Dead Aim (novella)

Dead Aim

Subterranean Press trade edition cover
Author Joe R. Lansdale
Cover artist Glen Orbik
Country United States
Language English
Series Hap and Leonard
Genre Crime/suspense
Publisher Subterranean Press
Publication date
2013
Media type Print Limited hardcover, trade hardcover
Pages 102
ISBN 978-1-59606-525-3
Preceded by Hyenas: a Hap and Leonard Novella (2011)

Dead Aim is a crime/suspense novella written by American author Joe R. Lansdale. It is the eleventh book in the Hap and Leonard series featuring Lansdale's longtime protagonists Hap Collins and Leonard Pine.[1]

Plot Summary

Hap and Leonard are hired, through Marvin Hanson's private detective agency, to protect a woman from her estranged, abusive husband. Hap is framed for the man's murder while staking out his house, and upon further investigation the two sleuths discover that the victim owed the Dixie Mafia crime syndicate a large sum of money, and in addition he had a large life insurance policy with his wife named as the sole beneficiary. Hap and Leonard are soon involved, not just in the murder, but in a kidnapping and ransom demand as well.[2][3]

Editions

This book is published by Subterranean Press and issued as a signed and numbered (400 copies) limited edition and as a trade hardcover. The trade edition has sold out.[4]

References

  1. Crider, Bill. "Dead Aim". Subterranean Press. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  2. CANFIELD, SEAN (February 26, 2013). "Book Review: Dead Aim by Joe R. Lansdale". The Daily Rotation. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  3. "Fiction Book Review: Dead Aim by Joe R. Lansdale. Subterranean (www.subterraneanpress.com), $25 (104p) ISBN 978-1-59606-525-3". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  4. Subterranean Press, Novella. "Dead Aim". Retrieved 22 August 2013.

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