Black Light (Bob Lee Swagger) Mass Market Paperback – April 7, 1997

Bob Lee Swagger, what else is there to like!! Good read.

Great story, enjoyed it very much. Bob Lee makes Reacher look like a wuss if you ask me. And I like Hunter's style more as well. The one thing is the inane profanity. Why oh why does almost every character have to say g..d... in every other sentence. It's like nails on a chalkboard to Christian guys...at least this Christian guy.Otherwise, it's a terrific "dang" book

Some negative reviews have called 'Black Light' predictable, racist and violent. Yeah, what's your point? Look, this is a book in Stephen Hunter's 'Bob Lee Swagger' series. Swagger is an ex-Marine sniper in the south. He hunts bad guys. Violent? I should HOPE so!In Black Light, Hunter's hero--Bob Lee Swagger-- is helping the search for clues regarding his father's death. (His father is ANOTHER S. Hunter major character, Earl Swagger). This journey bounces the reader from 1955 to the 1990s effortlessly, telling two stories at once and builds an excellent little mystery while keeping action junkies on the edge of their kindle.As he so often does, and does so well, Hunter reprises characters from past novels. It's like running into old friends (or enemies, as the case may be), but knowing these recurring characters is NOT a prerequisite for enjoying any of the Hunter novels.The plot? It's the 1990s, and a young reporter sets out to find who, back in 1955, murdered Arkansas State Trooper (and national celebrity) Earl Swagger. And WHY? The would-be author enlists the help of Earl's son Bob Lee, and from there... the action doesn't stop until the last page.At the risk of sounding sexist, this IS a "guys book." It has guns (lots of them), violence and much bloodshed. And, yes, it IS as predictable as any action novel or film. But is that always bad? The PLOT isn't predictable, there were plenty of twists and turns. But the genre itself is surely lends itself to predictability.One negative review called Black Light "racist." It isn't. It might upset our sensibilities to hear even the good guys use racist language from the 1950s, but that's just the REALITY of the times, location and the folks with whom we are dealing.Can't deny it...I thoroughly enjoyed this Bob Lee Swagger outing. But then, I've enjoyed all the adventures Hunter has taken me on. If you're a first time Stephen Hunter reader, many will recommend "Point of Impact", but I started with Hunter's 'stand alone' novel "Dirty White Boys"...which, as it turns out, is more tied into Bob and Earl Swagger than meets the eye.Predictable, violent, down and dirty. Stephen Hunter may not be great literature, but he can write some damned entertaining books that men will love.

This was one of the best mysteries I’ve ever read. I read a lot now that I am retired, and this was excellent in so many ways.Colorful writing, terrific characters, suspense throughout.This is a stand alone novel although it is book 2 in the series.Thank you Stephen Hunter for exceptional entertainment.

Point of Impact , Dirty White Boys, and Black Light make up a great trilogy. The characters that Hunter created will be with you the rest of your life. Swagger is the great American hero, and all the books that he features are spectacular.

Hard to put down. Excellent book. Actually did lose some sleep lol. Bob Lee is a great character and a total badass.

If you’re a Bob Lee fan, this book’s for you. Seemed like it was going to be slow, at first, but that didn’t last long.A great page turner. Wish I didn’t keep running out of pages!Try it, you’ll like it!

I've found all of Hunter's books to be top-notch. However, in the first half of this one, he seamlessly slips back and forth between the lives of Bob Lee Swagger and his father Earl Swagger, half a century apart, with a frequency that makes it easy to misappropriate the time frame of all the other characters and their deeds. Further, a half-dozen other father-son stories and additional characters, similarly separated in time, are also seamlessly intermixed. All this causes considerable confusion. Reading this book using a Kindle with its search capability is highly recommended. In any event, it's a very good novel but requires a nontrivial effort by the reader to sort it all out. (And I don't have dementia, but neither do I have an eidetic memory!)I found the second half of the book somewhat easier to follow, either because it was indeed easier or because I had done sufficient sorting out in the first half. However, the two main plots of the book, Bobby Lee's investigations of his father Earl's killing and both Earl and Bobby's investigation of a woman's murder occurring shortly before Earl's death, continue to be entangled with several subplots also occurring in both eras. The interweaving of these subplots with the main two plots, all of them present in both timeframes, continues to challenge the reader.This obfuscation hampers Hunter's usually superb, action-packed writing, making this book considerably more complicated than the others in Hunter's highly entertaining "Bob Lee Swagger" series. And, because of these difficulties, I'll have to give this one 3 instead of 5 stars.

Mr Hunter has a way with his writing that makes you become. Involved with his story. His hero is the type of man who most would respect and follow.

Great service book as described

Once again Mr Hunter and Mr Swagger do not disappoint good story well paced enough action and a little twist at the end Bob Lee deserves more movies and a better TV series I will start book number 3 now.

Al pari di Point of impact anche questo fa tenere il fiato sospeso in piú punti del testo specie nel duello tra i due snipers, quello vecchio ed esperto ma ormai stanco di simili azioni, e quello piú giovane e con piú esperienza d' azione.Galland5:-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-)

Diese Bob Lee Swagger Reihe ist wunderbar! Angefangen mit dem ersten Buch und nun weiter und weiter bis alle durch gelesen sind. 1 A Ware und vor allem sehr sehr interessant geschrieben. Leicht verständlich, trotz englischer Sprache. TOP!