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Edgar Award-nominated author Ben Rehder's Blanco County comic mysteries have made best-of-the-year lists in Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and Field & Stream.

Buck Fever:It's the week before deer hunting season, as close to a statewide holiday as you get in Texas, and the locals are getting restless. Game…

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If you like your crime fiction served with a heavy dose of humor, Ben Rehder's Blanco County Mysteries are for you. Buck Fever is book one in the series, which follows the exploits of game warden John Warden as he faces a variety of outlandish challenges. Populated by equally outlandish characters, Rehder's Blanco County is full of surprises, all of which are sure to tickle your funny bone. Highly entertaining.

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