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[jerryd6818]

Finished POI by Stephen Hunter, now deep into book #2 in the Bob Lee Swagger series - Black Light. Here's the series, next up will be Time to Hunt.

Point of Impact (1993)
Black Light (1996)
Time to Hunt (1998)
The 47th Samurai (2007)
Night of Thunder (2008)
I, Sniper (2009)
Dead Zero (2010)
The Third Bullet (2013)
Sniper's Honor (2014)

Due out this month (May), there's one more:

G-Man (Bob Lee Swagger #10)

by Stephen Hunter (Goodreads Author)

From bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Hunter, the latest episode in his Swagger familiy saga replete with Hunter's wicked suspense, vivid gun fights, and historical truths.
1934 was a pivotal year in the ongoing battle between the FBI and America's most famous outlaws--it was a year of giant personalities and huge shoot-outs, and it marked the deaths of John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, and Pretty Boy Floyd, among others. But that year, FBI agent Sam Cowley's priority was to nab the most dangerous gangster this country has ever produced, a man so violent he scared Al Capone and was booted from the Chicago mob--Baby Face Nelson. To stop him, Cowley recruited the most talented gunman of the time--Charles Swagger.
When Bob Lee Swagger, now in Idaho, finally sells the land he owned in Arkansas, the developers begin to tear down the old homestead and uncover a steel case hidden in the foundation. The case contains a batch of 1934 memorabilia--a much-corroded FBI badge, a .45 automatic preserved in cosmoline, a gun clip, and a cryptic diagram, all belonging to Charles Swagger. Bob never knew his grandfather Charles, who died before he was he born, and his father Earl refuses to mention him. Fascinated by this new information, Bob is driven to find out what happened to his grandfather, and why his own father, whom he worshipped, never spoke of Charles. But as he investigates further, Bob learns that someone is following him, someone with his own obsession of finding out what Charles Swagger left behind."


And then there's the Earl Swagger Books
Hot Springs (2000)
Pale Horse Coming (2001)
Havana (2003)

[Paladin]

Finished POI by Stephen Hunter, now deep into book #2 in the Bob Lee Swagger series - Black Light. Here's the series, next up will be Time to Hunt.

Point of Impact (1993)
Black Light (1996)
Time to Hunt (1998)
The 47th Samurai (2007)
Night of Thunder (2008)
I, Sniper (2009)
Dead Zero (2010)
The Third Bullet (2013)
Sniper's Honor (2014)

Due out this month (May), there's one more:

G-Man (Bob Lee Swagger #10)

by Stephen Hunter (Goodreads Author)

From bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Hunter, the latest episode in his Swagger familiy saga replete with Hunter's wicked suspense, vivid gun fights, and historical truths.
1934 was a pivotal year in the ongoing battle between the FBI and America's most famous outlaws--it was a year of giant personalities and huge shoot-outs, and it marked the deaths of John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, and Pretty Boy Floyd, among others. But that year, FBI agent Sam Cowley's priority was to nab the most dangerous gangster this country has ever produced, a man so violent he scared Al Capone and was booted from the Chicago mob--Baby Face Nelson. To stop him, Cowley recruited the most talented gunman of the time--Charles Swagger.
When Bob Lee Swagger, now in Idaho, finally sells the land he owned in Arkansas, the developers begin to tear down the old homestead and uncover a steel case hidden in the foundation. The case contains a batch of 1934 memorabilia--a much-corroded FBI badge, a .45 automatic preserved in cosmoline, a gun clip, and a cryptic diagram, all belonging to Charles Swagger. Bob never knew his grandfather Charles, who died before he was he born, and his father Earl refuses to mention him. Fascinated by this new information, Bob is driven to find out what happened to his grandfather, and why his own father, whom he worshipped, never spoke of Charles. But as he investigates further, Bob learns that someone is following him, someone with his own obsession of finding out what Charles Swagger left behind."


And then there's the Earl Swagger Books
Hot Springs (2000)
Pale Horse Coming (2001)
Havana (2003)

I've read 'em all and all but last two are very good. I have great hopes for the latest, per above.

Ray

[Paladin]

I just wrapped up 1960s AUSTIN GANGSTERS, ORGANIZED CRIME THAT ROCKED THE CAPITAL. A most interesting little paperback based on research about some bad hombres. Many names I recognized in this one.
Not sure of the universal appeal of this one but it touches on bad guys all over the nation.

Ray

[Steve Warden]

"Shots Fired", a collection of short stories by C. J. Box.
So far I've read just the first two. Good stuff.

[QTCut5]

Currently reading some non-fiction: Prisoners of Geography, Ten Maps That Explain Everything About The World, by Tim Marshall. Pretty interesting to consider the influence of geography on global politics.

~Q~

[jerryd6818]

Thanks to an inter-library loan, I've just started "Battle Cry" by Leon Uris. I read it once a long time ago so it should all be fresh and new to me.

