Staff Pick
Hooray! This is the Charlaine Harris I fell in love with at the beginning of the Sookie Stackhouse series. An Easy Death had me putting off chores so I could spend my whole weekend with my new gun-slinging, ass-kicking girlfriend, Lizbeth. I am so looking forward to the rest of this alternate history series. Recommended By Tracey T., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
“Immersive, involving, suspenseful, and intriguing, with a main character you’ll love.” — Lee Child, #1 internationally bestselling author of the Jack Reacher novels
“When a master of her craft offers to tell you a story, let her. The results are dazzling.” — Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of the Alex, Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning Wayward Children series.
The beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series, the inspiration for HBO’s True Blood, and the Midnight Crossroad trilogy adapted for NBC’s Midnight, Texas, has written a taut new thriller — the first in the Gunnie Rose series — centered on a young gunslinging mercenary, Lizbeth Rose.
Set in a fractured United States, in the southwestern country now known as Texoma. A world where magic is acknowledged but mistrusted, especially by a young gunslinger named Lizbeth Rose. Battered by a run across the border to Mexico Lizbeth Rose takes a job offer from a pair of Russian wizards to be their local guide and gunnie. For the wizards, Gunnie Rose has already acquired a fearsome reputation and they’re at a desperate crossroad, even if they won’t admit it. They’re searching through the small border towns near Mexico, trying to locate a low-level magic practitioner, Oleg Karkarov. The wizards believe Oleg is a direct descendant of Grigori Rasputin, and that Oleg’s blood can save the young tsar’s life.
As the trio journey through an altered America, shattered into several countries by the assassination of Franklin Roosevelt and the Great Depression, they’re set on by enemies. It’s clear that a powerful force does not want them to succeed in their mission. Lizbeth Rose is a gunnie who has never failed a client, but her oath will test all of her skills and resolve to get them all out alive.
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“A gripping, twisty-turny, thrill-ride of a read." Karin Slaughter,, New York Times bestselling author of Pieces of Her
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"When a master of her craft offers to tell you a story, let her. The results are dazzling." Seanan McGuire,, New York Times bestselling author of the Alex, Hugo, & Nebula, Award-winning Wayward Children series
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“Immersive, involving, suspenseful and intriguing, with a main character you’ll love. Think you know Charlaine Harris? Think again!” Lee Child,, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher novels
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“A gritty, action-filled story, An Easy Death is an alternate history Western with a touch of magic. Gunny Rose, the tough but sympathetic protagonist, gives us a clear-sighted look at her world as she works to complete her contract and keep her clients alive.” Anne Bishop,, New York Times bestselling author of Lake Silence and the Black Jewels novels
About the Author
#1 New York Times bestseller Charlaine Harris was born in Mississippi and lives in southern Arkansas with her husband, daughter and three dogs. Their sons are out of the nest. She’s written four series and two stand-alone novels in addition to numerous short stories and a novella or two. Her Sookie Stackhouse books have appeared in twenty-five different languages and on many best-seller lists. They’re also the basis of the HBO series True Blood.