Sunday, May 31, 2009

First Lansdale Blog

What better way to start a blog than shameless self promotion. The New Book, Vanilla Ride, coming out June 30th from Knopf.


In this Texas-sized thriller, Hap Collins and Leonard Pine—best friends, freelance troublemakers, and tough guys with good intentions—find themselves in the crosshairs of the Dixie Mafia.Hap is an East Texas smart mouth with a weakness for southern women. Leonard is a gay, black veteran pining for a lost love. They’re not the makings of your typical dynamic duo, but never underestimate the power of a shared affinity for stirring up trouble and causing mayhem. When an old friend asks Leonard to rescue his daughter from an abusive, no-good drug dealer, he gladly agrees and, of course, invites Hap along for the fun. Even though the dealer may be lowly, he is on the bottom rung of the Dixie Mafia, and when Hap and Leonard come calling, the Mafia feels a little payback is in order. Cars crash, shotguns blast, and people die, but Hap and Leonard come out on top. Unfortunately for them, now they’re facing not only jail time but also the legendary—and lethal—Vanilla Ride, who is still out to claim the price on their heads. Full of twists and turns, gunfire and gaffes, this hilarious, rip-roaring novel will have readers turning the pages faster than a Texas tornado.

8 comments:

  1. Welcome to the blog world! And Vanilla Ride is a darn good title that I'm looking forward to reading.

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  2. Woohoo! Can't wait for Vanilla Ride. Welcome Joe - great to see you blogging.
    Donna

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  3. There's nothing wrong with shameless self-promotion.

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  4. Cool! I've set up an rss feed for LJ users - looking forward to this :)

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  5. Welcome to the fold. Now you're one of us ... one of us ... one of us....

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  6. Greetings from Italy... we love the Hap & Leonard saga so much that our band is ... Hap e Collins Band... come and listen at us on myspace:
    www.myspace.com/hapecollinsband
    our guitar & bass are designed with the USA flag, and our band flag in a tornado warning ... what else? we are your italian number 1 fans!
    bye bye and keep on writing like this man :-)
    hap e collins band

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  7. ... and vanilla ride is a very beautiful book, here in italy we've readen it in a worldwide exclusive ... thank you joe!

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  8. I have a Hap n Leonard jones so bad.... I have had this one on order ever since I found out about it. You go Joe !!

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