Each week, our editors select the one author and one book they believe to be most worthy of your attention and highlight them in our pro connect email alert. Holy moly was the finale in the blanco county series. Holy moly by charles lohrmann with the release of his new novel, holy moly st. Im sorry to say i wont be buying anymore preformed by robert king ross. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. Holy moly by ben rehder 20, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Ben rehder has written 14 novels until today and some of the best novels among them include. Rehders cult of loyal readers will miss the notably deranged cast that populate his fictionalyetrecognizable hill country landscape. This has been a great series with many of the same characters appearing in each of the blanco, texas books.
Ben rehder wanted to become a writer ever since he was dropped on his head as a toddler. Other novels by ben rehder buck fever bone dry flat crazy guilt trip gun shy holy moly the chicken hanger the driving lesson gone the next. I usually love ben rehder s books and laugh out loud at times but i found this one difficult to follow. Bone dry, holy moly, guilt trip and the driving lesson etc. The author is also planning to publish ebooks of his previous novels to allow readers to read the full book at low cost. In gun shy, the national weapons alliance rally in support of every americans right to bear arms is meant to garner huge publicity. He writes the blanco county mysteries featuring john marlin. Dallas morning news word is that ben rehder might drop the curtain on his snarky blanco county mystery series.
Jun 27, 2008 holy moly was my third and most certainly not my last book from ben rehder. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading holy moly blanco county mysteries book 6. Holy moly rich with clever prose, oddball characters and laughaloud plot twists. Written by ben rehder, narrated by robert king ross. This time his main target is the religious hypocrisy often found in the mega churches. Holy moly blanco county mysteries book 6 kindle edition by rehder, ben. The series features a texas game warden named john marlin, who is often brought into homicide investigations and not by choice. Im not saying there will never be another one, but at this point, im not planning on it. Rehder is an established writer who majored in english at the university of texas.
Rehders cult of loyal readers will miss the notably deranged cast that populate his. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Charlie dunbar had big plans for the summer break, but becoming a fugitive was nowhere on the list. And the host of the event is none other than the nwas newest spokesman, handsome country superstar mitch. The blanco county texas series in order ben rehder. Ben rehder writes about the texas hill country with such insightful appreciation that hes come to own the territory, much the same way carl hiaasen owns south florida. Much like he did with gun shy austin, texas area writer ben rehder has penned another often funny novel that lets everyone in sight have it. Ben rehder televangelist peter boothes plans to build a megachurch on the banks of the pedernales river are threatened when backhoe operator hollis farley unearths a dinosaur fossil on the site, but when. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Rehder always wanted to write, and as he grew older, the desire to become a novelist only grew. If some publisher came along who simply couldnt live without another one, well, then things might be different. In book 10, hermes gives the herb to odysseus to protect him from circes. Ben rehder is an edgar, shamus, and barry award finalist, and he won the texas philosophical societys award of merit in 20.
Ben longed to craft the type of soulstirring prose that would touch peoples lives and help them explore new emotional horizons. Download and keep this book for free with a 30 day trial. Holy moly was my third and most certainly not my last book from ben rehder. The excellent story telling skills of ben rehders, his excellent comic. Holy moly blanco county, texas, book 6 by ben rehder. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. Ben longed to craft the type of soulstirring prose that would touch peoples.
What this series the blanco county mysteries has done for texas is what carl hiassen has done for florida. He ended up working in advertising instead, but got bored with it and decided to give the novelwriting dream a shot. Buck fever bone dry flat crazy guilt trip gun shy holy moly the chicken hanger the driving lesson gone the next hog heaven. The author, an edgar award finalist, is a sharp stylist with an engaging and frequently irreverent sense of humor. Other novels by ben rehder buck fever bone dry flat crazy guilt trip gun shy holy moly the chicken hanger the driving lesson gone the next get busy dying. A blanco county mystery featuring game warden john marlin. Holy moly by ben rehder english paperback book free shipping. What this series the blanco county mysteries has done for. May 30, 2008 holy moly by charles lohrmann with the release of his new novel, holy moly st. Perhaps with a different author but not rehder s books. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Not long ago, at a book club, a reader asked if i was doing anything to commemorate the end of the blanco county series. Fans of ben rehder s earlier comic mysteries will be in heaven hog heaven. Holy moly blanco county mysteries book 6 kindle edition. Ben rehder is currently considered a single author. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. The blanco county mysteries this wild and wacky series has won ben dozens of fans across the nation and around the, uh, nation. Ben rehder in his hilarious holy moly places televangelists and the creationism vs.
The tension rises even higher when the death of the local boy turns out to be more complicated than it originally appeared. Ben rehder books among the most famous books written by this author includes the buck fever, bone day, guilt trip, flat crazy and holy moly. Apr, 20 holy moly was my third and most certainly not my last book from ben rehder. In this witty whodunit, the author tackles gun control, managing to skewer both sides of that polarizing issue with sly, satirical humor. The complete series list for a blanco county texas novel ben rehder. Buck fever bone dry flat crazy guilt trip gun shy holy moly the chicken hanger the driving lesson gone the next. Order of blanco county mysteries books the blanco county mysteries is a series of satiric mystery novels by american novelist ben rehder. Dallas morning news word is that ben rehder might drop the curtain on. Ben rehder books list of books by author ben rehder. Buck fever bone dry flat crazy guilt trip gun shy holy moly the chicken hanger the driving lesson gone the next get busy dying.
Martins minotaur press, texas writer ben rehder is drawing a sixbook mystery series to a close. If you like ben rehder books, youll love carl hiaasen. Ben rehder holy moly read by jonathan davis ben rehder hog heaven read by robert king ross other ben rehder gone the next read by johnny peppers ben rehder the chicken hanger read by sergei burbank ben rehder the driving lesson read by maxwell glick ben rehder get busy dying read by johnny peppers. Literature and fiction, mystery and thrillers, humor submitted by. In the driving lesson by ben rehder, nowhere on charlie dunbars list of summer plans was become a fugitive with my ailing grandfather, but thats what happened, and now they are on the run together to see a special doctor. Fearing unpopular publicity, televangelist peter boothe.
Holy moly blanco county, texas, book 6 by ben rehder book cover, description, publication history. This wild and wacky series has won ben dozens of fans across the nation and around the, uh, nation. Welcome to ben rehders blanco county, texas, where the right to bear arms is about to go very, very wrong. The origin of the word moly in this phrase, comes from homers odyssey. Possible ex library copy, with all the markingsstickers of that library. As he grew into a young adult and the vertigo gradually dissipated, his passion for literature grew. Ben rehder is an american novelist of comic crime fiction and mystery novels. Ben rehder, brings out the plots creatively and in fact, other writers like tim dorsey have compared his writing style to that of one of the greatest writers of our time, carl hiaasen. Jonathan davis game warden john marlin investigates the murder of a backhoe operator who uncovered a fossil at the construction site of a new megachurch. A televangelist wants to build a megachurch in the county but a rare fossil is discovered on the property with darwinian publicity that will embarrass the church. Besides, he also came up with additional fiction books like a gunshy, chicken hunger, driving lesson hog heaven, gone the next stay party and get busy dying. Ben longed to craft the type of soulstirring prose that would to. Written by ben rehder, audiobook narrated by robert king ross. He takes readers on an adventure into the multimilliondollar realm of the televangelist on whose land the fossil was found, life in smalltown texas, and the inner workings of police investigation in the latest entry in this edgar awardnominated series.
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