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Stephen Hunter, author of Front Sight: Three Swagger Novellas

This collection of three interconnected novellas follows each generation of the iconic Swagger family. In “City of Meat,” Charles Swagger is on the hunt for notorious bank robber Baby Face Nelson when he traces a tip to the Chicago stock yards. While there, he’s brutally assaulted and discovers that the madman who attacked him is involved in a nearby narcotics ring. Earl Swagger investigates a violent bank robbery in “Johnny Tuesday” that left two dead and a fortune missing in small-town Maryland. At every turn, however, he’s met with silence and hostility from the townsfolk. Finally, in “Five Dolls for the Gut Hook,” a 32-year-old Bob Lee Swagger is back from Vietnam nearly broken over good men lost for nothing. But one afternoon he’s wakened from his nightmares by two men with a problem.

Week of December 2, 2024

Paperback releases for the week of December 2nd include THINK TWICE by Harlan Coben, a blistering thriller of secrets, lies and dangerous conspiracies that threaten to cover up the truth when a man presumed dead is suddenly wanted for murder; Tana French's THE HUNTER, a nuanced, atmospheric tale that explores what we’ll do for our loved ones, what we’ll do for revenge, and what we sacrifice when the two collide; OLD CRIMES, a story collection from Jill McCorkle about crimes large and small that is funny and tragic in equal measure; AIRPLANE MODE, a witty personal and cultural history of travel from the perspective of Shahnaz Habib, a Third World-raised woman of color, that asks:   What does it mean to be a joyous traveler when we live in the ruins of colonialism, capitalism and climate change?; and the paperback original THE GREATEST LIE OF ALL by Jillian Cantor, an   addictive story about love, ambition and how far we’re willing to go to protect our hearts.