Avalanche [Paperback]

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster (2007)
• ASIN: B000V1O3M4
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Patrick F. McManus is a renowned outdoor writer, humorist, and longtime columnist for Outdoor Life and Field & Stream. His most recent books are the Sheriff Bo Tully mysteries Avalanche and The Blight Way. He is the author of many other books, including such runaway New York Times bestsellers as The Grasshopper Trap, The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw, and Real Ponies Don't Go Oink! He lives in Spokane, Washington.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outdoor humor at it's best, March 28, 2007

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Robert Whitney "Roberto" (Deltona, Florida USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Avalanche: A Sheriff Bo Tully Mystery (Sheriff Bo Tully Mysteries) (Hardcover)

We became a McManus fan back when we discovered his columns in Outdoor Life and in Field & Stream. Being avid backpackers and canoeist, we started taking his stories to read in the evening around the campfire on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway and the Appalachtian Trail.

Avalanche is another wonderfully humorous tale in his new, Sheriff Bo Tully series. By now, we look forward to meeting again his great cast of characters Tully, Pap and Tracker Dave. Patrick's 15 or so books are rich in good outdoor in humor. I recommend this new book highly.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What McManus did for (to?) the outdoors, he does now for law and order, April 26, 2007

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This review is from: Avalanche: A Sheriff Bo Tully Mystery (Sheriff Bo Tully Mysteries) (Hardcover)

For those of us who read McManus's non-fiction and miss Retch, Crazy Eddie, The Troll, Rancid and Strange, we can now console ourselves with Sheriff Bo Tully, Dave the fake Indian (faking it to build a casino), Pap, Lurch and Clarence in his new mystery series. AVALANCHE, the second book in the series, has the trademark McManus deadpan humor, outdoor misadventure (tent camping in Idaho in November), singular characters, deceptively excellent writing and a darn good whodunnit, too. So get on down to Grogan's War Surplus for a few supplies and trek up to Blight County for a grand time.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Different But Good, April 12, 2007

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Blackjack "Jack" (WV) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Avalanche: A Sheriff Bo Tully Mystery (Sheriff Bo Tully Mysteries) (Hardcover)

The Bo Tully Mysteries are good relaxation reading. They can help you unwind after a hard day. (If you are a fan of McManus that is.) These are different from his previous works. They have subtle undertones that are noticed more after the book is read a few times. This is not quite the McManus I grew up reading, but I can hardly wait for the next book to see where the story goes.