[RobesonsRme.com]

I have embarked upon the reading of a two volume set of The Complete Works of O'Henry.

Charlie Noyes

[Dinadan]

I read Battle Cry about forty five years ago. I still remember quite a bit about it so I guess it was a powerful novel. I mainly remember the boot camp stuff and the battles in the Pacific.

This past week I read Knight Moves by Walter Jon Williams, a science fiction novel written back in the 1980s. I enjoyed it but it was too dominated by problems related to philosophy with not enough action.

[bighomer]

First time for this author so far so good. May have to find his other books.

[jerryd6818]

First time for this author so far so good. May have to find his other books.

The Dave Robicheaux Series. I've read 'em all.

The Neon Rain (1987)
Heaven's Prisoners (1988)
Black Cherry Blues (1989)
A Morning for Flamingos (1990)
A Stained White Radiance (1992)
In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead (1993)
Dixie City Jam (1994)
Burning Angel (1995)
Cadillac Jukebox (1996)
Sunset Limited (1998)
Purple Cane Road (2000)
Jolie Blon's Bounce (2002)
Last Car to Elysian Fields (2003)
Crusader's Cross (2005)
Pegasus Descending (2006)
The Tin Roof Blowdown (2007)
Swan Peak (2008)
The Glass Rainbow (2010)
Creole Belle (2012)
Light of the World (2013)

[steve99f]

You'll like all his stuff in the Robicheaux series.

[Paladin]

First time for this author so far so good. May have to find his other books.

He is my all time favorite author.

Ray

[bighomer]

I really enjoyed James Lee Burke's style, he's very descriptive makes you feel like you're right there. Just finished this one.gonna start Bullseye.

[Brumbydownunder]

Over several months a couple of years back after I first discovered him, all I read were books by James Lee Burke - just could not get enough of them.
Recently tongueriver (Cal) put me onto Craig Johnson's Longmire Books .... enjoyed the TV show but enjoying the books even more.
But I have just finished one of the best books on the early years of the American West that I have read for a long long time ... if not the best ever.

I'm a bit late to the party it was written in 1923 .... I just did not want this book to end. A cracker of a yarn mixing fiction with historical facts.

'Borrowed' from the net .... " White s tale of young Andy Burnett, carrying Daniel Boone s very own long rifle, is as powerful today as ever. Imagine a young man s adventure in the untamed Rocky Mountains during the early fur trade era. The Long Rifle recalls a time of endlessly expanding horizons, of being one with the natural world, and of innocence. The Long Rifle has a spirit that almost forgotten "



Derek

[bighomer]

This'un.

[steve99f]

Found a story by a favorite author I hadn't seen before today; The Quest by Nelson DeMille. This man hasn't written a poor story yet. One of his yarns was made into a movie, The General's Daughter.

[jerryd6818]

Found a story by a favorite author I hadn't seen before today; The Quest by Nelson DeMille. This man hasn't written a poor story yet. One of his yarns was made into a movie, The General's Daughter.

Thanks to you, I just discovered a couple of DeMille's books I haven't read. Also found out DeMille, is set to release his next novel, The Cuban Affair, on September 19, 2017.

Currently reading:

Waiting patiently on my dining room table:

[steve99f]

Happy to help Jerry!

[bighomer]

Glorious right now with True Blue waiting in the wings.

[Mumbleypeg]

I read Glorious a while back. Good read. Been looking for the sequel.

Meantime I'm reading this. Originally published in 1915, it's the sequel to Riders of the Purple Sage which I read several years ago.

It was originally published as The Rainbow Trail, a heavily edited version of Grey's original manuscript, censored by the publisher at the time because of its strong critique of the Mormon practice of polygamy, a sensitive issue 100 years ago. This version using his original title is supposed to be the real story. Interesting read, once I got accustomed to the 100 year old writing style.

Ken

[Tsar Bomba]

Currently reading:

Next up:

[bighomer]

[quote="Mumbleypeg"]I read Glorious a while back. Good read.

Ken it was a good read, I bought that at the dollar tree, had never heard of the writer but figured for a buck I could trash it. Reading the list now with a couple waiting in the wings. I guess I've read everything that Zane Grey, Luke Short and louis lamour ever wrote. I've probably read everything Lamour wrote three times, and I have them in plastic boxes and if I live long enough I may revisit them again.

[Steve Warden]

Speaking pf L'Amour, I'm on the last story from this collection. This is my first of his works. I really enjoyed it and I am glad there are many more to be enjoyed!

[Mumbleypeg]

L'Amour spins some great stories. I've read most of them and it's hard to pick a favorite but I think Last of the Breed is the one I enjoyed most. "A man with a knife can survive."

Ken

[bighomer]

I really enjoy JK's books, how about that Spyderco on the cover.