Mind Game (A Blanco County Short Story)

Mind Game (A Blanco County Short Story)

This guy is the funniest, freshest voice in Texas mystery writing today. His work stands out like a DayGlo parka in deer season."<br />—Rick Riordan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lightning Thief<br /><br />Please note that this is a short story originally published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. It is not a full-length novel. <br /><br />(Thanks to artist Tim Foley for the use of his illustration within the ebook file.)<br /><br />About Mind Game:<br />The sheriff of Blanco County has a problem on his hands. One local resident is making vague threats—hypothetically speaking, of course—to unsettle another local resident, who stole the first man's girlfriend. The problem escalates and violence is almost certain, until the sheriff comes up with a brilliant and ironic solution.<br /><br />Edgar Award-nominated author Ben Rehder's Blanco County comic mysteries have made best-of-the-year lists in Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and Field & Stream. <br /><br />The complete Rehder bibliography includes:<br /><br />Buck Fever<br />Bone Dry<br />Flat Crazy<br />Guilt Trip<br />Gun Shy<br />Holy Moly<br />The Chicken Hanger<br />The Driving Lesson<br />Gone The Next<br />Hog Heaven<br />Get Busy Dying<br />Stag Party<br />Bum Steer