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2013 novella by Joe R. Lansdale

Dead Aim
Subterranean Press trade edition cover
Author	Joe R. Lansdale
Cover artist	Glen Orbik
Language	English
Series	Hap and Leonard
Genre	Crime/suspense
Publisher	Subterranean Press
Publication date	2013
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print Limited hardcover, trade hardcover
Pages	102
ISBN	978-1-59606-525-3
Preceded by	Hyenas: a Hap and Leonard Novella (2011)

Dead Aim is a crime/suspense novella written by American author Joe R. Lansdale. It is the eleventh book in the Hap and Leonard series featuring Lansdale's longtime protagonists Hap Collins and Leonard Pine.

Plot summary

Hap and Leonard are hired, through Marvin Hanson's private detective agency, to protect a woman from her estranged, abusive husband. Hap is framed for the man's murder while staking out his house, and upon further investigation, the two sleuths discover that the victim owed the Dixie Mafia crime syndicate a large sum of money, and in addition he had a large life insurance policy with his wife named as the sole beneficiary. Hap and Leonard are soon involved, not just in the murder, but in a kidnapping and ransom demand as well.

Editions

This book is published by Subterranean Press and issued as a signed and numbered (400 copies) limited edition and as a trade hardcover. The trade edition has sold out.

References

Crider, Bill (26 February 2013). "Dead Aim". Subterranean Press. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
CANFIELD, SEAN (February 26, 2013). "Book Review: Dead Aim by Joe R. Lansdale". The Daily Rotation. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
"Fiction Book Review: Dead Aim by Joe R. Lansdale". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
Subterranean Press, Novella. "Dead Aim". Archived from the original on 14 August 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.

External links

v t e Works by Joe R. Lansdale
Hap and Leonard series	Savage Season (1990) Mucho Mojo (1994) The Two-Bear Mambo (1995) Bad Chili (1997) Rumble Tumble (1998) Veil's Visit: a Taste of Hap and Leonard (1999) Captains Outrageous (2001) Vanilla Ride (2009) Devil Red (2011) Hyenas: a Hap and Leonard Novella (2011) Dead Aim (2013) Briar Patch Boogie: A Hap and Leonard Novelette (2015) Honky Tonk Samurai (2016) Hap and Leonard Ride Again (2016) Hoodoo Harry (2016) Coco Butternut: A Hap and Leonard Novella (2017) Rusty Puppy (Hap Collins and Leonard Pine) (2017) Hap and Leonard: Blood and Lemonade (2017) Cold Cotton: A Hap and Leonard Novella (2017) Jackrabbit Smile (2018) The Elephant of Surprise (2019) The Big Book of Hap and Leonard (2019) Of Mice and Minestrone: Hap and Leonard: The Early Years (2020) Born for Trouble: The Further Adventures of Hap and Leonard (2022)
Novels	Act of Love (1981) Texas Night Riders (1983) Dead in the West (1986) The Magic Wagon (1986) The Nightrunners (1987) Cold in July (1989) Tarzan: The Lost Adventure (1995) The Boar (1998) Freezer Burn (1999) Waltz of Shadows (1999) The Big Blow (2000) Blood Dance (2000) The Bottoms (2000) A Fine Dark Line (2002) Sunset and Sawdust (2004) Lost Echoes (2007) Leather Maiden (2008) All the Earth, Thrown to the Sky (2011) Edge of Dark Water (2012) In Waders from Mars (2012) The Thicket (2013) Paradise Sky (2015) Fender Lizards (2015) Hell's Bounty (2016) Bubba and the Cosmic Bloodsuckers (2017) Jane Goes North (2020) More Better Deals (2020) Big Lizard (2020) Moon Lake (2021) The Donut Legion (2023)
Novellas	On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks (1989) Bubba Ho-Tep (1994) Something Lumber This Way Comes (1999) Under the Warrior Star (2010) Christmas with the Dead (2010) A Bone Dead Sadness (2012) The Ape Man's Brother (2013) Hot in December (2013) Prisoner 489 (2014) Black Hat Jack (2014)
Short story collections	By Bizarre Hands (1989) Stories by Mama Lansdale's Youngest Boy (1991) Bestsellers Guaranteed (1993) Electric Gumbo: A Lansdale Reader (1994) Writer of the Purple Rage (1994) The Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent (1996) Atomic Chili (1998) The Long Ones (1999) Triple Feature (1999) High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale (2000) For a Few Stories More (2002) A Little Green Book of Monster Stories (2003) Bumper Crop (2004) Mad Dog Summer and Other Stories (2004) The King and Other Stories (2005) The God of the Razor (2007) The Shadows, Kith and Kin (2007) Sanctified and Chicken Fried (2009) Unchained and Unhinged (2009) The Best of Joe R. Lansdale (2010) Deadman's Road (2010) By Bizarre Hands Rides Again (2010) Trapped in the Saturday Matinee (2012) Bleeding Shadows (2013) A Pair of Aces (2014) The Tall Grass and Other Stories (2015) Dead on the Bones: Pulp on Fire (2016) Terror is Our Business (2018)
Graphic novels	Crawling Sky (2013) Jonah Hex: Shadows West (2014)
Anthologies edited	Retro-Pulp Tales (2006) Son of Retro Pulp Tales (2009)
Essays and Memoirs	Miracles Ain't What They Used To Be (2016)
Other works	Mark Stone: MIA Hunter

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