Gun Shy: A Blanco County, Texas, Novel (Blanco County, Texas, Novels) - Hardcover

Rehder, Ben

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312357524 ISBN 13: 9780312357528

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2007

Synopsis

The National Weapons Alliance rally in support of every American's right to bear arms is meant to garner huge publicity.  And the host of the event is none other than the NWA's newest spokesman, handsome country superstar Mitch Campbell.

What nobody suspects is that the Stetson-wearing, gun-toting, bull-riding Campbell is a fraud. He¹s really Norman Kleinschmidt, a pill-popping, snowboarding, former rock-and-roller from Vermont.  To Campbell¹s dismay, someone from his past is about to make that secret a big, big problem.

Meanwhile, when an illegal immigrant is killed in a questionable hunting accident just days before the rally, local game warden John Marlin starts to poke around.  It¹s not long before an astonishing series of events threatens to bring down the very carefully marketed Mitch Campbell, and maybe the NWA along with him.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

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)

About the Author:

BEN REHDER's Blanco County mysteries have been nominated for the Edgar, Lefty, and Barry Awards. He lives near Austin, Texas, where he was born and raised.

About this edition

• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0312357524
• ISBN 13: 9780312357528
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352