This is a recurring blog segment in
which I highlight a book on my wish list. Sometimes it's a new
release, sometimes a beloved classic, and sometimes it's a hidden
gem.
I really enjoy reading Joe Lansdale's novels when I get the
chance. I checked out a couple books from his Hap and Leonard
series (Savage Season, Devil Red) and I'll definitely be
reading the rest of them over time, but Joe does a damned good job at
writing stand-alone novels too, like Freezer Burn.
One stand-alone novel that caught my eye and sounds like the kind of
mystery novel that would be right up my alley is one called Sunset
and Sawdust. Hell, the title alone makes me want to read it.
Now, I'm not big on the mystery genre, particularly anything that's a
detective mystery or a police procedural, but this one sounds like it
is the kind that would appeal to my grittier tastes in reading.
Here's the write-up via Goodreads:
In the middle of a cyclone, beautiful, red-haired Sunset Jones
shoots her husband Pete dead when he tries to beat and rape her. To
Camp Rapture’s general consternation, Sunset’s mother-in-law
arranges for her to take over from Pete as town constable. As if that
weren’t hard enough to swallow in depression era east Texas, Sunset
actually takes the job seriously, and her investigation into a brutal
double murder pulls her into a maelstrom of greed, corruption, and
unspeakable malice. It is a case that will require a well of inner
strength she never knew she had.
Spirited and electrifying, Sunset
and Sawdust is
a mystery and a tale like nothing you’ve read before.
Sold. So, are you a Lansdale fan? What other books of his should I be
looking for?
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