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An engaging romp that recalls the best work of Bill DeAndrea, the second Bo Tully whodunit (after 2006's The Blight Way) from humor columnist McManus sends the Blight County, Idaho, sheriff into the mountains after local woman Blanche Wilson reports her husband, Mike, missing from the upscale wilderness lodge the couple run. Tully heads into the field to investigate with his father (and predecessor as local lawman), a trip almost cut fatally short by an avalanche. Suspicious of the timing of that apparently natural event, Tully soon finds the corpse of Mike Wilson's business partner and a whopping motive for Blanche to have done away with them both: a multimillion-dollar insurance policy. Crime solving takes a back seat to the banter between Tully and his father ("Pap"), as well as the numerous attractive women they encounter along the way, but the solution is a logical if unsurprising one. (Mar.)
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Blight County, Idaho, sheriff Bo Tully, his dad, and friend Dave Perkins head to West Branch Lodge to check out a missing-person report. Mike Wilson, a co-owner of the business, stormed out of the lodge after a fight with his wife, Blanche. Tully and his dad, Pap, the lovable but corrupt former Blight County sheriff, narrowly miss being killed by an avalanche on their way to the lodge. When Mike turns up dead, Tully has a murder investigation on his hands, but he is stuck at the lodge until the road is cleared. In town, Mike's business partner is also found dead. The partners had purchased key-man insurance, and Blanche is the beneficiary--leaving her the chief suspect. But how did she get to town with the road blocked? Quirky characters and plenty of wit enliven this folksy mystery from the author of several collections of outdoor humor. Sue O'Brien
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  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster; First Printing edition (March 27, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 141653265X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1416532651
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #319,241 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Outdoor humor at it's best, March 28, 2007
By Robert Whitney "Roberto" (Deltona, Florida USA) - See all my reviews
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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.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars fun Blight Country police procedural, March 16, 2007
Blight County, Idaho resident Blanche Wilson reports her spouse Mike is missing. After obtaining information from Blanche, co-owner of the Branch Lodge with her husband, Sheriff Bo Tully obtains the assistance of his father retired sheriff Pap and their tracker friend Dave to go into the nearby mountains to find Mike, but first plan a couple days asking questions while relaxing at the affluent wilderness lodge.

However, their trek proves dangerous when the father and son team barely survives an avalanche. Disturbed by the rockslide mostly because he does not trust coincidence; the trio finds Mike's corpse, which turns the missing person investigation into a homicide case. They soon learn that Blanche has multimillion reasons to see Mike dead.

The second Blight Country police procedural (see THE BLIGHT WAY) is lighthearted fun as the hero sees a chance for a free soak in a hot tub while reading Danielle Steele's newest tale. However, the suspicious occurring avalanche changes his R&R concept as he and his companions believe someone wanted them dead. The whodunit is enjoyable though somewhat straightforward, but takes a back seat to the camaraderie between father and son.

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2 of 2 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
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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Avalanche: A Bo Tully Mystery
I have enjoyed Pat McManus stories for overy 30 years as a writer of outdoor humor. He is now very good as a mystery writer. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Russell J. Wencl

1.0 out of 5 stars Stay Away - This Is Nothing Like Pat's Short Stories
My wife knows I love Pat's short stories and got me this one without reading my previous review of the first book in this series. This book is maddening. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Bonner '62

5.0 out of 5 stars Great McManus Fun
Great fun! Bo Tully is a loveable character as is his dad Pap. The story isn't too complex but the host of small town characters and characterizations make this book really... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Chris

1.0 out of 5 stars Overpriced for the description
If you buy books at all, you will know that this book is vastly overpriced at $79. It is listed by its one seller as a used paperback. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Charles Todd

5.0 out of 5 stars Avalanche
This book is good! Not as good as the funny stuff put out by Mc Manus, but sill good. And a lot better than the first "Bo Tully" mystery.
Published 9 months ago by Wayne A. Bolen

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny Stories!
I ordered several of the Patrick F. McManus books for my oldest son and he thinks they are great. If you are looking for pure clean fun look no further!
Published 11 months ago by R. Colley

4.0 out of 5 stars Reasonably fun
This is the second book in a new series featuring a sheriff in the great north, somewhere called Blight County. Read more
Published 15 months ago by David W. Nicholas

5.0 out of 5 stars McManus
The second in the series and better than the first. Pat only gets better with time and this is an enjoyable one. Recommended.
Published 20 months ago by Karl W. Howard

5.0 out of 5 stars Avalanche
I thoroughly enjoy Patrick McManus' literature. I appreciated the opportunity to add this to my library.
Published 22 months ago by Boyd G. Koehn

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Mr. McManus has done it again. He must be a master at the study of people being people. This creation Avalanche leaves the reader with his mind running in all directions but is... Read more
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