Author: joerlansdale
A brand-new Hap and Leonard series collection chock full of Joe R. Lansdale’s inimitable blend of humor, mayhem, and insight, Of Mice and Minestrone delivers never-before-seen stories, a selection of the boys’ favorite recipes, by Kasey Lansdale, and an introduction from New York Times bestselling crime author Kathleen Kent. “An absolute treasure trove.”–Ace Atkins, author of The Shameless “Of … trove.”–Ace Atkins, author of The Shameless “Of Mice and Minestrone is classic Lansdale at his legendary best…. Compelling. Hilarious. Poignant”–NY Journal of Books Today’s Special: Justice, East Texan-Style Hap Collins looks like a good ol’ boy. But even in his…
From the Edgar Award-winning author of the Hap and Leonard series, a hard-boiled novel set in 1960s Texas in which a no-nonsense car salesman faces a tempting decision, a dangerous deal, and an alluring affair. Ed Edwards is in the used car business, a business built on adjusted odometers, extra-fine print, and the belief that “buyers better beware.” Burdened by an aging, alcoholic mother … better beware.” Burdened by an aging, alcoholic mother constantly on his case to do something worthier of his lighter skin tone and dreaming of a brighter future for himself and his plucky little sister, Ed…
The Edgar Award winning thriller The Bottoms is classic American storytelling in its truest, darkest, and more affecting formwith echoes of William Faulkner and Harper Lee. Its 1933 in East Texas and the Depression lingers in the air like a slow moving storm. When a young Harry Collins and his little sister stumble across the body of a black woman who has been savagely mutilated and left to die … mutilated and left to die in the bottoms of the Sabine River, their small town is instantly charged with tension. When a second body turns up, this time of a white woman, there is…
When Hap Collins and Leonard Pine seize a chance to get rich quick, they find big trouble in East Texas! A “hilarious” read from “a terrifically gifted storyteller with a sharp country boy wit” (The Washington Post Book World).