Survivors will be shot again : Dan Rhodes mysteries #23 / Bill Crider.

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Title:

Survivors will be shot again : Dan Rhodes mysteries #23 / Bill Crider.

Author:

Crider, Bill, 1941-

ISBN:

9781250078520

Edition:

First edition

Physical Description:

264 pages

Series:

Sheriff Dan Rhodes Mysteries #23

General Note:

"A Thomas Dunne book."

Abstract:

"Life is never easy for Sheriff Dan Rhodes. Even in a small Texas county, there's always something going on for a sheriff to look into, whether it's an attempted robbery, a marijuana patch guarded by an alligator, or a murder. This time the murdered man seems to be connected to a string of recent burglaries, but just how isn't easy to figure out. It takes some time and another murder before Sheriff Rhodes discovers the answers. Survivors Will Be Shot Again, Bill Crider's latest installment in the critically-acclaimed Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery series, finds Rhodes dealing with murders, thefts, marijuana, and gators in Clearview, a small Texas town where secrets are easier to keep than you might think"-- Provided by publisher.

Subject Term:

Rhodes, Dan (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Sheriffs -- Texas -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Genre:

Detective and mystery stories.

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Summary

There's no such thing as a day off for a sheriff. Even in a small Texas town like Clearview, there's always something going on for law enforcement. Still, most days don't involve a run-in with an alligator.

And that's not the worst of Sheriff Dan Rhodes's troubles, either. There's a dead man in Billy Bacon's barn, though Bacon swears he doesn't know how the body got there. Rhodes is a bit skeptical, given that the intruder has been shot twice and that Bacon has recently removed a sign from a fencepost near the barn, a sign that says "Trespassers will be shot. Survivors will be shot again."

The citizens of Clearview have been complaining about a rash of thefts, and Rhodes suspects that the dead man may have been involved in them. But before he can solve that crime, he also has to deal with a number of other puzzling crimes in the community, ranging from a holdup at a convenience store to the disappearance of a loaf of bread. And then there's the dang gator.

In Bill Crider's Survivors Will Be Shot Again , Sheriff Dan Rhodes learns that, as the old saying goes, crime doesn't pay. But it also doesn't take a vacation.

Reviews (3)

Publisher's Weekly Review

At the start of Crider's entertaining 23rd Dan Rhodes mystery (after 2015's Between the Living and the Dead), the Blacklin County, Tex., lawman, who's enjoying a day off, deftly foils an armed robber at a convenience store by tossing him a loaf of bread. Rhodes's day off comes to an end when Billy Bacon, a loan officer at a local bank, phones the police to report yet another theft at the B-Bar-B, his ranch. Other people in the vicinity of Billy's spread have been robbed, including Melvin Hunt, who lost an expensive welding rig. Inside Billy's barn, lying between two stacks of empty boxes, is a dead body, which Rhodes identifies as Melvin's. But is Melvin the thief? It doesn't make sense to Billy that Melvin would have stolen things from his own place. In addition to solving Melvin's murder, the folksy and shrewd sheriff must deal with a host of other crimes, both major and minor, on the way to the satisfactory resolution of this inventive installment. Agent: Kim Lionetti, BookEnds. (Aug.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Booklist Review

A dead man is found on farmland outside a little Texas town. Before Sheriff Dan Rhodes can get a handle on what happened, another corpse turns up, and the sheriff is so busy investigating he has to skip lunch. That happens a lot, he muses, and he wonders why all these missed meals haven't caused him to lose weight. As the pace picks up, Rhodes speculates that a hat would keep his bald patch from getting sunburned. This is the twentysomething offering in Crider's popular cozy-but-watch-out Rhodes series. Many cozy elements are here, like the supporting cast of eccentrics, including the fellow promoting ghost repellent, and the criminals who turn out to be part of the little community. But don't forget the watch-out part. Crider breaks the cozy mold after the halfway point, when murder, thievery, fraud, and drug trafficking turn the laid-back Rhodes into an action hero; the writing, typically flat as the landscape, catches fire. Rhodes, we see, can defeat alligators (go for the eyes) as well as spot clues. A winning series, much in the manner of Steven F. Havill's Posadas County mysteries.--Crinklaw, Don Copyright 2016 Booklist

Library Journal Review

Sheriff Dan Rhodes is always busy, even in small-town Texas. There are stickups at the local convenience store, ranch robberies, and a corpse in Billy Bacon's barn. Another dead guy and an alligator guarding a marijuana patch down by Bacon's Creek are all the pieces Dan needs to solve the crimes. This marks the 23rd installment in the long-running series (after Between the Living and the Dead). © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.