Bullets for Silverware

By Jim Antonini,

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A young pharmacist takes a job in a small rural town and is quickly introduced to a world of drugs, sex, guns, and deceit. Unexpectedly, he falls in love with the local 'good-time girl' and finds himself trying to solve the mystery behind the disappearance of the pharmacist he was…

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1 author picked Bullets for Silverware as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

A young pharmacist is hired in a rural town and begins to question what happened to the original druggist he replaced.

This Appalachian tale of murder and drugs even has its own soundtrack; I swear I could hear the radio and smell the characters, because the descriptions in this novel are so well written. This is one of the rare times I’ve read a book in one sitting because I had to know what was going to happen next. 

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