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Eric Beetner Author Of The Last Few Miles of Road: A Carter McCoy Novel

From Eric's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Eric Beetner Why Eric loves this book

Hockensmith has written Western/mystery hybrids before, which I loved, but this is straight Western and it's fantastic. It doesn't lose any of his signature humor (something sadly lacking in too many novels these days) and the action never lets up. First in a series and I look forward to more!

By Steve Hockensmith ,

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1 author picked Hired Guns as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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Embark on a Wild West odyssey where gold-seeking turns into a blood-soaked pursuit in 1894.

When former Army officer Oswin Diehl ventures into Mexico in search of fortune, he encounters more than he bargained for—bandits and chaos. Saved by old comrades Ira Hoop and Apache scout Eskaminzim, Diehl is offered a job that leads him to Arizona Territory and a showdown against a powerful conglomerate harassing local mine owners.

As Diehl and his resilient team face off against the hired goons of Consolidated American Mining Corporation, the stakes rise. With the brutal chairman, Kingsley Le May, and an army of…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

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Eric Beetner Author Of The Last Few Miles of Road: A Carter McCoy Novel

From Eric's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

Why am I passionate about this?

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Eric's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Eric Beetner Why Eric loves this book

The third Shake Bouchon book from Berney, but it's been many years between books. I didn't realize how much I'd missed Shake. Berney is always a fantastic writer, but these books showcase his sense of humor and his wild plot turns.

By Lou Berney ,

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1 author picked Double Barrel Bluff as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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Multi-award winning and USA Today bestselling crime writer Lou Berney returns to his critically acclaimed thriller series starring former mob wheelman Shake Bouchon, who finds himself dragged into a high-stakes hostage rescue, among the mighty temples and shadowy underground of Cambodia.

During his years as a wheelman for the Armenian mob in Los Angeles, Shake Bouchon didn't think of himself as the settling-down type. But now he's happily married to Gina, the love of his life-and former adversary-in Indiana, of all places.

The great thing about Bloomington, for two people with checkered pasts, is that everyone is nice and no…


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