The fourth book in the Truman Smith series is free from my good buddy and fellow Rancho Diablo author, Bill Crider. This series is great fun and good reading. And you can't beat the price with a stick.
About the book:
From Publishers Weekly
In this enjoyable fourth series entry, Galveston PI
Truman Smith (When Old Men Die, 1994) is hired by Lance Garrison, his still
unpleasant but now rich high-school classmate, to investigate the shooting of a
prairie chicken (really a kind of grouse) on Garrison's federally protected land
in Picketville, Tex. Smith reluctantly agrees, largely because his high-school
sweetheart, Anne Lindeman, now lives in Picketville.
A prime suspect is Ralph
Evans, an antigovernment local talk-radio host who declares his concern for
endangered species by advertising Spotted Owl in a Can. When Smith and Anne's
father-in-law, Red Lindeman, explore the scene of the crime, a sniper in a crop
duster opens fire on them's a "fly-by shooting," Smith calls it. Then Anne's
husband, manager of the radio station, is shotgunned to death. Police chief Ward
Peavy eventually charges local birdwatcher Martin York.
When Smith discovers
that a previous prisoner died in Peavy's jail, the big picture takes shape.
Truman Smith would rather laze in his lawn chair, sipping Big Red and reading
Tobacco Road, but when he gets on a case, he's methodical. So's Crider, who
fashions a tight plot filled with laconic charm and idiosyncratic characters.
And don't forget his Ranch Diablo book, only $2.99!
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1 comment:
Thanks, Mel!
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