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Texas police officers Leonard and Hap--one black, one white--search for a missing lawyer who was investigating the death of a black man in jail. A dangerous assignment that brings them face to face with the Ku Klux Klan. By the author of Mucho Mojo.

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Main Author: Lansdale, Joe R., 1951-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Mysterious Press, Ã1995.
Series:Lansdale, Joe R., 1951- Hap and Leonard series.
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Collins, Hap > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Pine, Leonard > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Private investigators > Texas > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Racism > Fiction.
Gay men > Fiction.
Texas > Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Gay fiction.
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Summary:Texas police officers Leonard and Hap--one black, one white--search for a missing lawyer who was investigating the death of a black man in jail. A dangerous assignment that brings them face to face with the Ku Klux Klan. By the author of Mucho Mojo.
Physical Description:273 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:089296491X
9780892964918
9780307455499
0307455491
Author Notes:Joe R. Lansdale was born in Gladewater, Tex. in 1951. He attended Tyler Junior College, the University of Texas at Austin, and Stephen F. Austin State University. Lansdale has also had a varied career, having worked as a bouncer, a bodyguard, a transportation manager, a custodian, and a karate instructor before becoming a fulltime writer in 1981.

Lansdale's written work includes several novels and more than 200 short stories. Although his favorite genre is fantasy, with suspense a close second, he has also written mysteries, horror, science fiction, and westerns. Some titles include Rumble Tumble, Dead in the West, The Nightrunners, Cold in July, By Bizarre Hands and The Drive-in (a 'B' Movie with Blood and Popcorn. Made in Texas) . In addition, Lansdale has edited the short-story anthologies Best of the West, The New Frontier: Best of the West 2, and Razored Saddles.

Lansdale has received five Bram Stoker Awards from the Horror Writers of America, including one for "The Night They Missed the Horror Show." He has also been awarded the British Fantasy Award and the American Horror Award.

Joe Lansdale and his second wife, Karen, have two children. They live in Nacagdoches, Tex.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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