Hot in December

Hot in December

A psychological thriller in the vein of Dean Koontz and Lee Child, Hot in December is a fast-paced and entertaining novella from the author of Edge of Dark Water, The Bottoms and the Hap and Leonard novel series. <BR><BR> One death is only the beginning for Tom and his wife Kelly who witness a fast-driving car killing their innocent neighbor in the street. <BR><BR> Tom describes the driver to the police, but there is something he didn't anticipate: the driver belongs to a powerful criminal gang in East Texas. <BR><BR> The criminals make Tom and his family a target, abducting his wife Kelly and threatening his daughter. Now Tom must look to old war comrades for help in a brutal and unforgiving struggle to rescue his wife and bring justice to the notorious gang. <BR><BR> <i>"A storyteller in the great American tradition of Ambrose Bierce and Mark Twain."</i> <b>- Boston Globe</b> <BR><BR> <i>"Joe R. Lansdale has a folklorist's eye for telling detail and a front-porch raconteur's sense of pace."</i> <b>- The New York Times Book Review</b> <BR><BR> <i>"One of the greatest yarn spinners of his generation: fearless, earthy, original, manic and dreadfully funny."</i> <b>- Dallas Morning News</b> <BR><BR> <i>"Reading Joe Lansdale is like listening to a favorite uncle who just happens to be a fabulous storyteller."</i> <b>- Dean Koontz</b> <BR><BR> <i>"Joe R. Lansdale's fellow Texans would call Joe a 'straight shooter.' That's what makes his writing so good-no BS involved. Joe's work is alternately scary, funny as hell, disturbing, but always (and most importantly) memorable."</i> <b>- Bruce Campbell</b>