Joe R. Lansdale: Leather Maiden (USA 2009) From the Publisher: After a harrowing stint in the Iraq war, Cason Statler returns home to the small East Texas town of Camp Rapture, where he drinks too much, stalks his ex-wife, and takes a job at the local paper, only to uncover notes on a cold case murder. With nothing left to live for and his own brother connected to the victim, he makes it his mission to solve the crime. Soon he is drawn into a murderous web of blackmail and deceit. To makematters worse, his deranged buddy Booger comes to town to lend a helping hand. Joe R. Lansdale: Leather Maiden. A Novel. Vintage Books, ISBN: 9780375719233 (August, 2009), 304 p., $14.95.
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Joe R. Lansdale: Leather Maiden (USA 2008) From the Publisher: After a scandalous affair costs him his job in Houston, Cason Statler -- Gulf War veteran and Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist -- returns home to the small east Texas town of Camp Rapture. Cason is a wreck. He drinks too much, he's stalking his ex-girlfriend, and he's wallowing in envy of his successful older brother. To get back on his feet, he takes a job at the local paper, and when he stumbles across his predecessor's notes on a cold case murder file, he thinks he's found the thing that'll keep him out of trouble. No such luck. The further he digs into the case, the more certain he is that the unsolved crime is connected to a series of eerie, inexplicable events that have recently occurred in town. And he knows his suspicions are right on when he finds himself dragged into a deadly game of blackmail and murder that clearly has evil as its only goal. Leather Maiden is a brash amalgam of suspense, raw humor, and mystery that unfolds in the vividly rendered shadowy lowlands of eastern Texas. It's country noir as only Joe Lansdale can do it. Joe R. Lansdale: Leather Maiden. A Novel. Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN: 9780375414527 (August, 2008), 304 p., $23.95.
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