Gun Shy A Blanco County, Texas, Novel

by Rehder, Ben

• ISBN13: 9780312357535
• ISBN10: 0312357532
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-29
• Publisher: Minotaur Books

Summary

It's just days before the National Weapons Alliance rally in Blanco County, and things couldn't be off to a worse start. First, an illegal immigrant is killed in a questionable hunting accident. Then, when local game warden John Marlin starts poking around for clues, he uncovers an astonishing secretone that threatens to bring down the NWA. Turns out the host of this year's rally, heartthrob country superstar Mitch Campbell, is not the Stetson-wearing, gun-toting, bull-riding man he appears to be...and someone's planning to out him for the pill-popping, snowboarding, former rock-and-roller from Vermont he really is. Soon the entire town of Blanco finds itself in the dead center of a national scandal...and heading straight into the line of fire.

Author Biography

BEN REHDER’s Blanco County mysteries Buck Fever, Bone Dry, Flat Crazy, and Guilt Trip have been nominated for the Edgar, Lefty, and Barry Awards. He lives near Austin, Texas, where he was born and raised. Visit his Web site at www.benrehder.com.

Table of Contents

Welcome to Blanco County, Texas, where the right to bear arms is about to go very, very wrong…

GUN SHY

It’s just days before the National Weapons Alliance rally in Blanco County, and things couldn’t be off to a worse start. First, an illegal immigrant is killed in a questionable hunting accident. Then, when local game warden John Marlin starts poking around for clues, he uncovers an astonishing secret—one that threatens to bring down the NWA. Turns out the host of this year’s rally, heartthrob country superstar Mitch Campbell, is not the Stetson-wearing, gun-toting, bull-riding man he appears to be…and someone’s planning to out him for the pill-popping, snowboarding, former rock-and-roller from Vermont he really is. Soon the entire town of Blanco finds itself in the dead center of a national scandal…and heading straight into the line of fire.

“Imagine Carl Hiaasen with a Texas accent.”

—The Denver Post

“Straight-shooter Rehder…packs firepower and poignant surprises.”—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)