Waterford Resident Publishes 2nd Novel in 3 Years

In Jeff Turner’s new novel, an ordinary guy minding his own business stumbles upon an armed robbery in progress and comes face-to-face with a drug-crazed criminal holding two women hostage. A split-second decision is needed: either duck for cover or find a way to get the women out of harm’s way.

And so begins The Hero of Willow Creek, a tale of happenstance and how private worlds can sometimes suddenly collide with the unyielding powers of fate and coincidence, resulting in lives being altered for better or worse. The novel puts a new spin on some old folk wisdom, namely how best intentions can sometimes fall victim to cruel misfortune.

The Hero of Willow Creek is Jeff Turner’s second novel in three years. In 2013 he published the critically acclaimed novel The Way Back, the story of a modern family scarred by tragedy and loss. He is currently writing his third novel, The Lost Boys of the River Camp, a tale set in a junior naval reserve training station in pre-WWI America.

Turner is a lifelong Waterford resident and retired Mitchell College professor, having taught there full-time for 42 years. A widely published academic author during his tenure, the textbooks on which he has worked have been used in over three hundred colleges, both nationally and in translation internationally.

The Hero of Willow Creek was released this month by Page Publishing of New York and is available at bookstores everywhere, or online at the Apple iTunes store, Amazon, Google Play or Barnes and Noble.