The Donut Legion (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780316540681)

In this standalone, Edgar-award winning author, Joe R. Lansdale, whom "few can match" (Booklist) beams a light on an East Texas town where a QAnon-style, evangelist cult is brewing trouble.

Charlie Garner has a bad feeling. His ex-wife, Meg, has been missing for over a week and one quick peek into her home shows all her possessions packed up in boxes. Neighbors claim she's running from bill collectors, but Charlie suspects something more sinister is afoot. Meg was last seen working at the local donut shop, a business run by a shadow group most refer to as 'The Saucer People'; a space-age, evangelist cult who believe their compound to be the site of an extraterrestrial Second Coming.

Along with his brother, Felix, and beautiful, randy journalist Amelia "Scrappy" Moon, Charlie uncovers strange and frightening details about the compound (read: a massive, doomsday storehouse of weapons, a leashed chimpanzee!) When the body of their key informer is found dead with his arms ripped out of their sockets, Charlie knows he's in danger but remains dogged in his quest to rescue Meg.

Brimming with colorful characters and Lansdale's characteristic bounce, this rollicking crime novel examines the insidious rise of fringe groups and those under their sway with black comedy and glints of pathos.

Author: Joe R. Lansdale
ISBN-10: 0316540684
ISBN-13: 9780316540681
Publisher: Mulholland Books
Language: English
Published: 03/21/2023
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.56h x 6.38w x 1.01d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 10/01/2022 pg. 7
Publishers Weekly 12/05/2022
Booklist 02/01/2023 pg. 20
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2023
Shelf Awareness 04/07/2023