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Only one thing stands between a son and his father's killer: forty years oflies..
On a remote Arizona ranch, a man who has known loss, fear, and war weeps forthe first time since he was a child. His tears are for the father taken fromhim four decades before in a deadly shoot-out. And his grief will lead himback to the place where he was born, where his father died, and where a brutalconspiracy is about to explode.
For Bob Lee Swagger, the world changed on that hot day in Blue Eye, Arkansas,when two local boys rode armed and wild in a '55 Fairlane convertible.Swagger's father, Earl, a state trooper, was investigating the brutal murder ofa young woman that day. By midnight Earl Swagger lay dead in a desertedcornfield.
Now Bob Lee wants answers. He wants to know the truth behind the shoot -outthat took his father's life, a mystery buried in forty years of lies. Becausefor Bob Lee Swagger, the killing didn't end that day in Blue Eye, Arkansas.The killing had just begun...
Weaving together characters from his national bestsellers Point ofImpact and Dirty White Boys, Stephen Hunter's gripping thrillerbuilds to an exhilarating climax--and an explosion of gunfire that blasts openthe secrets of two generations.
Copyright © 1996 by Stephen Hunter.
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Seller Inventory # GOR000898527
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Black Light This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # 7719-9780712675819
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.6. Seller Inventory # G0712675817I3N00
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Publisher: Century Books, 1996 (London). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover is in very good condition (previous owner's name is written in ink on the top corner of the FFEP with "Tulsa Jul 98", side edge of one of the pages is rippled, bumped on the top and bottom of the spine, bumped on three of the four corners, bumped on the bottom edges of the front and back covers and there are indentation marks on the front cover). Dust jacket is in very good condition (torn at the bottom of the crease of the inside flap of the front cover and on the top and bottom of the crease of the inside flap of the back cover, rubbed on the front and back covers, indentation marks on the front cover and edge wear). Brodart protected. 461 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The night belongs to the shooter who can see through it ob Lee Swagger has seen -- and delivered -- dozens of deaths.As a United States Marine sniper in Vietnam, his astonishing accuracy with a rifle earned him the nickname "Bob the Nailer;" twenty years later he was forced to kill again to unravel a brutal conspiracy. Now happily secluded with his wife and young daughter in the Arizona desert, Bob believes all the killing is behind him. Until a young writer, Russ Pewtie, arrives at his door with troubling questions about the past. Seller Inventory # 9695
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # 6545-9780712675819
Book Description Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First UK Edition. LONDON:CENTURY 1996.HARDCOVER.FINE IN FINE DW.FIRST EDITION.DIFFERENT DW THAN THE AMERICAN EDITION. Signed by the Author. Book. Seller Inventory # ntacON753
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A story of murder and gun law set in rural Arkansas. Spanning the mid-1950s up to the 1990s, it follows Bob Lee Swagger who, together with Russ Pewtie, investigates the murder of Swagger's father in a shoot-out in 1955. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001174736
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Condition. Black cloth binding with silver title, author and publisher on spine. 461pp. Content clean, bright and sound. This book maybe overweight for regular shipping and may require additional postage. Seller Inventory # 011001
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight carefully read copy. This copy has the usual text block browning that is so common with this title. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY This copy includes a picture that I snapped of Stephen at a signing event. Signed by Author(s). Book. Seller Inventory # 037628