<div><b>The beloved odd PI pair Hap Collins and Leonard Pine help a grandmother find her missing granddaughter.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>The story starts simply enough when Hap, a former 60s activist and self-proclaimed white trash rebel, and Leonard, a tough black, gay Vietnam vet and Republican with an addiction to Dr. Pepper, are working a freelance surveillance job in East Texas. The uneventful stakeout is coming to an end when the pair witness a man abusing his dog. Leonard takes matters into his own fists, and now the bruised dog abuser wants to press charges.</div><div><br></div><div>One week later, a woman named Lilly Buckner drops by their new PI office with a proposition: find her missing granddaughter, or she'll turn in a video of Leonard beating the dog abuser. The pair agrees to take on the cold case and soon discover that the used car dealership where her granddaughter worked is actually a front for a prostitution ring. The mystery of her disappearance only deepens from there.</div><div><br></div><div>Filled with Lansdale's trademark whip-smart dialogue, relentless pacing, and unorthodox characters,<i>Honky Tonk Samurai</i> is a rambunctious thrill ride by one hell of a writer.</div>