Showing Hot Springs by Stephen Hunter

Paperback. Pub: 07 2011 Pages: 576 Publisher: Pocket Star The Undisputed master of The tough withthriller is New York Times bestselling author Stephen Hunter delivers a Masterpiece of crime fiction set in 1940s Arkansas where law and corruption Ricochet like slugs from a .45 automatic.Earl Swagger is tough as hell. But even tough guys have their secrets. Plagued by the memory of his abusive father. apprehensive about his own impending parenthood. Earl is a decorated ex-Marine of absolute integrity-and overwhelming melancholy . Now he's about to face his biggest. bloodiest challenge yet.It is the summer of 1946. organized crime's garish golden age. when American justice seems to ...