The Master Executioner

by Loren D. Estleman

Overview

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781420526820
Publisher:	Thorndike Press Large Print
Publication date:	11/12/2025
Edition description:	Large Print
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Loren D. Estleman was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a BA degree in English Literature and Journalism in 1974. In 2002, the university awarded him an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters for his contribution to American literature.

He is the author of more than fifty novels in the categories of mystery, historical western, and mainstream, and has received four Western Writers of American Golden Spur Awards, three Western Heritage Awards, and three Shamus Awards. He has been nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award, Britain's Silver Dagger, the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. In 2003, the mammoth Encyclopedia of Detective Fiction named him the most critically acclaimed writer of U.S. detective fiction. Estleman lives in Michigan with his wife, author Deborah Morgan.

Editorial Reviews

A wonderful storyteller who generally doesn't get the serious critical attention he deserves because he writes in genre, Estleman delivers an unforgettable western shrouded in tragedy and death.

Publisher's Weekly

"The tale of a master executioner written by a master storyteller: What more could you ask for?"-Elmore Leonard

"One feels and smells the gallows and hears the snap of the second cervical vertebrae. It is a remarkable book and one I would urge you to read."-The Amarillo News & Globe-Times, Texas

"This is definitely a novel worth reading."-The Roanoke Times, Virginia

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