Synopses & Reviews
Welcome to Blanco County, Texas, where the right to bear arms is about to go very, very wrong…
GUN SHY
Its just days before the National Weapons Alliance rally in Blanco County, and things couldnt be off to a worse start. First, an illegal immigrant is killed in a questionable hunting accident. Then, when local game warden John Marlin starts poking around for clues, he uncovers an astonishing secret—one that threatens to bring down the NWA. Turns out the host of this years rally, heartthrob country superstar Mitch Campbell, is not the Stetson-wearing, gun-toting, bull-riding man he appears to be…and someones planning to out him for the pill-popping, snowboarding, former rock-and-roller from Vermont he really is. Soon the entire town of Blanco finds itself in the dead center of a national scandal…and heading straight into the line of fire.
“Imagine Carl Hiaasen with a Texas accent.”
—The Denver Post
“Straight-shooter Rehder…packs firepower and poignant surprises.”—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
Review
"I love Ben Rehder.
Gun Shy is smart, funny, and tough, and sparkles with insight and truth." -Kinky Friedman, bestselling author of
Texas Hold 'Em"Wit, satire, suspense, complexity--Rehder hits everything he aims at." -Lee Child, bestselling author of The Hard Way
"Ben Rehder takes aim at both sides of the gun debate and shoots to kill with this funny, daring, bigger-than-life novel. Ben's best book yet." -Jeff Abbott, bestselling author of Fear
Review
“I love Ben Rehder. Gun Shy is smart, funny, and tough, and sparkles with insight and truth.”
—Kinky Friedman, bestselling author of Texas Hold ‘Em
“Imagine Carl Hiaasen with a Texas accent.”—The Denver Post
“Straight-shooter Rehder…packs firepower and poignant surprises.”—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) “Wickedly funny.”—Dallas Morning News “A thriller with more turns than a Hill Country highway…A darn good read. Satirical and often laugh-out-loud funny.”—San Antonio Express-News “Rehder has come to own [(the) Texas Hill Country], much the same way Carl Hiaasen owns South Florida. In this witty whodunit, the author tackles gun control, managing to skewer both sides of that polarizing issue with sly, satirical humor. With each new Rehder book, I cant help wondering when some enterprising TV or movie producer is going to snap up the authors hilarious series for the screen. Gun Shy is the best of the bunch: It scores a bulls-eye.”—Austin Chronicle “…no-holds-barred madcap comedy crime fiction.”—Booklist “[A] zany look at the world of gun control, deftly contrasting competing national organizations and their leaders. Rehders clever tale is right on target, laced with dark humor, funny characters, solid police work and an intriguing plot.”—Lansing State Journal
Synopsis
The National Weapons Alliance rally in support of every American's right to bear arms is meant to garner huge publicity. And the host of the event is none other than the NWA's newest spokesman, handsome country superstar Mitch Campbell.
What nobody suspects is that the Stetson-wearing, gun-toting, bull-riding Campbell is a fraud. He¹s really Norman Kleinschmidt, a pill-popping, snowboarding, former rock-and-roller from Vermont. To Campbell¹s dismay, someone from his past is about to make that secret a big, big problem.
Meanwhile, when an illegal immigrant is killed in a questionable hunting accident just days before the rally, local game warden John Marlin starts to poke around. It¹s not long before an astonishing series of events threatens to bring down the very carefully marketed Mitch Campbell, and maybe the NWA along with him.
Synopsis
Welcome to Blanco County, Texas, where the right to bear arms is about to go very, very wrong. In his most ambitious, hilarious, and commercial novel yet, Rehder mercilessly skewers all sides of America's gun culture. Martin's Press.
Synopsis
Its just days before the National Weapons Alliance rally in Blanco County, and things couldnt be off to a worse start. First, an illegal immigrant is killed in a questionable hunting accident. Then, when local game warden John Marlin starts poking around for clues, he uncovers an astonishing secret—one that threatens to bring down the NWA. Turns out the host of this years rally, heartthrob country superstar Mitch Campbell, is not the Stetson-wearing, gun-toting, bull-riding man he appears to be…and someones planning to out him for the pill-popping, snowboarding, former rock-and-roller from Vermont he really is. Soon the entire town of Blanco finds itself in the dead center of a national scandal…and heading straight into the line of fire.
About the Author
BEN REHDERs Blanco County mysteries Buck Fever, Bone Dry, Flat Crazy, and Guilt Trip have been nominated for the Edgar, Lefty, and Barry Awards. He lives near Austin, Texas, where he was born and raised.