"Everybody should read Patrick McManus."—New York Times Book Review
BOOKS
The Double-Jack Murders
A double-jack was a two-man drilling team in an earlier day of mining. It consisted of a person with a low IQ and another person somewhat smarter. The person with the low IQ held the drilling steel while the smarter one hit it with a large sledge hammer. It usually took a hundred hits to get the hole deep enough to insert the blasting powder of dynamite. In 1927, a double-jack vanishes. Blight Country Sheriff Bo Tully must first determine if there was a murder and then solve it. Various romantic distractions complicate his investigation, as well as the distraction that a crazed mountain man is intent on murdering him. McManus humor sparkles through the novel, perhaps establishing it as one of the funniest mysteries ever. Its cast of characters surpasses for weirdness even those in the author’s numerous and much-praised collections of short-humor pieces.
The Blight Way (2006)
The New York Times best-selling author kicks off a rousing new mystery series set in the rarefied air of the Rockies-where maverick local sheriff Bo Tully has his hands full trying to ferret out a murderer among the colorful denizens of Blight County.
"One of the most entertaining mystery debuts in years."
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Avalanche (2007)
A series here to stay: McManus's first book, The Blight Way, took off and hit a few bestseller lists along the way. It didn't take long before readers were clamoring for the next installment. The success of The Blight Way has paved the road for a long-lasting Bo Tully mystery series.
A page-turning mystery filled with mirth andmisadventure: In Avalanche, beloved Sheriff Bo Tully is on his way up to West Branch Lodge, a fancy resort, to investigate a missing persons case. When an avalanche thunders down the mountain, Tully resigns himself to spending some extra time at the lodge. However, nothing can ever be relaxing for Tully, and he soon finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation, not just a missing persons report. Throw in Tully's old flame who's staying at the lodge (but without her husband), and Avalanche falls into place as the perfect second book to this witty series.
"...his idiosyncratic characters and their lunatic ways are what
make this folksy whodunit such fun to curl up with."
—New York Times Book Review
