With Lucy bringing a friend along and the added presence of Liv Romanowski and her baby daughter, Kestrel, Marybeth was organizing a fairly large Thanksgiving meal and weekend. No doubt, she'd already determined who got which room to avoid conflict and how the seating at the table would be assigned. Joe's job, he knew, was simply to be available. When a second murder occurs, Joe and Marybeth face a race against time: how will they solve the mystery before someone targets them... or their girls? Joe was also well aware that most of the trouble Tibbs had encountered involved . . . Joe. He guessed that Tibbs had probably cringed when he saw who was calling, and Joe couldn't really blame him. With so much on his mind that morning, he was grateful for the distraction when Lorne shambled out of his old house and waved hello. Joe pulled into the overgrown ranch yard and parked next to a muddy ATV bristling with irrigation shovels strapped down by bungee cords. The butt end of a lever-action carbine poked out of a leather saddle scabbard. Now, I don’t think it’s pushing things to say that Hope looks like nothing else in the Prog and it’s been that way since we first saw the series. What have you both to say about the notion that 2000 AD is a still somewhere that is pushing boundaries in terms of being able to publish a weekly anthology that’s capable of putting out works such as Hope?

I felt the same enjoyment that all the prior novels have brought me. Unfortunately, it wasn't at the previous levels. Shadows Reel is Box’s most ambitious, sprawling, intricately plotted novel yet, taking him to onto the hallowed ground of James Lee Burke. A brilliant exercise in form and function.” Yes, as long as the size is suitable, as too big a reel for waggler fishing, for example, makes a lightweight rod feel clumsy, whilst too small a reel for feeder fishing will restrict casting distance and reduce the winding power needed to retrieve heavy feeders. This is where spare spools become useful. On a 4000-sized reel, one could be loaded with 3lb line for waggler fishing, whilst a second could be loaded with 6lb for the feeder work. That was the right decision," Tibbs said. "I know you have a reputation for inserting yourself into sheriff's department business where a game warden doesn't belong." GA: I sort of agree! Strictly speaking you’re cinematographer I’d say. You’re lining up the camera, getting the coverage, choosing the angles, the frames. You’re the gaffer too, master of light.

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JB: That is definitely the plan, we want it to feel authentic, it’s essential really, if you want the readers to join you on the ride, you have to draw them in and convince them the journey is worth taking. Do you know who the victim is?" Tibbs asked. "Is he local? You know a hell of a lot more people around here than I do." I enjoyed the prose immensely. Furthermore, Box is outstanding at setting the scene. Here is an example: As usual, Joe and Marybeth’s daughters, now grown, are featured in the story making one wonder where the series will take them. I’m hoping possibly a spin off as the two oldest are very interested in law enforcement. Yes. They’re always moving. Walking fast, talking loud, waving their arms around. They don’t like to sit still ever. They’re all like that. I don’t understand why they’re all so fat, the way they move around.”

Although Sheridan stopped by often-not often enough for her mother-April and Lucy had been to the new place infrequently, and separately, depending on their schedules. This wasn't really their home-it was the place where their parents now lived. It was a cool day and the sky was close. The summits of the Bighorn Mountains were shrouded with cloud cover. Joe looked at the digital temperature display on his dashboard: forty-two degrees. GA: As wonderful as Chandler and Hammett are they’re predominantly novelists so, yeah… Not part of the mix at all. This is about cinema.She learns that during World War II several Wyoming soldiers were in the group that fought to Hitler's Eagles Nest retreat in the Alps - and one of them took Hitler's personal photo album. Did another take this one and keep it all these years? When she finds the name of a deceased local man who was likely in the unit, Joe visits the man's son - only to find him brutally tortured and murdered. Someone is after the photo album - but why? And when a close neighbor is murdered, Joe and Marybeth face a new question: How will they figure out the book's mystery before someone hurts them...or their girls? JB: ‘Shorthand’?! Guy knows not the meaning of the word. His scripts are rich and full, and as interesting and enjoyable to read as the comic itself. In fact, they are often bloody hilarious, one day I dream of a mega, ‘absolute’ style edition of the collected Hope that includes Guy’s scripts, it’s criminal that so few folks get to see them. The book has an A-plot and a B-plot. The A-plot has Joe and Marybeth mixed up in a murder plot that involves a mysterious German photo album. The B-plot centers on Nate Romanowski hunting for the man, Axel, that threatened his family and stole his falcons. Nate's story has to be a continuation of the previous novel, Dark Sky. Right? A damp cloth and warm water should be enough. Although reels are designed to be as watertight as possible, keep their exposure minimal, as any that gets inside will rinse lubricants from the reel. An old toothbrush can be useful too. Big pit: A reel with a long spool designed for extreme long-range casting by reducing the resistance of the line.

Finally, both of you, what’s coming up soon and not so soon from you? Both for Tharg and elsewhere. Guy, Jimmy, we’re currently deep into Hope… In The Shadows Reel Two in the Prog, continuing our nightmarish journey through this magic-infused post-WWII alt-America. The name of the ranch had nothing to do with the ownership or history of the place. "Crazy Z-Bar" was just a description of the brand used on its cattle: the letter Z tilted forty-five degrees to the left over a single line.

C. J. Box has served up three good stories for the price of one. What a bargain – and what a good reading experience as well.”