G-Man

'A roaring good read.' -FORBES.comMaster sniper Bob Lee Swagger returns in this riveting novel by bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize-winner Stephen Hunter.Ryan Philippe currently stars as Bob Lee Swagger on the hit USA Network series Shooter.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 recruited 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.Told in alternating timeframes, G-Man is a thrilling addition to Stephen Hunter's bestselling Bob Lee Swagger series.