G-Man (Bob Lee Swagger)

G-Man (Bob Lee Swagger)

<b><b>"A roaring good read."--FORBES.com </b><br><br><b>Master sniper Bob Lee Swagger returns in this riveting novel by bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Hunter</b>.<br><br><b>Ryan Philippe currently stars as Bob Lee Swagger on the hit USA Network series </b><b><i>Shooter</i></b><b>.</b></b><br><br>The Great Depression was marked by an epidemic of bank robberies and Tommy-gun-toting outlaws who became household names. Hunting them down was the new U.S. Division of Investigation--soon to become the FBI--which was determined to nab the most dangerous gangster this country has ever produced: Baby Face Nelson. To stop him, the Bureau recruited talented gunman Charles Swagger, World War I hero and sheriff of Polk County, Arkansas.<br><br>Eighty years later, Charles's grandson Bob Lee Swagger uncovers a strongbox containing an array of memorabilia dating back to 1934--a federal lawman's badge, a .45 automatic preserved in cosmoline, a mysterious gun part, and a cryptic diagram--all belonging to Charles Swagger. Bob becomes determined to find out what happened to his grandfather-- and why his own father never spoke of Charles. But as he investigates, Bob learns that someone is following him--and shares his obsession.<br><br>Told in alternating timeframes, <i>G-Man</i> is a thrilling addition to Stephen Hunter's bestselling Bob Lee Swagger series.