Woodcutter / Reginald Hill / 519 pages / R. T. Reviewer's Choice Award

Reminiscent of The Count of Monte Christo by Alexander Dumas, The Woodcutter features Wolf Hadda who is unjustly accused and punished for the crimes of fraud and pedophilia.  His attempted escape to prove himself innocent results in a terrible accident which leaves him grossly disfigured and in a coma.  After serving 7 years of his sentence and undergoing intense psychotherapy with a woman prison psychiatrist, Wolf is released.  During his incarceration his wife divorced him and married his lawyer and his only child, a daughter, has died.  Wolf sets out to clear his name.  This is a riveting story, a fairy tale, if you will, of the bad things that can happen to an honest, hard-working man of integrity despite...or perhaps because of...his inherent goodness.  Great audio!!