[Bob Lee Swagger 10] • G-Man

“A roaring good read.”–FORBES.com Master sniper Bob Lee Swagger returns in this riveting novel by bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Hunter.Ryan Philippe currently stars as Bob Lee Swagger on the hit USA Network series Shooter.The

Great Depression was marked by an epidemic of bank robberies and

Tommy-gun-toting outlaws who became household names. Hunting them down

was the new U.S. Division of Investigation–soon to become the FBI–which

was determined to nab the most dangerous gangster this country has ever

produced: Baby Face Nelson. To stop him, the Bureau recruited talented

gunman Charles Swagger, World War I hero and sheriff of Polk County,

Arkansas.Eighty years later, Charles’s grandson Bob Lee Swagger

uncovers a strongbox containing an array of memorabilia dating back to

1934–a federal lawman’s badge, a .45 automatic preserved in cosmoline, a

mysterious gun part, and a cryptic diagram–all belonging to Charles

Swagger. Bob becomes determined to find out what happened to his

grandfather– and why his own father never spoke of Charles. But as he

investigates, Bob learns that someone is following him–and shares his

obsession.Told in alternating timeframes, G-Man is a thrilling addition to Stephen Hunter’s bestselling Bob Lee Swagger series.

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Review

Praise for G-Man“First-rate…Depression-era

outlaws come shooting back to life in Stephen Hunter’s latest

thriller….[His] double-barreled finish…should satisfy everyone.”—Gerald

Bartell, The Washington Post“A first-rate tale that spans

decades and generations….The pages fly by once the introductions are

made and the characters are in place. Those who grew up watching The Untouchables

or the plethora of gangster films that were made in the early and

mid-20th century will find much to love here, not the least of which is

the author’s penchant for historical accuracy and firearms lore. This

combination makes G-Man one of Hunter’s best works to date, which is certainly a major feat.”—Joe Hartlaub, BookReporter.com“A roaring good read…Bob Lee Swagger is a Middle America Dirty Harry…As the tenth Bob Lee Swagger novel, G-Man is Stephen Hunter’s Lonesome Dove,

a big sort of book that takes well-established characters, especially

Bob Lee himself, and puts them on an action-packed mission of

self-discovery….Riveting….Hunter masterfully pulls the thread that

unravels this action-packed story—it’s hard to stop reading.”—Frank

Miniter, FORBES.com“Hunter’s outstanding 10th Bob Lee Swagger novel (after 2014’s Sniper’s Honor)

takes readers back to the gangster days of the 1930s…Hunter’s skilled

ear for dialogue and idiom has never been better, and some of the action

scenes—especially a chapter describing the famous robbery of the

Merchants National Bank in South Bend, Ind., on June 30, 1934—are as

elegant as they are disturbing.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)“Hunter fits the parts as snugly as Bob Lee reassembling a rifle…This is an outstanding thriller on every level.”—Booklist (starred review)“Nobody writes action better than Stephen Hunter, and that action has never been better than in the scintillatingly superb G-Man….At heart G-Man

is a modern day Western…with the two generations of Swaggers swapping

sections as they command our attention in riveting fashion….G-Man

is everything a great action thriller is supposed to be, presenting us

with a series of targets Hunter manages to hit dead center every time.

An old-fashioned shoot-em-up that is absolutely not to be missed.”—Jon

Land, Providence Journal“Hunter remains my only Pulitzer

Prize-winning friend.  He has a new novel titled G-MAN, which I can

highly recommend after having devoured it in a weekend.”—Mark A. Keefe

IV, Editor-in-Chief, American Rifleman“Fans of Hunter’s Swagger family legend will be locked and loaded for more.”—Kirkus Reviews 

About the Author

Stephen Hunter  is the author of 20 novels and the retired chief film critic for  T he Washington Post , where he won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism. His novels include  The Third Bullet;   Sniper's Honor;   I, Sniper;   I, Ripper; and  Point of Impact , which was adapted for film and TV as  Shooter. Hunter lives in Baltimore, Maryland.