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Patrick F. McManus

Patrick F. McManus
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Patrick F. McManus

Patrick F. McManus is a renowned outdoor writer, humorist, and longtime columnist for Outdoor Life and Field & Stream. His most recent Sheriff Bo Tully mysteries are The Double-Jack Murders and Avalanche. He is the author of many other books, including such runaway New York Times bestsellers as The Grasshopper Trap, The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw, and Real Ponies Don't Go Oink! He lives in Spokane, Washington.

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Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from Into the Twilight, Endlessly Grousing
Oct 07, 2012
The Huckleberry Murders will be released on November 22, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Nov 22, 2011
The Huckleberry Murders is now available in Trade Paperback
Nov 22, 2011
The Huckleberry Murders will be released on November 02, 2010 in
Nov 02, 2010
The Huckleberry Murders is now available in
Nov 02, 2010
The Double-Jack Murders is now available in Trade Paperback
Oct 26, 2010
The Double-Jack Murders will be released on October 26, 2010 in Trade Paperback
Oct 26, 2010
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from The Huckleberry Murders
Oct 15, 2010
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Aug 20, 2010
Into the Twilight, Endlessly Grousing will be released on May 11, 2010 in eBook
May 11, 2010
Into the Twilight, Endlessly Grousing is now available in eBook
May 11, 2010
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from The Double-Jack Murders
Feb 03, 2010
The Double-Jack Murders is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Oct 06, 2009
The Double-Jack Murders will be released on October 06, 2009 in eBook
Oct 06, 2009
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Sep 12, 2009
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from The Double-Jack Murders
Sep 03, 2009

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Waldo County Village Soup, April 14, 2013
...slapstick, means it’s a good murder mystery. Only funny -- only with a bit too much slapstick. Patrick F. McManus, according to Wikipedia, has 21 books to his credit, including four Sheriff Bo Tully mysteries, of which The Double-Jack Murders is...
AllVoices, April 14, 2013
...Search Book Reviews The Double-Jack Murders is just as slapstick and perhaps corny as his other books I've read. Which, if you're comfortable with the slapstick, means it's a good murder mystery...McManus, according to Wikipedia, has 21 books to his...
Daily-Jeff, January 17, 2013
...Amberlyn; Leonardo and the Last Supper by Ross King; The Horse in my Garage and other Stories by Patrick F. McManus; You saved me, too: what a Holocaust Survivor taught me about living, dying, fighting and swearing in Yiddish by Susan Kushner Resnick; In...
Tribune Chronicle, January 6, 2013
...m surrounded by peace. Quiet. And books. Thousands and thousands of books. Say, I wonder if that new Patrick F. McManus title is in. Hold on a sec OK, I'm back. What a great volume of essays. There was the one about when Pat and the old woodsman...
Middlesboro Daily News, August 3, 2012
...Breakfast Series by Mary Daheim Jan. 7 — Mystery movie Feb. 4 — Sheriff Bo Tully mysteries by Patrick F. McManus March 1 — “Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” by Alan Bradley...
Carlsbad Patch, June 3, 2012
...  Cleo for Short by Brooks Atkinson, The Mouse by Saki, Real Ponies Don’t Go Oink by Patrick F. McManus, The Undoing of Morning Glory Adolphus by N. Margaret Campbell, A Persian Tale by Rose Fyleman and Running Wolf by Algernon Blackwood. Tickets are...
Scottsbluff Star-Herald, January 18, 2013
...In Torrington tonight, Eastern Wyoming College will present Tim Behrens’ “A Fine and Pleasant Misery: The Humor of Patrick F. McManus” at the Fine Arts Auditorium. The comedic one-man show will be at 7 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door. ...
Daily-Jeff, January 17, 2013
...Amberlyn; Leonardo and the Last Supper by Ross King; The Horse in my Garage and other Stories by Patrick F. McManus; You saved me, too: what a Holocaust Survivor taught me about living, dying, fighting and swearing in Yiddish by Susan Kushner Resnick; In...
Tribune Chronicle, January 6, 2013
...m surrounded by peace. Quiet. And books. Thousands and thousands of books. Say, I wonder if that new Patrick F. McManus title is in. Hold on a sec OK, I'm back. What a great volume of essays. There was the one about when Pat and the old woodsman...
Raleigh News & Observer, November 17, 2012
...without giving credit.Simpsons Nov. 1 column was similar in many ways to an essay published by humorist Patrick F. McManus. The essay was part of a collection of McManus work published in several books. Simpson and McManus know each other and over the...
Congoo, November 16, 2012
...without giving credit.Simpson?s Nov. 1 column was similar in many ways to an essay published by humorist Patrick F. McManus. The essay was part...
Raleigh News & Observer, November 16, 2012
...without giving credit.Simpson?s Nov. 1 column was similar in many ways to an essay published by humorist Patrick F. McManus. The essay was part of a collection of McManus? work published in several books. Simpson and McManus know each other and over the...
Raleigh News & Observer, November 15, 2012
...giving credit. Simpson’s Nov. 1 column was similar in many ways to an essay published by humorist Patrick F. McManus. The essay was part of a collection of McManus’ work published in several books. Simpson and McManus know each other and over the...