{"id":39873,"date":"2025-09-09T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=39873"},"modified":"2025-09-09T09:51:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T13:51:05","slug":"hatchet-girls-by-joe-r-lansdale-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=39873","title":{"rendered":"HATCHET GIRLS by Joe R. Lansdale \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"

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HATCHET GIRLS: A HAP AND LEONARD NOVEL<\/a> by Joe R. Lansdale<\/p>\n

First sentences…<\/p>\n

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“Wait a minute, now.\u00a0 You’re saying you want us to deal with a pig problem?” Leonard said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Overview:\u00a0 Beware of Spoilers\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hap and Leonard agree to help a poor single mother raising several children.\u00a0 She has a pig problem.\u00a0 When Hap and Leonard say they’ll take care of it, they got much more than imagined.\u00a0 Turns out the hog was attacking the woman and her kids every chance it got.\u00a0 When Hap and Leonard arrived, the porker attacked them too.<\/p>\n

Never ones to back down from a challenge, Hap and Leonard finally trap the hog.\u00a0 In doing so they discover the woman’s neighbors are making meth and the piggie knows how to access the stash.\u00a0 No wonder the oinker was so hyped-up all the time.<\/p>\n

The cops are called.\u00a0 An investigation finds no only the make-shift meth lab, but bodies buried in the back yard.\u00a0 This brings Hap and Leonard smack dab in the middle of drug dealers, crooked cops, a mysterious crime boss who is called the Benefactor and worse still, a gang of women looking to take over the area’s drug trade.\u00a0 The women, are smart, tough and ruthless.\u00a0 Every one of them is a cold-blooded killer, who uses a hatchet to finish the job.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for Hap and Leonard, they’ve become targets for all involved.<\/p>\n

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HATCHET GIRLS is the fourteenth in the series. If you like crime stories with the perfect mix of humor, action and mystery, then HATCHET GIRLS (and all of the Hap and Leonard tales) are for you!<\/p>\n

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