For those of you in Rio Linda, Hunter is the creator of Bob Lee Swagger.

https://www.recoilweb.com/zero...n-hunter-129399.html

http://www.simonandschuster.co...ephen-Hunter/1485163


There is lots of good info in Recoil, including back issues:

https://www.recoilweb.com/

Great author. I've read all of his books.

^^^Agreed. Not so much a fan of the film adaptations, but that's not on him.

The Day Before Midnight IMO is the best of the books but most of them are excellent!

Good guy. We talked to him for a few minutes at SHOT some years ago.

He is one of my favorite authors. I have 21 books by him including an autographed copy of Hot Springs. They are all good but Point of Impact and Time to Hunt are my favorites.

It's funny how Second Saladin, Master Sniper, and Dirty White Boys aren't actual Bob Lee Swagger novels, yet exist within the same universe with people and/or events directly affecting him.

I'm currently reading G-Man, which is about his grandfather, Charles Swagger.

They make old Chuck any less an evil sonofabitch in the new book? Honestly, one character I would have preferred stay dead.

For the uninitiated, Charles Swagger is a prohibition era lawman with questionable moral leanings that was verbally and physically abusive to his wife and both sons. Liked alcohol, gambling and pre-teen boys. Covered it all with a heavy veil of religion and piety.

I haven’t finished reading the book, yet; however, what I’ve read portrays him in the period of time when he was a decent man.

Great books. Completed Hot Springs and a Time to Hunt. Black Light is next.

Have great memories of reading all those books. Had a particular liking for the Earl Swagger novels, including Havana.

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Originally posted by Orguss:
I haven’t finished reading the book, yet; however, what I’ve read portrays him in the period of time when he was a decent man.

Best I can figure, he kept the kinks hidden well enough until the train robbery depicted in Hot Spriings. I think his conscience got the best of him after that...

Either way, I wish he'd have been left in the past.

I was a big fan until Charles Swagger. Hunter totally jumped the shark with me with the samurai novel. Haven’t read anything of his since, it was total dreck. I enjoyed the Swagger series in general, but The Master Sniper was my favorite, hands down. The title sounds cheesy and off-putting, but if you are at all interested in WWII, it’s worth a read. It’s a stand-alone that I think is one of his best works.