The DoubleJack Murders, Patrick F. McManus
The DoubleJack Murders, Patrick F. McManus
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The Double-Jack Murders

Author: Patrick F. McManus

Narrator: Danny Campbell

Unabridged: 5 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/05/2017


Synopsis

Sheriff Bo Tully is the kind of western lawman who's as good with the ladies as he is with his guns, and he never lets a death threat get in the way of a good barbecue. He's a man with a sense of humor, which comes in handy when trying to establish order in Blight County.

In this latest tale, Tully pursues a seventy-five-year-old missing persons case in which a pair of gold miners (a two-man drilling team known as a double-jack) mysteriously disappeared just as they hit the mother lode in a remote part of Blight County. Meanwhile, a second, more threatening case looms large. After serving only two months of a life sentence, a mentally unstable murderer named Kincaid—a nasty piece of work if there ever was one—manages to escape prison, setting his sights on killing the man who put him behind bars: one Sheriff Bo Tully. In an effort to lead his would-be killer into the open, and also to do a little gold prospecting and fishing while he's at it, Tully heads north with his ex-sheriff father, Pap, and his friend and expert tracker, Dave.

As the two cases play themselves out, Sheriff Tully finds himself hunting down one murderer who's probably long dead, and being hunted by another who's very much alive.

About Patrick F. McManus

Patrick F. McManus is a renowned outdoor writer, humorist, and longtime columnist for Outdoor Life and Field & Stream. His most recent books are the Sheriff Bo Tully mysteries Avalanche and The Blight Way. He is the author of many other books, including such runaway New York Times bestsellers as The Grasshopper Trap, The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw, and Real Ponies Don't Go Oink! He lives in Spokane, Washington.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sharon

I bought this for a dollar at my local library and I'm glad it was only a dollar. I love Pat McManus. I have all of his non-detective books. This one just didn't flow. Too much dialogue didn't seem to go anywhere, was not that witty. This is from the guy whose writing I couldn't even read out loud be......more

Goodreads review by Jay

I greatly enjoyed the audiobooks of Patrick McManus that include his stories of Rancid Crabtree and his other zany characters. While the characters and stories were hilarious, the narration by George S. Irving made the audiobooks truly great. I was expecting over-the-top capers here as well, but McM......more

Goodreads review by Mike

I read this for a reading group discussion sponsored by the local library. I'm surprised that this type of book was selected for such a forum. While the book is entertaining and enjoyable, for my tastes it is decidedly "light" fare and frankly does reach the levels of literary quality expected (by m......more