Leather Maiden

Name: Leather Maiden
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Joe R. Lansdale
ISBN: 9781436185547

Author: Joe R. Lansdale

Narrator: Tom Butler-Bowdon

Unabridged: 9 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/09/2009

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

Edgar Award winner Joe R. Lansdale writes outrageous fiction that rockets along with violent spikes of action and intense humor. Gulf War vet Cason Statler has moved back to his East Texas hometown after losing his job as a reporter in Houston (sleeping with both the boss' wife and 30-year-old stepdaughter has a way of ruining career prospects). But when his new gig has him investigating a local girl's disappearance, Cason opens a can of worms that might get him killed.

About Joe R. Lansdale

Joe R. Lansdale is the author of over thirty novels and numerous short stories. His work has appeared in national anthologies, magazines, and collections, as well as numerous foreign publications. He has written for comics, television, film, newspapers, and Internet sites. His work has been collected in eighteen short-story collections, and he has edited or co-edited over a dozen anthologies.

Lansdale has received the Edgar Award, eight Bram Stoker Awards, the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Grinzani Cavour Prize for Literature, the Herodotus Historical Fiction Award, the Inkpot Award for Contributions to Science Fiction and Fantasy, and many others.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Amos on October 13, 2024

Some folks sure do have some strange (blood-permeated) hobbies, and this tale here tells you aaaaall about a couple of them. Oh, the wanton evil that lost souls do... LET THE ICHOR FLOW, YO!!! Lansdale crafted another dark one here, but, per usual, he also let a couple rays of sunshine in. 3 1/2 Skin......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan on September 09, 2016

Joe R. Lansdale is one of the greatest writers alive. He's a genre all his own, and LEATHER MAIDEN is another excellent entry into his diverse canon of work. The protagonist (Cason Statler) is an emotionally-wounded, self-sabotaging Iraq war vet who's a good deal smarter and tougher than the reporte......more

Goodreads review by Kemper on February 18, 2009

A brutal redneck crime story with memorable villians and plenty of dark humor. In other words, another Joe Lansdale book.......more