{"product_id":"black-light-paperback","title":"Black Light - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Hunter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOnly one thing stands between a son and his father's killer: forty years of lies. . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a remote Arizona ranch, a man who has known loss, fear, and war weeps for the first time since he was a child. His tears are for the father taken from him four decades before in a deadly shoot-out. And his grief will lead him back to the place where he was born, where his father died, and where a brutal conspiracy is about to explode. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Bob Lee Swagger, the world changed on that hot day in Blue Eye, Arkansas, when two local boys rode armed and wild in a '55 Fairlane convertible. Swagger's father, Earl, a state trooper, was investigating the brutal murder of a young woman that day. By midnight Earl Swagger lay dead in a deserted cornfield. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow Bob Lee wants answers. He wants to know the truth behind the shoot -out that took his father's life, a mystery buried in forty years of lies. Because for Bob Lee Swagger, the killing didn't end that day in Blue Eye, Arkansas. The killing had just begun . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWeaving together characters from his national bestsellers \u003ci\u003ePoint of Impact\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDirty White Boys\u003c\/i\u003e, Stephen Hunter's gripping thriller builds to an exhilarating climax--and an explosion of gunfire that blasts open the secrets of two generations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBlack Light\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Put on your seat belt--\u003ci\u003eBlack Light\u003c\/i\u003e is a wild ride you won't forget.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Nobody writes action better than Stephen Hunter and \u003ci\u003eBlack Light\u003c\/i\u003e is one of his best. . .  The] action scenes play like a movie, the plot is intriguing and the writing is top-notch.\"\u003cb\u003e--Phillip Margolin\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Only a handful of writers today can match Hunter for imagination and the ability to make a reader's adrenaline rush.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Filled with detail, clever plotting, suspense, and a hunt to the death that leaves the reader dry-mouthed with tension. Hunter knows his guns, and he writes about them with a precision that holds the attention of even a fervent anti-gun supporter.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Orlando Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the most skilled hands in the thriller business. The plot is fast-paced, well-constructed and builds to a pulse-pounding night ambush. . . . It should seal his reputation as an author who not only can write bestselling thrillers, but write them exceedingly well.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly one thing stands between a son and his father's killer: forty years of lies.. \u003cbr\u003eOn a remote Arizona ranch, a man who has known loss, fear, and war weeps for the first time since he was a child. His tears are for the father taken from him four decades before in a deadly shoot-out. And his grief will lead him back to the place where he was born, where his father died, and where a brutal conspiracy is about to explode. \u003cbr\u003eFor Bob Lee Swagger, the world changed on that hot day in Blue Eye, Arkansas, when two local boys rode armed and wild in a '55 Fairlane convertible. Swagger's father, Earl, a state trooper, was investigating the brutal murder of a young woman that day. By midnight Earl Swagger lay dead in a deserted cornfield. \u003cbr\u003eNow Bob Lee wants answers. He wants to know the truth behind the shoot -out that took his father's life, a mystery buried in forty years of lies. Because for Bob Lee Swagger, the killing didn't end that day in Blue Eye, Arkansas. The killing had just begun... \u003cbr\u003eWeaving together characters from his national bestsellers \"Point of Impact and \"Dirty White Boys, Stephen Hunter's gripping thriller builds to an exhilarating climax--and an explosion of gunfire that blasts open the secrets of two generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Hunter\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of 20 novels and the retired chief film critic for \u003ci\u003ethe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, where he won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism. His novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Third Bullet;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSniper's Honor;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eI, Sniper;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eI, Ripper;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePoint of Impact\u003c\/i\u003e, which was adapted for film and TV as \u003ci\u003eShooter. \u003c\/i\u003eHunter lives in Baltimore, Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 6.92 x 4.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42176465698951,"sku":"9780440223139","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/c90587c4ef2f9e5c1d4d185526649fdc.webp?v=1733390018","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/black-light-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}