5/20/2023 0 Comments The thicket by joe lansdale![]() ![]() He was meeting with a dwarf.Įustace seemed a little unstable. As they neared Shorty's home, Jack saw a child peering through a telescope and it took him a minute to understand he wasn't meeting with a child. With the hog tagging alongside, Eustace took Jack down a "rabbit path" to meet with Shorty. The man introduced himself as Eustace, and told Jack that he was a tracker and could help him find the men who took Lula - but it wouldn't come cheap and he wouldn't do it unless they could "get Shorty to sign up." His Grandpa dead, his sister gone, 17-year-old Jack ended up in a nearby town where he hoped to find the law but instead found a dead sheriff, a black boar hog with tusks, and a tall man who was commencing to bury the aftermath of mob justice. And that might've been true - they'd never know because, while crossing the Sabine River, they were attacked by bandits and Lula was kidnapped. Right after Jack Parker and his Grandpa finished burying Jack's Ma and Pa, dead from the disease, Grandpa decided that Jack and his little sister, Lula, would be better off in Kansas City with their Aunt Tessle. Lansdale, you hope you'll never have to know. You'd like to think they'd even take a bullet for you but, as in the new novel, "The Thicket" by Joe R. They'll loan you five minutes or five dollars, tell you when your ideas are good and your breath is bad, and can be counted on, but never out. ![]() They're the ones who keep your secrets, or your car keys when you need them to. ![]()
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