Front sight: three Swagger novellas
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A collection of three interconnected novellas that follow each generation of the iconic Swagger family—grandfather Charles, father Earl, and fan favorite hero Bob Lee—from New York Times bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize winner, and “true master at the pinnacle of his craft” (Jack Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Stephen Hunter.
In City of Meat, Charles Swagger is on the hunt for notorious bank robber Baby Face Nelson when he traces a tip to the Chicago stock yards. While there, he’s brutally assaulted by a madman involved in a nearby narcotics ring. The ring plans to spread its new drug to the residents of the disenfranchised 7th District of Chicago and to make matters worse, this is no ordinary drug—it makes some users happy, drives others insane, and kills many of the rest. Will Charles be able to stop the ring before it’s too late? Or is he in over his head among the dark streets of Chicago?
Earl Swagger investigates a violent bank robbery that left two dead and a fortune missing in small-town Maryland in Johnny Tuesday. At every turn, however, he’s met with silence and hostility from the townsfolk, which makes sense when he uncovers municipal corruption, gang politics, jaded aristocrats, scheming gamblers, a hitman, a femme fatale, and a whole bunch of men with guns. Luckily, Earl has brought his own guns in this unputdownable noir mystery.
Finally, in Five Dolls for the Gut Hook, a thirty-two-year-old Bob Lee Swagger is back from Vietnam nearly broken over good men lost for nothing. He’s turned down that whiskey road to hell. But one afternoon he’s awakened from his nightmares by two men with a problem. As nearby Hot Springs tries to retool its image from gambling paradise to family resort, a butcher has begun to prey on the city’s young women, a figure straight out of a horror movie. Hot Springs Homicide is baffled and recruit Bob’s help. “I’m a sniper,” says Bob, “not a detective.”
“But,” comes the reply, “you are the son and grandson of two of the greatest detectives this state has ever produced.” On that premise alone, Bob takes up the hunt for a killer who not only kills but desecrates. At the same time, we understand that Bob Lee Swagger is also hunting for his own salvation.
In City of Meat, Charles Swagger is on the hunt for notorious bank robber Baby Face Nelson when he traces a tip to the Chicago stock yards. While there, he’s brutally assaulted by a madman involved in a nearby narcotics ring. The ring plans to spread its new drug to the residents of the disenfranchised 7th District of Chicago and to make matters worse, this is no ordinary drug—it makes some users happy, drives others insane, and kills many of the rest. Will Charles be able to stop the ring before it’s too late? Or is he in over his head among the dark streets of Chicago?
Earl Swagger investigates a violent bank robbery that left two dead and a fortune missing in small-town Maryland in Johnny Tuesday. At every turn, however, he’s met with silence and hostility from the townsfolk, which makes sense when he uncovers municipal corruption, gang politics, jaded aristocrats, scheming gamblers, a hitman, a femme fatale, and a whole bunch of men with guns. Luckily, Earl has brought his own guns in this unputdownable noir mystery.
Finally, in Five Dolls for the Gut Hook, a thirty-two-year-old Bob Lee Swagger is back from Vietnam nearly broken over good men lost for nothing. He’s turned down that whiskey road to hell. But one afternoon he’s awakened from his nightmares by two men with a problem. As nearby Hot Springs tries to retool its image from gambling paradise to family resort, a butcher has begun to prey on the city’s young women, a figure straight out of a horror movie. Hot Springs Homicide is baffled and recruit Bob’s help. “I’m a sniper,” says Bob, “not a detective.”
“But,” comes the reply, “you are the son and grandson of two of the greatest detectives this state has ever produced.” On that premise alone, Bob takes up the hunt for a killer who not only kills but desecrates. At the same time, we understand that Bob Lee Swagger is also hunting for his own salvation.
