“We’re in for a hell of a lot of trouble this morning.”

12. Savage Season – Joe R. Lansdale

The first Hap and Leonard! And of course the plot of the first season when they made the show that was evilly cancelled (I love that show). So, if you are Hap, then you have a hard time letting go of Trudy, your ex who moved on while you were in Leavenworth (“all her ex-husbands go there”) and also killed your rescued bird, the one you rescued as a couple. It is not a questionable decision to move on from your dude when he goes to prison for draft-dodging, it is questionable to murder birds, so, Trudy is not cool. But she might know where some money is and just needs a little help to get it out of the Sabine River, a river Hap knows quite well. Leonard also does not like Trudy and knows she is utterly full of shit, but will not let Hap get into trouble on his own. Leonard is the best kind of friend – beyond being helpfully loyal he has lots of fighting skills, is funny, and also happens to be the reason I occasionally get strong cravings for Nilla Wafers and Dr. Pepper (especially now that I am asthmatic-isolating and working at home due to the assault on breathing that is COVID-19). Are these times when I wish I had lots of fighting (or normal breathing) skills? Perhaps.

Anyway, anyone worth their salt (Leonard) knows that this scheme to get the drowned money out of the Sabine River with Trudy and her two-bit former radical dipshit gang is going to go further south than East Texas. But it’s fun ride while it does, as usual. This would be a set of police reports I would’ve loved to read.

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With Danger Crumples, all seasons are savage and no scheme goes swimmingly.