Butcher Pen Road, Kris Lackey
Butcher Pen Road, Kris Lackey
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Butcher Pen Road
A Novel

Author: Kris Lackey

Narrator: Mark Bramhall

Unabridged: 6 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/11/2021

Synopsis

On Oklahoma’s Big Rock Prairie, a deaf boy finds a body in Pennington Creek. Johnston County Deputy Hannah Bond and Chickasaw Lighthorse Police Sergeant Bill Maytubby find a crime scene where nothing seems to fit—from the dead angler’s oversize waders to the kind of fish in his creel. They scour the creekside brush, then hit the road for Texas in a widening search for the killer.On the Big Rock, a towering bearded man is building a limestone replica of Roman Jerusalem for a Christian passion play. His cronies, who are in league with an interstate fraud ring, want the boy to disappear now.Flying an ancient rented Cessna, Maytubby takes fire from a suspect he is tailing, while Bond combs river trails for traces of the killer.While Maytubby and Bond try to protect the deaf boy and his mother from the crime ring, an improbable ally materializes from the prairie oak thickets, wielding a monstrous shotgun.

About Kris Lackey

Kris Lackey, author of the USA Today bestseller Nail’s Crossing, has published stories in the Missouri Review, Wisconsin Review, Cimarron Review, and other magazines. He lives in Norman, Oklahoma.

About Mark Bramhall

Mark Bramhall has won the prestigious Audie Award for best narration, more than thirty AudioFile Earphones Awards, and has repeatedly been named by AudioFile magazine and Publishers Weekly among their “Best Voices of the Year.” He is also an award-winning actor whose acting credits include off-Broadway, regional, and many Los Angeles venues as well as television, animation, and feature films. He has taught and directed at the American Academy of Dramatic Art.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rowena on July 14, 2021

There are a few crime writers who can expertly evoke a sense of place and of genuine people; who can transfer those authentic voices to the printed page. Kris Lackey is one of those authors. It’s no mean feat and it’s punishingly tough to accomplish in minimal prose. With the Bond and Maytubby serie......more

Goodreads review by Jules The Book Junkie Reviews on September 14, 2021

Butcher Pen Road is Kris Lackey’s the third effort chronicling the detective exploits of law enforcement collaborators Lighthorse Police Seargent Bill Maytubby and Johnston County Deputy Hannah Bond. Author Lackey definitely has a winning formula with these two characters and the friendly yet compet......more

Goodreads review by Iain on December 23, 2021

A Good Read A well written story with characters you feel are your friends. Kris has done his research, makes me want to visit Oklahoma, and spend time there.......more

Goodreads review by Caitlyn on July 18, 2021

When a body is found dressed in expensive fishing gear two sizes too big, fly-fishing gear and trout to hand, in a creek too small for that kind of fishing, Lighthorse policeman Bill Maytubby and county deputy Hannah Bond know something’s hinky. It’s not their jurisdiction, though, because although......more

Goodreads review by Monnie on June 23, 2021

Honestly, I wanted to like this one; it's got the major ingredients I love, like being a series with a couple of intriguing-sounding characters, here in the form of Chickasaw Lighthorse Police Sergeant Bill Maytubby and his friend, Johnston County Deputy Hanna Bond. This book is the third in the ser......more

Quotes

“Lackey has penned another fast-paced mystery with the unlikely but highly capable law-enforcement duo of Chickasaw Lighthorseman Bill Maytubby and Deputy Hannah Bond. The author’s brilliant descriptions bring details alive, picking up the reader and depositing them squarely in the middle of Oklahoma Indian Country. Go along for an adventurous and dangerous ride. You’ll be glad you did. You won’t want to put this book down until you’ve turned the last page, and then you’ll want more.” Sara Sue Hoklotubbe, author of the award-winning Sadie Walela mystery series

“There are a few crime writers who can expertly evoke a sense of place and of genuine people; who can transfer their authentic voices to the printed page. Kris Lackey is one of those authors…Lackey has created characters every bit as witty and engaging as Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers…This is a crime series which wears its humanity firmly on its sleeve. There may be moments of brutalizing violence and lethal force, but these are easily offset by the likeable characters and their affable good humor. There’s none of the bleak nihilism which so frequently permeates crime fiction set in backwoods America. The result is ultimately uplifting and affirming, and I can’t wait for the next one.” Murder, Mayhem & More

“An impeccably written tale laced with humor and featuring unorthodox, believable detectives.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“A quick-read police procedural that is aided by knowledge and context of the setting while highlighting the challenges of law enforcement in rural Oklahoma. For fans of Kent Anderson, Danny Gardner, and Lisa Sandlin.” Library Journal

“Kris Lackey’s strong points are his characterizations. Each unique bad guy isn’t always all bad, the good guys make mistakes, and Bill and Hannah are wholesome heroes who will walk through fire to protect their people. Excellent reading.” Roundup Magazine

“An original, entertaining, deftly crafted Bill Maytubby and Hannah Bond mystery by Kris Lackey, Butcher Pen Road is a riveting read from beginning to end. Laced with cliff-hanger plot twists and unexpected turns, Butcher Pen Road is especially and unreservedly recommended.” Midwest Book Review

“As fine a mystery series debut as I’ve read in a long time—you’re going to want more of Tribal Lighthorse Policeman Bill Maytubby and Deputy Hannah Bond.” Craig Johnson, New York Times bestselling author, on Nail’s Crossing

Awards

  • Oklahoma Bestseller
  • Reading the West Book Award
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