The Woodcutter / Reginald Hill / 519 pages

Honestly, it took me 166 pages to get into this book but it was worth it.  The Woodcutter is a very well written novel that is character driven.  Not being familiar with all the genre and appeal terms, the best I can do is psychological suspense thriller.  The novel takes place in the mountainous landscape of the Cumbrian area of the United Kingdom.  It is a story that deals with betrayal, revenge, justice, class structure and grim necessity.  Wolf Hadda, the son of the woodcutter, becomes a very successful businessman and marries the Lord's daughter.  Things turn bad when he is set up as a pedophile and fraudulent business owner.  His relationship with the prison psychiatrist, Alva Ozigbo, eventually earns him is freedom and opportunity to find the truth but what will the truth do to him?  Great read.