Coyote Fork

An excellent novel. I can’t get over how thrilling and smart it is.

Rod Dreher, author and columnist

A slickly effective, tightly-written neo-noir that successfully reimagines that genre’s fatalist vision of human depravity into the no less cynical era of social media: in which, as in the noir classics of old, nobody—not the protagonist gumshoe, not the ostensible femme fatale, not the idealists—comes out unscathed.

Tara Isabella Burton, author of Social Creature: A Novel

Coyote Fork is a gripping thriller that had me turning the pages not just because of its compelling narrative but also because it raises crucial questions. Some ingenious surprises along the way in this witty and thought-provoking novel and a moving evocation of a society—Native American—based on values very different from those that have brought us to our present plight.

Charles Palliser, author of The Quincunx and The Unburied

As well as being beautifully written, Coyote Fork is a clever and unsettling fable for our times, with much to say about the contemporary world and the future of humanity. In the character of Evan Bone there are echoes of Margaret Atwood’s Crake.

Helen E. Mundler, author of Homesickness

Fast-paced, edgy, spooky at times, and always elegantly written, Coyote Fork tells the story of one man’s struggle to uncover the truth in a post-truth world; it raises profound questions about power, responsibility, and the enduring influence of the past on the present. Wilson’s writer-protagonist Robert Lovelace proves a sympathetic and entertaining companion in a thrilling tale that takes us through death threats, hatred, suicide, and murder.

Sarah LeFanu, author of Something of Themselves

It’s like a Ross MacDonald novel for the 21st century: hard-boiled and fast-paced, but profound and philosophical too. It’s such an acute analysis of our contemporary situation, where vicious scapegoating can parade as inclusivity, and technological utopianism can enable delusional despotism. There was a metaphysical depth to it, too, which raised profound questions about our rooted past and our greatly-threatened future. The characters and dialogue, too, were both utterly convincing.  I loved so many of them. They were all so recognisable, but never cliched.

Tobias Jones, author of The Dark Heart of Italy, Utopian Dreams, and Blood on the Altar 

Leaning into the metaphysical, this thriller is capable of springing a surprise or two. It will appeal to readers who like a more left field, genre bending, read.

Paul Burke, Crime Time