Ex-cops, Texas Rangers, and hired killers – all in a day’s reading this October.
- Selected by Crime Fiction Coordinator Scott Montgomery
Hunting The Five Point Killer by C.M. Wendelboe
A washed up ex-cop job as a consultant for a Denver news program takes him to his less than idyllic childhood home of Cheyenne to look into the separate deaths of three policemen connected to two murders they were all investigating. A strong intricate plot, full of colorful characters, navigated by an engaging under dog hero. Wendelboe’s latest comes out Tuesday, October 10th – Pre-order now!
Quarry’s Climax by Max Allan Collins
Collins takes his hired killer, Quarry, back to when he had to protect a Larry Flynt style publisher while flushing out the one ordering the hit in seventies Memphis. Great hard boiled action with the right amount of sleaze. Collins’ latest from Hard Case Crime comes out Tuesday, October 10th – Pre-order now!
The Long Count by J.M. Gulvin
A Texas Ranger teams up with a just-returned Vietnam vet who’s discovered his father dead from a gunshot wound; the local police ruled it as a suicide, but his brother’s gone missing from an asylum, and the vet and ranger are ready to do some digging. A moody Texas thriller with one twist of an ending. You can find Gulvin’s latest on our shelves and via bookpeople.com.
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