Flat Crazy (Blanco County Mystery S.) - Hardcover

Rehder, Ben

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 031232135X ISBN 13: 9780312321352

Publisher: Minotaur Books,US, 2004

Synopsis

Things get out of hand in Blanco County when the local population deals with a mythical beast called the chupacabra. Of course, it doesn't help game warden John Marlin's cause when a dead body turns up with a suspicious fang-like wound in its neck.

About this title

Review:

"Another of Rehder's relentlessly twisted tales. Outrageous fun." - Kirkus Reviews"

From the Back Cover:

MYSTERIOUS CREATURE...
Being the final day of deer season, Blanco County game warden John Marlin shouldn't have anymore on his mind than working his way through a cold six-pack. That's his plan until a screaming, half-naked immigrant named Jorge who comes tearing out of the woods with one word on his trembling lips...Chupacabra! The mythical critter shouldn't be too hard to find, what with its vampire fangs, a lion's head, and the face of the devil...

MYSTERIOUS MURDER
Marlin's hoping that Jorge's just gone simple. But if that's the case, then why the blood-drained corpse in the woods with puncture wounds on his neck? When national media descend locust-style, everyone decides to take advantage of the publicity, including two Chinese dwarves exploring a career in adult films, an enterprising car thief, a con man with an illegal-game scam, and a pair of bubbas with a loopy plan to capture the legendary beast. It's all Marlin can do to keep from going flat crazy himself-before another body turns up.

"You'd have to be Flat Crazy to miss a Ben Rehder book."
-Rick Riordan, author of Southtown

"Another of Rehder's relentlessly twisted tales. Outrageous fun."
-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

About this edition

• Publisher: Minotaur Books,US
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 031232135X
• ISBN 13: 9780312321352
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320