GMan - Bob Lee Swagger, Bk 10 Author:Stephen Hunter The Great Depression was marked by an epidemic of bank robberies and Tommy-gun-toting outlaws who became household names. Hunting them down was the new U.S. Division of Investigation -- soon to become the FBI -- which was determined to nab the most dangerous gangster this country has ever produced: Baby Face Nelson. To stop him, the Bureau recru... more »ited talented gunman Charles Swagger, World War I hero and sheriff of Polk County, Arkansas.
Eighty years later, Charles's grandson Bob Lee Swagger uncovers a strongbox containing an array of memorabilia dating back to 1934 -- a federal lawman's badge, a .45 automatic preserved in cosmoline, a mysterious gun part, and a cryptic diagram -- all belonging to Charles Swagger. Bob becomes determined to find out what happened to his grandfather -- and why his own father never spoke of Charles. But as he investigates, Bob learns that someone is following him -- and shares his obsession.« less