by JoeRLansdale (Author)
When Leonard Pine's Uncle Chester dies, Leonard is not expecting to inherit. But it seems that $100,000, a house and its contents have all been left to him, along with a mysterious key which doesn't seem to fit anything in the house. However when Leonard and Hap move in to repair the old place, they discover a crack house next door and, far worse, the skeleton of a child, hidden in a trunk underneath the floorboards. It seems that Uncle Chester's life was not exactly the way Leonard and Hap imagined it to be...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: New
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 07 Nov 2002
ISBN 10: 0753816695
ISBN 13: 9780753816691
Book Overview: One of three Joe R Lansdale reissues, published alongside first paperback of his new book CAPTAINS OUTRAGEOUS Joe R Lansdale is coming to Britain and will attend author events, including the London Crime Festival He has won the Edgar Award for best novel with THE BOTTOMS and is also the winner of the British Fantasy Award, the American Horror Award, and six Bram Stoker Awards. Zesty humour and page-turning suspense; will appeal to fans of Carl Hiaasen, Elmore Leonard and Robert Crais Glossy sales presenter and great new covers 'Funny, compulsive...one of the most enjoyably raffish thrillers of the year' Esquire 'Savagely compelling' Arena