A masterly new thriller from the Edgar Awardâ€“winning writer who has â€œa folkloristâ€™s eye for telling detail and a front-porch raconteurâ€™s sense of paceâ€ (The New

Leather Maiden

A masterly new thriller from the Edgar Awardâ€“winning writer who has â€œa folkloristâ€™s eye for telling detail and a front-porch raconteurâ€™s sense of paceâ€ (The New York Times Book Review).

After a scandalous affair costs him his job in Houston, Cason Statlerâ€”Gulf War veteran and Pulitzer Prizeâ€“nominated journalistâ€”returns home to the small east Texas town of Camp Rapture. Cason is a wreck. He drinks too much, heâ€™s stalking his ex-girlfriend, and heâ€™s wallowing in envy of his successful older brother. To get back on his feet, he takes a job at the local paper, and when he stumbles across his predecessorâ€™s notes on a cold case murder file, he thinks heâ€™s found the thing thatâ€™ll keep him out of trouble. No such luck. The further he digs into the case, the more certain he is that the unsolved crime is connected to a series of eerie, inexplicable events that have recently occurred in town. And he knows his suspicions are right on when he finds himself dragged into a deadly game of blackmail and murder that clearly has evil as its only goal.

Leather Maiden is a brash amalgam of suspense, raw humor, and mystery that unfolds in the vividly rendered shadowy lowlands of eastern Texas. Itâ€™s country noir as only Joe Lansdale can do it.
Country USA
Brand Knopf
Manufacturer Knopf
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2008-08-05
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9780375414527

Country	USA
Brand	Knopf
Manufacturer	Knopf
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2008-08-05
UnitCount	1
Format	Deckle Edge
EANs	9780375414527

Leather Maiden

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