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Avalanche: A Sheriff Bo Tully Mystery (Sheriff Bo Tully Mysteries)
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- Author: Patrick F. McManus
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Release Date: March 2008
- ISBN-10: 1416532773
- ISBN-13: 9781416532774
- List Price: $14.00
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Summaries and Customer Reviews provided by Amazon
SummaryWhen the call comes in that Mike Wilson, the unlikable owner of the fancy West Branch Lodge, has gone missing, Sheriff Bo Tully is delighted. He'll have to stay at the lodge and investigate in luxury! But when an avalanche traps him there for the foreseeable future, along with his retired sheriff father, a motley group of vacationers, and a naughty old flame, life starts to get complicated. The missing persons case turns out to be a murder case, Tully discovers the avalanche was no accident of nature, and suddenly everyone starts to look like a suspect -- even the murder victim! It's up to Tully to figure it all out in this comic romp through the wilds of Blight County, Idaho, from bestselling author Patrick McManus. |
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Reasonably fun
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This is the second book in a new series featuring a sheriff in the great north, somewhere called Blight County. The main character, Sheriff Bo Tully, travels to visit a ski lodge in search of the husband of the owner, who's been reported missing. When he gets there (with his father, a retired sheriff himself) he's almost killed by an avalanche, which also cuts the ski lodge off from outside contact.
Apparently the author has a reputation as a humorist in outdoors circles, writing for various magazines. This book has a lot of snappy dialog, though some of it seems forced and a bit unrealistic. The mystery part of it is reasonably well-handled, and comes off pretty suspenseful also. I enjoyed the whole thing reasonably well, and would be interested in future entries in the series.
McManus
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The second in the series and better than the first. Pat only gets better with time and this is an enjoyable one. Recommended.
Avalanche
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I thoroughly enjoy Patrick McManus' literature. I appreciated the opportunity to add this to my library.
Literary Pool
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Mr. McManus has done it again. He must be a master at the study of people being people. This creation Avalanche leaves the reader with his mind running in all directions but is so interesting one finds themselves suspecting solutions. I have a short story primer Mr. Pat wrote and he talked about writing humor was like shooting pool the more banks you hit the better the effect. I have tried to apply this to the Two books of short stories that I have now in print. "SO YOU GOT TO GET RIGHT BACK ON ????" and "SO WHAT WAS I THINKING ????" and in the book I will soon be sending to the printer "SO I FLEW WITH THE WIND ????". I can only dream of having the same skills Mr. McManus has, he is a real inspiration.
McManus Mystery Extraordinare
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If you have not read Patrick F. McManus stories in Outdoor Life or his many collections, please do. The world is so much easier to take when you can relate your worst moments to one of the many adventures he describes.
This book is written in the truly superb style that only McManus has. What can any review add to the writings of Patrick F. McManus? Why would anyone need convincing that they should own the entire Patrick F. McManus library!?! Try it...you'll laugh your posterior off!
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