native American woman. But in seeking justice for the victims, it soon becomes clear that someone wants to keep their deaths buried, someone very cunning ... and very deadly. In his quest to hunt down the killer before he strikes again, Santana must deal with his own darkness and a conspiracy that threatens his life--and the life of the woman he loves.]]></description><link>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C5633845</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C5633845</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Valen, Christopher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/5633845109</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A John Santana Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781370598076/MC.GIF&amp;client=hennp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Black Minute]]></title><description><![CDATA[When the body of a young, Hmong woman is found on Harriet Island near the Mississippi River, it appears to be a simple case of murder and revenge. But what begins as a routine investigation soon becomes something far more sinister. Paired with a Hmong partner he's not sure he can trust, and attracted to a beautiful woman with dark secrets, Santana is drawn into a maze of political intrigue and broken promises made during the Vietnam War. Trusting his instincts and determined to find justice, Santana uncovers a web of lies and a terrifying plot that could lead to a national disaster--and to his own death.]]></description><link>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C5633985</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C5633985</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Valen, Christopher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/5633985109</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781370645190/MC.GIF&amp;client=hennp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak For the Dead-A John Santana Novel]]></title><link>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C6148941</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C6148941</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Valen, Christopher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/6148941109</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bone Shadows]]></title><description><![CDATA[The bodies of young men have been turning up in the Mississippi River for years, their deaths attributed to excessive drinking. But when an Iraq war vet suffering from PTSD is found in the river, St. Paul Homicide Detective John Santana must decide if the young man's death was accidental or the result of something far more sinister. Caught between a reporter trying to resurrect his flagging career, an FBI agent with a troubled past, and a beautiful private investigator on the trail of a serial killer, Santana is pulled into a whirlpool of greed, seduction, and death. Determined to find the truth no matter what the cost, he must first face his own dark memories and a killer intent on stopping him.]]></description><link>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C5633929</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C5633929</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Valen, Christopher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/5633929109</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781310762055/MC.GIF&amp;client=hennp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad Weeds Never Die]]></title><description><![CDATA[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. Confronted with a list of suspects--a philandering boyfriend with a checkered past, the victim's estranged sister who has a penchant for mysteries and drugs, an angry man whose adopted Colombian son committed suicide, and a shady lawyer who can't be trusted--Santana's search for answers leads him to the photo of a mysterious woman who may hold the key to solving the crime. But to find her he must return to Colombia and face the ghosts of his past and the man who has vowed to kill him.]]></description><link>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C5633828</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C5633828</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Valen, Christopher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/5633828109</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A John Santana Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781466049215/MC.GIF&amp;client=hennp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writes of Spring]]></title><description><![CDATA["This inspired volume of original stories celebrates the 25th anniversary of mystery bookstore Once Upon a Crime and the 10th anniversary of the Minneapolis store's annual Write of Spring author gathering. Outstanding selections from the 34 contributors, who offer a heavily regional diet of tales set in Minnesota or Wisconsin, include David Housewright's 'Obsessive Behavior' and William Kent Krueger's 'Luck.' In Libby Fischer Hellmann's fine 'Capital Partners,' two women find a way to deal with troubled marriages. Bruce Rubenstein revisits St. Paul's storied era of détente between cops and criminals in 'Johnny's Johnson,' an amusing tale about one of John Dillinger's visits. Bookending the collection are two previously unpublished Carl Wilcox stories by Harold Adams"--Publisher's Weekly.]]></description><link>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C4748584</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C4748584</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4748584109</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>[stories and Prose] Celebrating the 10th Annual Write of Spring and the 25th Anniversary of Once Upon A Crime</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781935666370/MC.GIF&amp;client=hennp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cooked to Death]]></title><description><![CDATA["They say revenge is a dish best served cold. But these stories sizzle with anger, resentment, envy, and murder. No comfort food here. Seventeen cold cases and more."--Page 4 of cover.]]></description><link>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C5906261</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C5906261</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/5906261109</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Volume IV, Cold Cut Files</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781732021624/MC.GIF&amp;client=hennp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>