Description: Primary Target by John Billheimer Ten years after California Governor Red Davison engineered the collapse of Owen Allisons consulting firm, Owen crosses paths with the Davison family again. A win in the West Virginia primary is all Reds son Jason needs to capture his partys presidential nomination. Reporter Tom ODay believes that votes are for sale. Sheriff Thad Reader enlists Owens help to keep his county clean, but Owen is sidetracked when one of the partners in his failed firm commits suicide and old records are stolen. As the Davison campaign is rocked by the disappearance of an aide, a bomb explodes in Owens home office. Is the bomber trying to destroy records of the past, or is Owen the primary target? FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography John Billheimer, a native West Virginian, lives in Portola Valley, California. He holds an engineering Ph.D. from Stanford and writes the "funny, sometimes touching," Owen Allison mystery series set in Appalachias coalfields. The Drood Review voted his first book, The Contrary Blues, one of the ten best mysteries of 1998. Four subsequent novels, Highway Robbery, Dismal Mountain, Drybone Hollow and Stonewall Jacksons Elbow, explore a variety of Mountain State scams, scandals and frauds. Primary Target is the sixth book in the series. Billheimer has also written Field of Schemes and A Player to be Maimed Later, entries in a mystery series featuring sportswriter Lloyd Keaton, as well as Baseball and the Blame Game, a nonfiction look at scapegoating in the major leagues, and Hitchcock and the Censors, a look at all forms of movie censorship and how Alfred Hitchcock coped with them. Review "All politics is local, and the greatest mysteries are of the human heart -- two truths that come together to build an infinitely appealing world around consultant Owen Allison. Billheimers dry humor and rock-solid characters bring a quiet corner of America into the center of everything. More, please!" -- Laurie R. King, New York Times bestselling author of the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes mysteries"John By Gawd Billheimer has done it again -- with an encyclopedic knowledge of Appalachian history and characters ripped from todays headlines, Primary Target is a taut mystery with a timely warning of the state of politics today." -- Craig Johnson, author of the Walt Longmire Mysteries, basis for the Netflix drama Longmire Details ISBN1932325573 ISBN-10 1932325573 ISBN-13 9781932325577 Format Paperback Pages 346 Series Owen Allison Year 2019 Imprint Mystery Company Subtitle An Owen Allison Mystery Language English Publication Date 2019-09-03 Author John Billheimer Publisher Mystery Company DEWEY 813.54 Short Title Primary Target UK Release Date 2019-09-03 Series Number 6 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159712076;
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Book Title: Primary Target: an Owen Allison Mystery
Item Height: 201mm
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Author: John Billheimer
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Topic: General Politics, Books
Publisher: Mystery Company
Publication Year: 2019
Item Weight: 295g
Number of Pages: 346 Pages