Susan Rogers Cooper

Countdown: A Milt Kovak Police Procedural - A Milt Kovak Mystery Susan Rogers Cooper Large type / large print edition

Brief Description: When Sheriff Milt Kovak arrests Darrell Blanton for killing his wife, Darrell's mama, Eunice Blanton, storms the Longbranch Inn and takes Milt s wife, Jean McDonnell, Holly Humphries and others hostage. Unless Milt releases her boy, a hostage will be shot every ten minutes. But Darrell has been found dead in his cell, with not a mark on him . . ."Marc Notes: Everyone in Prophesy County knows that you don't mess with the dim-witted, in-bred Blantons. So when Milt gets a call to say that Darrell Blanton has shot dead his wife, he's expecting a rough ride. Arresting Darrell and putting him in the slammer may have been surprisingly easy, but things are about to get a whole lot worse. Review Citations:

Publishers Weekly 07/14/2014 (EAN 9780727883957, Library Binding)

Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2014 (EAN 9780727883957, Library Binding)

Library Journal 08/01/2014 pg. 64 (EAN 9780727883957, Library Binding)

Booklist 09/01/2014 pg. 50 (EAN 9780727883957, Library Binding)

Contributor Bio:  Cooper, Susan Rogers Susan Rogers Cooper is half-Texan, half-Yankee, and now lives with her family in a small town in central Texas. She is the author of the E. J. Pugh series and the Milt Kovak series, amongst other books.