Hot in December

2013 novel by Joe R. Lansdale

Hot in December

Author| Joe R. Lansdale
Illustrator| Erin Wells
Cover artist| Keri Knutson
Language| English
Genre| Murder mystery
Publisher| Dark Regions Press

Publication date

| December 2013, limited editions April 2014
Publication place| United States
Media type| Trade Paperback, ebook, limited edition, lettered edition
Pages| 109
ISBN| 978-1-62641-014-5
Preceded by| The Thicket (2013)

Hot in December is a crime/suspense novella written by American author Joe R. Lansdale. It's the story of a man who witnesses a fatal hit and run incident of one of his good neighbors.[1] Tom Chan, the protagonist, gets a good look at the driver who didn't even look back. The problem is when Tom identifies the driver he turns out to be the son of the leader of a powerful criminal gang, The Dixie Mafia. To keep Tom from testifying, his wife is abducted and his daughter threatened. So Tom enlists the help of some old war buddies he served with in Afghanistan to rescue his family and bring justice to the gang of criminals. Problem is, one of the friends is a homicidal maniac whose level of violence shocks even Tom.[2][3][4]

## Editions

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This book is available as a trade paperback, a limited edition hardcover (300 copies) and a lettered edition (32 copies) from Dark Regions Press[5][6] Limited editions contain illustrations not included in the paperback.

## External links

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* Author's official website
* Publisher's Website

## References

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1. ^ Lansdale, Joe R. "Hot in December". Fright.Com. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
2. ^ Hot in December Review. "October Country Wordpress". Retrieved 2 January 2014.
3. ^ Horror Novel Reviews. "Hot in December". Retrieved 2 January 2014.
4. ^ Rogers, Wayne C. "Shares his thoughts on Hot in December". Horror Novel Reviews. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
5. ^ Hot in December, Lettered Edition. "Limited Edition". Subterranean Press. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
6. ^ Lansdale, Joe R. "Hot in December". Dark Regions Press. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.

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Works by Joe R. Lansdale

Hap and Leonard series|

* Savage Season (1990)
* Mucho Mojo (1994)
* The Two-Bear Mambo (1995)
* Bad Chili (1997)
* Rumble Tumble (1998)
* Veil's Visit: a Taste of Hap and Leonard (1999)
* Captains Outrageous (2001)
* Vanilla Ride (2009)
* Devil Red (2011)
* Hyenas: a Hap and Leonard Novella (2011)
* Dead Aim (2013)
* Briar Patch Boogie: A Hap and Leonard Novelette (2015)
* Honky Tonk Samurai (2016)
* Hap and Leonard Ride Again (2016)
* Hoodoo Harry (2016)
* Coco Butternut: A Hap and Leonard Novella (2017)
* Rusty Puppy (Hap Collins and Leonard Pine) (2017)
* Hap and Leonard: Blood and Lemonade (2017)
* Cold Cotton: A Hap and Leonard Novella (2017)
* Jackrabbit Smile (2018)
* The Elephant of Surprise (2019)
* The Big Book of Hap and Leonard (2019)
* Of Mice and Minestrone: Hap and Leonard: The Early Years (2020)
* Born for Trouble: The Further Adventures of Hap and Leonard (2022)

Novels|

* Act of Love (1981)
* Texas Night Riders (1983)
* Dead in the West (1986)
* The Magic Wagon (1986)
* The Nightrunners (1987)
* Cold in July (1989)
* Tarzan: The Lost Adventure (1995)
* The Boar (1998)
* Freezer Burn (1999)
* Waltz of Shadows (1999)
* The Big Blow (2000)
* Blood Dance (2000)
* The Bottoms (2000)
* A Fine Dark Line (2002)
* Sunset and Sawdust (2004)
* Lost Echoes (2007)
* Leather Maiden (2008)
* All the Earth, Thrown to the Sky (2011)
* Edge of Dark Water (2012)
* In Waders from Mars (2012)
* The Thicket (2013)
* Paradise Sky (2015)
* Fender Lizards (2015)
* Hell's Bounty (2016)
* Bubba and the Cosmic Bloodsuckers (2017)
* Jane Goes North (2020)
* More Better Deals (2020)
* Big Lizard (2020)
* Moon Lake (2021)
* The Donut Legion (2023)

Novellas|

* On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks (1989)
* Bubba Ho-Tep (1994)
* Something Lumber This Way Comes (1999)
* Under the Warrior Star (2010)
* Christmas with the Dead (2010)
* A Bone Dead Sadness (2012)
* The Ape Man's Brother (2013)
* Hot in December (2013)
* Prisoner 489 (2014)
* Black Hat Jack (2014)

Short story collections|

* By Bizarre Hands (1989)
* Stories by Mama Lansdale's Youngest Boy (1991)
* Bestsellers Guaranteed (1993)
* Electric Gumbo: A Lansdale Reader (1994)
* Writer of the Purple Rage (1994)
* The Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent (1996)
* Private Eye Action, as You Like It (1998)
* Atomic Chili (1998)
* The Long Ones (1999)
* Triple Feature (1999)
* High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale (2000)
* For a Few Stories More (2002)
* A Little Green Book of Monster Stories (2003)
* Bumper Crop (2004)
* Mad Dog Summer and Other Stories (2004)
* The King and Other Stories (2005)
* The God of the Razor (2007)
* The Shadows, Kith and Kin (2007)
* Sanctified and Chicken Fried (2009)
* Unchained and Unhinged (2009)
* The Best of Joe R. Lansdale (2010)
* Deadman's Road (2010)
* By Bizarre Hands Rides Again (2010)
* Trapped in the Saturday Matinee (2012)
* Bleeding Shadows (2013)
* A Pair of Aces (2014)
* The Tall Grass and Other Stories (2015)
* Dead on the Bones: Pulp on Fire (2016)
* Terror is Our Business (2018)

Graphic novels|

* Crawling Sky (2013)
* Jonah Hex: Shadows West (2014)

Anthologies edited|

* Retro-Pulp Tales (2006)
* Son of Retro Pulp Tales (2009)

Essays and Memoirs|

* Miracles Ain't What They Used To Be (2016)

Other works|

* Mark Stone: MIA Hunter

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