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The donut legion / Joe R. Lansdale.
"Charlie Garner has a bad feeling. His ex-wife, Meg, has been missing for over a week and one quick peek into her home shows all her possessions packed up in boxes. Neighbors claim she's running from bill collectors, but Charlie suspects something more sinister is afoot. Meg was last seen working at the local donut shop, a business run by a shadow group most refer to as 'The Saucer People'; a space-age, evangelist cult ... Along with his brother Felix ... Charlie uncovers strange and frightening details aboutthe compound ... When the body of their key informer is found dead with his arms ripped out of their sockets, Charlie knows he's in danger but remains dogged in his quest to rescue Meg"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316540681 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 291 pages ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company, 2022.
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| Subject: | Cults > Fiction. Divorced men > Fiction. Missing persons > Fiction. Murder > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Novels. |
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- Baker & Taylor
When his ex-wife, Meg, who works at a local donut shop run by an evangelist cult who believes in an extraterrestrial Second Coming, goes missing, Charlie Garner, along with his brother and a reporter, uncovers strange and frightening details in his quest to rescue Meg. 25,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
"Charlie Garner has a bad feeling. His ex-wife, Meg, has been missing for over a week and one quick peek into her home shows all her possessions packed up in boxes. Neighbors claim she's running from bill collectors, but Charlie suspects something more sinister is afoot. Meg was last seen working at the local donut shop, a business run by a shadow group most refer to as 'The Saucer People'; a space-age, evangelist cult...Along with his brother Felix...Charlie uncovers strange and frightening details about the compound...When the body of their key informer is found dead with his arms ripped out of their sockets, Charlie knows he's in danger but remains dogged in his quest to rescue Meg"-- - Grand Central Pub
In this standalone, Edgar-award winning author, Joe R. Lansdale, whom "few can match" (Booklist) beams a light on an East Texas town where a QAnon-style, evangelist cult is brewing trouble.Â
Charlie Garner has a bad feeling. His ex-wife, Meg, has been missing for over a week and one quick peek into her home shows all her possessions packed up in boxes. Neighbors claim sheâs running from bill collectors, but Charlie suspects something more sinister is afoot. Meg was last seen working at the local donut shop, a business run by a shadow group most refer to as âThe Saucer Peopleâ; a space-age, evangelist cult who believe their compound to be the site of an extraterrestrial Second Coming.
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Along with his brother, Felix, and beautiful, randy journalist Amelia âScrappyâ Moon, Charlie uncovers strange and frightening details about the compound (read: a massive, doomsday storehouse of weapons, a leashed chimpanzee!) When the body of their key informer is found dead with his arms ripped out of their sockets, Charlie knows heâs in danger but remains dogged in his quest to rescue Meg.
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Brimming with colorful characters and Lansdaleâs characteristic bounce, this rollicking crime novel examines the insidious rise of fringe groups and those under their sway with black comedy and glints of pathos.
