Joe R. Lansdale: Devil Red (UK 2017)

From the Publisher:
Hap and Leonard return - Joe Lansdale's beloved crime-fighting duo are back for their latest escapade.
If there's one thing Hap Collins and Leonard Pine like, it's trouble - and they especially like getting paid to find it.

So when their friend and sometime boss Marvin Harmon asks the boys to look into a cold-case double homicide, they're happy to oblige. It turns out that both victims were set to inherit some serious money, and one of them ran with an honest-to-goodness vampire cult.

The more closely Hap and Leonard look over the crime scene photos, the more trouble they see. The image of a red devil's head is painted on a tree. A little research turns up a slew of murders with that same fiendish signature. And if things aren't weird enough, Leonard has taken to wearing a deerstalker cap... Will this be the case that finally sends Hap over the edge?

Joe R. Lansdale: Devil Red. A Hap & Leonard Novel. Mulholland Books, ISBN: 9781473633636 (January, 2017), 224 p., £8.99, eBook £5.99.

Joe R. Lansdale: Devil Red (USA 2012)

From the Publisher:
Hap Collins and Leonard Pine return in a red-hot, mayhem-fueled thriller to face a vampire cult, the Dixie Mafia, and the deadliest assassin they've ever encountered -- Devil Red.

When their friend Marvin asks Hap and Leonard to look into a cold-case double murder, they're more than happy to play private investigators: they like trouble, and they especially like getting paid to find it. It turns out that both of the victims were set to inherit serious money, and one of them ran with a vampire cult. The more closely Hap and Leonard look over the crime-scene photos, the more they see, including the image of a red devil's head painted on a tree. A little research turns up a slew of murders with that same fiendish signature. And if that's not enough, Leonard has taken to wearing a deerstalker cap... Will this be the case that finally sends Hap over the edge?

Full up with Lansdale's trademark -- whip-smart dialogue, relentless pacing, and unorthodox-to-say-the-least characters -- Devil Red is one rambunctious thrill ride by one hell of a writer.

Joe R. Lansdale: Devil Red. A Hap & Leonard Novel. Vintage, ISBN: 9780307455468 (March, 2012), 224 p., $14.95.

Joe R. Lansdale: Devil Red (USA 2011)

From the Publisher:
Hap Collins and Leonard Pine return in a red-hot, mayhem-fueled thriller to face a vampire cult, the Dixie Mafia, and the deadliest assassin they've ever encountered -- Devil Red.

When their friend Marvin asks Hap and Leonard to look into a cold-case double murder, they're more than happy to play private investigators: they like trouble, and they especially like getting paid to find it. It turns out that both of the victims were set to inherit serious money, and one of them ran with a vampire cult. The more closely Hap and Leonard look over the crime-scene photos, the more they see, including the image of a red devil's head painted on a tree. A little research turns up a slew of murders with that same fiendish signature. And if that's not enough, Leonard has taken to wearing a deerstalker cap... Will this be the case that finally sends Hap over the edge?

Full up with Lansdale's trademark -- whip-smart dialogue, relentless pacing, and unorthodox-to-say-the-least characters -- Devil Red is one rambunctious thrill ride by one hell of a writer.

Joe R. Lansdale: Devil Red. A Hap & Leonard Novel. Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN: 9780307270986 (March, 2011), 205 p., $24.00.