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  • Published: 15 August 2006
  • ISBN: 9780440241713
  • Imprint: Bantam Dell
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $14.99

Shotgun Opera

A Novel



Mike Foley can never forget the night he tagged along with his brother on a job for the mob that ended in a hail of bullets. Now his brother is dead, Mike’s making wine in Oklahoma, and life is almost as good as it gets when you’ve been hiding out for forty years. Until his past comes calling.

Mike’s nephew Andrew needs to disappear, and he needs to do it yesterday. Hanging with the wrong kind of friends, he’s seen something he shouldn’t have, and now he’s running for his life with an assassin on his trail. The consummate professional hit woman, Nikki Enders is the most lethal of a deadly sisterhood. And Andrew Foley is next on her extermination list. Unless Uncle Mike can stop her. As kill teams descend on Foley’s farm, one pissed-off ex—tough guy is about to take a final, all-or-nothing stand with shotguns blazing....

  • Published: 15 August 2006
  • ISBN: 9780440241713
  • Imprint: Bantam Dell
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $14.99

About the author

Victor Gischler

Victor Gischler teaches creative writing at Rogers State University in Claremore, Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweeping through his pants. His wife, Jackie, thinks he is a silly, silly individual. He drinks black, black coffee all day long and sleeps about seven minutes a night. Victor’s first novel, Gun Monkeys, was nominated for the Edgar Award.

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Praise for Shotgun Opera

Praise for Victor Gischler's previous novels:

"Gischler challenges Kinky Friedman for top slot in the zany noir subgenre of mystery fiction...[The PISTOL POETS is a] fast and viciously enjoyable read."
--Publishers Weekly

"Thoroughly enjoyable...an utterly entertaining foray into a very bent version of academia."
--Booklist

"Victor Gischler is the real deal....The best send-up of academia I have ever encountered in crime fiction....Pounding, relentless, and breathless."
--Mystery News

"[This] twisted tale of gangsters and poets...will brighten the day of anyone blessed with a sense of humor."
--The Washington Post