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Language English Publication date September 10, 2013 Pages 340 Originally published 10 September 2013 Page count 340 Country United States of America | 4.1/5 Goodreads Publisher Mulholland Books Media type Print (Hardcover) ISBN 978-0-316-18845-6 Genre Crime Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preceded by In Waders from Mars, The Ape Man's Brother Similar Works by Joe R Lansdale, Crime Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Thicket is an mystery/suspense novel written by American author Joe R. Lansdale. It was released by Mulholland Books on September 10, 2013. The title refers to Big Thicket, a heavily forested area in Southeast Texas. This book was selected by the Library Journal as one of the best historical fiction books of 2013. The trade paperback was issued on 10/14/14 by Mulholland Books.
Synopsis
Jack Parker thought he'd already seen his fair share of tragedy. His grandmother was killed in a farm accident when he was barely five years old. His parents have just succumbed to the smallpox epidemic sweeping turn-of-the-century East Texas—orphaning him and his younger sister, Lula.
Then a travelling group of bank robbers murder Jack’s grandfather and kidnap his sister Lula. So Jack enlists the only people he can: a bounty hunting dwarf named Shorty, a grave-digging son of an ex-slave named Eustace, and a street-smart woman-for-hire named Jimmie Sue who's come into some very intimate knowledge about the bandits. Together the rag-tag group trail the group of criminals into the Big Thicket where they hope to rescue Lula and collect the bounty on the heads of the bandits. Soon they discover these are not your run of the mill bank robbers. They are vicious and sadistic killers and the prospect of rescuing Lula unharmed looks bleak.