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Comeback
(1990)(The first book in the Gun Pedersen Mystery series)
A novel by Leif Enger and Lin Enger
1991 Edgar Award for Best Paperback original (nominee)
***NOMINATED FOR AN EDGAR AWARD***
In the midst of substantial personal loss and scandal, six-foot-six Gunsten Søren Pedersen, the Detroit Tigers’ worshipped, veteran fence-swinger, walked away from his career and sport that he loved. Retiring to the tranquil solitude of Minnesota’s North Woods, disgraced, Gun left behind disappointed fans and searing press coverage. But a millionaire real estate investor is out to tear up Gun’s new turf. Loon Country Attractions, to be built on Gun’s piece of paradise, comes replete with an amusement park, convention center, and shopping super-center—with vast environmental degradation to boot. The townsfolk are divided, and Gun is further pulled into the center of the chaos when his daughter becomes pawn in a political campaign that’s turned ugly. Gun seizes the opportunity for redemption, fighting for everything that he holds dear. Fans of Lee Child's Jack Reacher, Craig Johnson's Longmire, and Nevada Barr's Anna Pigeon, enjoy the Engers' Gun Pedersen.
***PRAISE FOR THE GUN PEDERSEN SERIES***
COMEBACK:
“A well-written, fast-reading thriller. . . . It���s got everything.”
—Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine
“Comeback is so good, you want to sit down and read it all at once. It’s got love and shame and money and the Minnesota woods and lakes, and dark mystery, and a reluctant hero, and it’s written with humor and passion.”
—Garrison Keillor
SWING:
���Solidly entertaining.”
—ALA Booklist
“In Swing, the plot twists as unpredictably as a hangman’s rope. Swing has muscle (and heart, too).”
—Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine
“[A] sure hit.”
—R.D. Zimmerman, author of Deadfall in Berlin
STRIKE:
“Compelling.”
—Publishers Weekly
SACRIFICE:
“Sacrifice is the best novel I’ve read this year. Not just the best mystery, but the best novel, period.”
—Jeremiah Healy, author of the John Francis Cuddy series
“Sharp and engaging!”
—Minneapolis Star Tribune
THE SINNERS’ LEAGUE:
“[A] revelation . . .”
—Booklist
Genre: Mystery
In the midst of substantial personal loss and scandal, six-foot-six Gunsten Søren Pedersen, the Detroit Tigers’ worshipped, veteran fence-swinger, walked away from his career and sport that he loved. Retiring to the tranquil solitude of Minnesota’s North Woods, disgraced, Gun left behind disappointed fans and searing press coverage. But a millionaire real estate investor is out to tear up Gun’s new turf. Loon Country Attractions, to be built on Gun’s piece of paradise, comes replete with an amusement park, convention center, and shopping super-center—with vast environmental degradation to boot. The townsfolk are divided, and Gun is further pulled into the center of the chaos when his daughter becomes pawn in a political campaign that’s turned ugly. Gun seizes the opportunity for redemption, fighting for everything that he holds dear. Fans of Lee Child's Jack Reacher, Craig Johnson's Longmire, and Nevada Barr's Anna Pigeon, enjoy the Engers' Gun Pedersen.
***PRAISE FOR THE GUN PEDERSEN SERIES***
COMEBACK:
“A well-written, fast-reading thriller. . . . It���s got everything.”
—Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine
“Comeback is so good, you want to sit down and read it all at once. It’s got love and shame and money and the Minnesota woods and lakes, and dark mystery, and a reluctant hero, and it’s written with humor and passion.”
—Garrison Keillor
SWING:
���Solidly entertaining.”
—ALA Booklist
“In Swing, the plot twists as unpredictably as a hangman’s rope. Swing has muscle (and heart, too).”
—Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine
“[A] sure hit.”
—R.D. Zimmerman, author of Deadfall in Berlin
STRIKE:
“Compelling.”
—Publishers Weekly
SACRIFICE:
“Sacrifice is the best novel I’ve read this year. Not just the best mystery, but the best novel, period.”
—Jeremiah Healy, author of the John Francis Cuddy series
“Sharp and engaging!”
—Minneapolis Star Tribune
THE SINNERS’ LEAGUE:
“[A] revelation . . .”
—Booklist
Genre: Mystery
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