Subjects
Subjects
Arkansas -- Fiction
Bank robberies
Bank robberies -- Fiction
Campaigns
Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction
Corruption
Corruption -- Fiction
Detective and mystery fiction
Drug traffic
Drug traffic -- Fiction
Drug traffic -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Fiction
Family
Gangsters
Gangsters -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Fiction
Generations
Generations -- Family -- Fiction
Generations -- Fiction
Historical fiction
Large print books
Maryland -- Fiction
Noir fiction
Novellas
Serial murder investigation
Serial murder investigation -- Fiction
Serial murders
Serial murders -- Fiction
Snipers
Snipers -- Fiction
Spy fiction
Swagger, Bob Lee (Fictitious character)
Swagger, Bob Lee (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Swagger, Charles (Fictitious character)
Swagger, Charles (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Swagger, Earl (Fictitious character)
Swagger, Earl (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Thrillers (Fiction)
Veterans
Veterans -- Fiction
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- Fiction
War fiction
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy -- Fiction
Bank robberies
Bank robberies -- Fiction
Campaigns
Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction
Corruption
Corruption -- Fiction
Detective and mystery fiction
Drug traffic
Drug traffic -- Fiction
Drug traffic -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Fiction
Family
Gangsters
Gangsters -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Fiction
Generations
Generations -- Family -- Fiction
Generations -- Fiction
Historical fiction
Large print books
Maryland -- Fiction
Noir fiction
Novellas
Serial murder investigation
Serial murder investigation -- Fiction
Serial murders
Serial murders -- Fiction
Snipers
Snipers -- Fiction
Spy fiction
Swagger, Bob Lee (Fictitious character)
Swagger, Bob Lee (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Swagger, Charles (Fictitious character)
Swagger, Charles (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Swagger, Earl (Fictitious character)
Swagger, Earl (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Thrillers (Fiction)
Veterans
Veterans -- Fiction
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- Fiction
War fiction
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy -- Fiction
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In the City of Meat, Charles Swagger is on the hunt for notorious bank robber Baby Face Nelson when he traces a tip to the Chicago stock yards. While there, he's brutally assaulted and discovers that the madman who attacked him is involved in a nearby narcotics ring with plans to spread its new drug to the residents of the disenfranchised 7th District of Chicago. Worse, this is no ordinary drug, it makes some users happy, drives others insane, and kills many of the rest. Will Charles be able to stop the ring before it's too late? Or is he in over his head among the dark streets of Chicago? Earl Swagger investigates a violent bank robbery in Johnny Tuesday that left two dead and a fortune missing in small-town Maryland. At every turn, however, he's met with silence and hostility from the townsfolk, which makes sense when he uncovers municipal corruption, working-class exploitation, gang politics, jaded aristocrats, scheming gamblers, a hitman, a femme fatale. And a whole bunch of men with guns. Luckily, Earl has brought his own guns in this unputdownable noir mystery. Finally, in Five Dolls for the Gut Hook, a thirty-two-year-old Bob Lee Swagger is back from Vietnam nearly broken over good men lost for nothing. He's turned hard down that whiskey road to hell. But one afternoon he's wakened from his nightmares by two men with a problem. As nearby Hot Springs tries to retool its image from gambling paradise to family resort, a butcher has begun to prey on the city's young women, a figure straight out of a horror movie. Hot Springs Homicide is baffled. "I'm a sniper," says Bob, "not a detective." "But," comes the reply, "you are the son and grandson of two of the greatest detectives this state has ever produced." On that premise alone, Bob takes up the hunt for a killer who not only kills but desecrates. Using his sniper's mind, Swagger is able to see things others have missed, drawing ever closer to a showdown. But equally, we understand, Bob Lee Swagger is hunting his own redemption.
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Drug traffic -- Fiction
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Snipers -- Fiction
Spy fiction
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Swagger, Earl (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
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Veterans -- Fiction
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Bank robberies -- Fiction
Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction
Corruption -- Fiction
Detective and mystery fiction
Drug traffic -- Fiction
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Gangsters -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Fiction
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Generations -- Fiction
Historical fiction
Large print books
Maryland -- Fiction
Noir fiction
Novellas
Serial murder investigation -- Fiction
Serial murders -- Fiction
Snipers -- Fiction
Spy fiction
Swagger, Bob Lee (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Swagger, Charles (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Swagger, Earl (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
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Veterans -- Fiction
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- Fiction
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Campaigns
Corruption
Drug traffic
Family
Gangsters
Generations
Serial murder investigation
Serial murders
Snipers
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Swagger, Charles (Fictitious character)
Swagger, Earl (Fictitious character)
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World War, 1939-1945
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Corruption
Drug traffic
Family
Gangsters
Generations
Serial murder investigation
Serial murders
Snipers
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Swagger, Charles (Fictitious character)
Swagger, Earl (Fictitious character)
Veterans
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
World War, 1939-1945
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