Hap and Leonard return in this incredible, mad-dash thriller, loaded with crack addicts, a serial killer, and a body count. Leonard is still nursing the injuries he sustained in the duo’s last wild undertaking when he learns that his Uncle Chester has passed. Hap is of course going to be there for his best friend and offers to help clean Uncle Chester’s dilapidated house, they uncover a dark little secret beneath the house’s rotting floor boards – a small skeleton buried in a trunk. Hap wants to call the police. Leonard being a black man in east Texas, persuades him this is not a good idea, and together they set out to clear Chester’s name on their own. The only things standing in their way is a houseful of felons, a vicious killer, and possibly themselves. "Lansdale's prose has the mean terseness of James M. Cain...Welds the grungy nihilism of pulp to the delibrate exaggerations of the tall tale." - Newsday "Like 10-alarm chili, Lansdale is pretty hot stuff." - People
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"The strong voice of the main character and complicated mystery plot keeps this book ticking along--the pages seem to turn themselves. Gritty urban scenery provides welcome relief from the usual middle class narrator, while the always-evil-pedophiliac-murderer provides a villain worth hating ;) " — Caroline (4 out of 5 stars)
"The strong voice of the main character and complicated mystery plot keeps this book ticking along--the pages seem to turn themselves. Gritty urban scenery provides welcome relief from the usual middle class narrator, while the always-evil-pedophiliac-murderer provides a villain worth hating ;) "
" this was not a very good book. um. yeah. kinda crap. i could have written this when i was like 14. "
" Can't go wrong with Hap and Leonard. "
" Hap & Leonard against child killer! "
" I liked the two main characters and rural East Texas setting but the plot was not my favorite type and I thought there was a bit too much soapboxing. Narration was done by Phil Gigante who did a great low bass voice for Leonard and a nice easy going drawl for Hap which fit the characters perfectly. "
" My favourite of the Hap and Leonard novels. I'm not sure if it's just because it was the first one I read, or because the mystery is the most satisfying. For whatever reason, it's a book I come back to again and again, it's like catching up with an old friend. "
" A very good story. A good mystery and the dialog between Hap and Leonard is very funny. "
" A nice enough read but I was expecting a more enjoyable story. "
" Hap and Leonard are the bomb! I owe my friend Vic for introducing me to this author and this book. Funny, funny, funny. If you've ever wanted to burn down the crack house next door, this is the book for you! "
" Hap and Leonard. "
" The second in the Hap and Leonard series of crime novels. Funny, touching, insightful and profane. Quite possibly my favourite Lansdale novel. "
" Second in the wonderful Hap & Leonard series--dirty Southern boys up to no good. Very funny and at times quite moving. "
" I really liked this book even though I struggle with formula fiction. It is a nice easy read that is very enjoyable. "
" Killer mystery with a stellar cast of eccentric characters and an easy charming style. "
" If you are broadminded and want a stonkin good read with laugh out loud moments, then you can't go far wrong with the Hap & Leonard novels. Think Laurel & Hardy imagined by Quentin Tarantino. "
" The best of the Hap and Leonard series. Lansdale knows how to tell 'em. Hap and Leonard are both well-written characters. "
" good. i'm not sure hap and leonard can't keep getting beaten up even though they dole out just as much if not more to their attackers. and they're growing on me. "
" Adrenaline pumping mystery with creative twists and turns "
" Fast-moving and entertaining. Gotta love an author that equates a loud suit to "a collision between Dolly Parton and Peter Max." "
" A really terrific book. Lansdale improves on the previous Hap and Leonard novel with a story that is funny, sad, sick and heartbreaking. I would recommend this to just about anyone. Great, tough, stuff. "
" I just discovered Lansdale's Hap and Leonard books, and ordered everything else that he has out there. I love these two characters...they are just the escapism I needed this week. Funny and tough and the writing is first rate. "
" I just love Hap Collins and this book was "out of the box" good as well. Must be a fan of the noir mysteries to enjoy it but if you like the genre Lansdale is on the list of the best in genre. "
Joe R. Lansdale is the author of nearly four dozen novels, including the Edgar Award–winning The Bottoms. He has received nine Bram Stoker Awards, the American Mystery Award, the British Fantasy Award, a Critics’ Choice Award, and the Grinzane Cavour Prize for Literature, among others. His novella Bubba Ho-Tep was adapted to film by Don Coscarelli.
Phil Gigante has narrated more than two hundred audiobooks, earning ten AudioFile Earphones Awards and three of the prestigious Audie Awards for best narration. An actor, director, and producer with over twenty years of experience in theater, film, television, and radio, he is currently the artistic director of Gigantic Productions and Little Giant Children’s Theatre.
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