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Muffin Man Kindle Edition

by Brad Whittington (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 94 ratings
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#1 in Fiction / #1 in Mystery (April 2012)

John Lawson, sheriff of the quiet Hill Country town of Bolero, Texas, attempts to quell a feud between the local megachurch and a construction contractor, but it escalates from picketing to vandalism to arson.

The case is derailed by the unwelcome return of John's free-wheeling bipolar father, who arrives in the same red Mustang he drove away twenty-four years ago when he abandoned the family.

But ultimately it is the muffin that his overzealous deputy bags as evidence that threatens John's ordered life, possibly beyond repair.

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After six years of silence, Whittington’s highly anticipated entrance into the general fiction market combines his considerable storytelling talents. Muffin Man strikes a balance between comedy and drama and takes the trademark Whittington elements of rich setting, engaging characters, and turn of phrase to a new depth.
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  1. Print length
    312 pages
  2. Language
    English
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    On Kindle Scribe
  4. Publication date
    April 1 2012
  5. File size
    1701 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B007PVTOEA
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wunderfool Press (April 1 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1701 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 312 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 94 ratings

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Brad Whittington

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Brad Whittington, author of wacky novels and winner of awards, was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on James Taylor's eighth birthday and Jack Kerouac's thirty-fourth birthday and is old enough to know better. He lives in Austin, Texas with The Woman. He is greatly loved and admired by all right-thinking citizens and enjoys a complete absence of cats and dogs at home. To get sneak peeks and freebies, sign up for the newsletter on his website at BradWhittington dot com.

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3.8 out of 5 stars
3.8 out of 5
94 global ratings

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Golfgirl and Doug
4.0 out of 5 stars Good story
Reviewed in Canada on February 25, 2013
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Liked the story. Main character is likable even though he's got some real personal issues. Looking forward to 'Strange Vacations'
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Bill Weissborn
4.0 out of 5 stars I liked it but didn't know i liked it until I finished it.
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2012
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Normally if I story doesn't grab me in the first chapter, out it goes. I don't have to slog through bad fiction if I don't want to--I'm not in school anymore.

At first, "Muffin Man" was on the "toss it out list". It just didn't grab me. I liked the characters well enough, was familiar with the locale, but just didn't see how this was going to keep me interested. So I put it down for a day or so. Funny thing was, I kept wondering to myself, "Okay, what's next?". So I'd read another chapter or less, put it down, and find myself wondering again, "Okay, now what?" I kept doing this over and over until I had finished the book!

Even now, I'm not sure I really liked it but it still leaves me wondering, "Okay, wonder where this could go in a future novel....."

Bill W
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Mike O'D
5.0 out of 5 stars Hot cake
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 7, 2012
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Two weeks in the hot Texas sun. Small town sheriff story with a difference. And the difference makes all the difference, adding a depth such tales rarely have. Okay, it's not delving deeply into a character's psyche, but its light-hearted approach gives balance and takes the edge off observations on some effects of the bipolar condition (heretofore called manic depression). There is nothing depressing about the telling of this story and the muffin touch produced a neat ending. The setting and locals were well enough described to make me NOT want to go to Texas in summer (or ever?). Another kindle good read I gratefully picked up for free.
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Steven Christensen
3.0 out of 5 stars Strange Brew
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2013
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John Lawson, the sheriff of Bolero, Texas has two mysteries to solve. First there is a series of crimes surrounding the cover up of the collapse of the local high school and secondly, why has his father returned to town after abandoning the family 24 years ago. The crimes eventually gets solved with no real surprise in store but the circumstances surrounding what the father has been up to all these years and why he comes back to Bolero really never comes to a conclusion.

While the book was interesting enough to keep me wanting to find out what was going to happen, in the end it fell flat for me. The characters really weren't very interesting and there is no sense of place other than numerous mentions of how hot it is in Texas. This novel could have been set in Minnesota just as well and it would have made little difference. There is just no atmosphere at all. Finally, there is the talking muffin that weaves its way through the story and gives the book it title of Muffin Man. I simply do not get this part of the story at all.
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Lorrie Atkinson
4.0 out of 5 stars Decent Read for an Airplane Trip (for example)
Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2013
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This story will keep you entertained if you need something to keep you entertained on your next cross country flight. I have become enthralled, well maybe that is a little strong, fascinated by the mysteries taking place in the Texas Hill Country. It's where I live and love things that are familiar to me. In the case of mysteries (murder and mayhem), I am only interested in the fact that they take place around where I live and are not personally connected to me! If you can believe that a muffin talks to the sheriff and helps him solve a crime, you might like this story even though the ending felt rather anti-climatic. I am still looking for the Fez restaurant; the shish kebab sounds like it might be pretty decent!
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Robin Hardy
5.0 out of 5 stars "follow the heart"
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2014
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I find this more of a character study than a mystery, in that something as prosaic as a muffin can elicit such a strong reaction in a man. The book is classic Whittington: finely crafted and detailed, with great description of small-town life. True, the romance writer in me wanted more closure between John and the Muffin besides getting eaten. In fact, I was shrieking, "Don't eat it!" the whole time he was picking at it. But I will say that Rusty is one of the most finely drawn characters I've ever read. Much as I wanted to, I couldn't hate him. And THAT is the mark of a superior writer.
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