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Baer Creighton #6

The Men I Sent Forward

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Picking up the story with Baer on the road to North Carolina and Tat and Corazon in the motel with the hot tub, disaster is moments away.

Baer 6 is packed with more action, wit, and destruction than any book in the series so far. It's more brutal, more funny, more heartbreaking, and more enlightening. I hope you find as much enjoyment in the reading as I did in the writing.

-- Clayton

287 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 17, 2020

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Clayton Lindemuth

37 books126 followers
Am I right? You're smarter than most, embrace old fashioned morals, love your country, dogs, and guns... and dig ruthless fiction...

Hi! I'm Clayton Lindemuth, and my novels embrace rural noir truth. Mind your own business, be slow to anger. But don't ever back down to evil. Justice happens when the wicked die.

If we're tracking so far, I wrote My Brother's Destroyer, and all the rest, just for you.

You'll stay awake too late, underline fun new ways to cuss, muse about new philosophies and read random passages to strangers to make the world a better place.

Literary depth. Thriller pace. If you've got the stomach to watch evil men die, dress for the woods and grab a lamp. We've work to do.

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240 reviews2 followers
March 20, 2022
Sick story about sick people. No plot or direction, senseless killings for the sake of killing. Terrible narrator
6 reviews
November 7, 2020
A little confusing, but still a good read

I'm hoping that this is a transitional book, that sets the stage for future books in the series, but with less mumbo jumbo about the the metaphysical!
7 reviews
February 21, 2021
this gritty fiction is reality in dialect ...the way Jesus was working class man... working through and to his divinity

Most of my reads are mysteries which allow my mind to shut away itself...a literate idiot box, if you will. They do present truths and values but in a formulaic manner. This book is anything but. It made my head hurt as it spoke to my heart/soul. Sometimes fiction is more real than reality. Like Charlie Brown and BC and Sgt. Rock and Pogo. This is one to read and digest, not race to the next.
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30 reviews19 followers
April 1, 2021
Saying I 'read' this book is a stretch. It was a Book Club pick, and I read the first 20% and found it a miserable experience. I hopscotched through the rest of the book to be somewhat familiar with it for the meeting. At the Book Club meeting, we discussed the factors that made the book so unappealing: the incessant use of the rural vernacular and the serial killing theme. Given the excellent reviews here on Goodreader, I guess some folks like this rural noir genre.
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60 reviews
July 27, 2021
Wonderful twist with Baer looking deep within

I wrote that book 5 was sometimes a little confusing. Shifting from present to Baers past.
Well I again suggest you start with book 1.
Through a coincidence (are their really any coincidences??) Baer meets a women who causes him to completely change his view of himself and humanity. She is referred to as"CHICAGO MAGS."
Clayton Lindemuth has once again surprised me and provide another wonderful book.

54 reviews1 follower
September 19, 2020
My favorite

I devoured this book. I wanted to take time and enjoy it, and I enjoyed it, but read it too fast. I loved the conversations with Chicago Mags. This one is probably my favorite one yet, but they’re all excellent.

I don’t think I can wait a year for the next one, but it’s not really up to me...
7 reviews
February 8, 2023
READ THESE BOOKS!!!

I love these books!!! I just love Baer!!! I have a complete picture of him in my head....just a good old boy! The characters are well-defined and so real!! The dry humor is so perfectly written that I have laughed out loud more than once! Please keep it up!!
16 reviews
October 8, 2020
Baer is awesome!

I grew up in NC and can relate with his character in many ways. Family, honor, love, doing the right thing even when it may not be the legal way, for example making shine to earn a living.
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4 reviews
November 17, 2020
Definitely a must read series.

I have read all of the Baer Creighton series to date (6 so far), and thoroughly enjoyed each one. Definitely recommend this series, as well as Lindemuth’s other books.
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314 reviews
January 3, 2021
Wow

I really enjoyed this book for the most part. Got a little strange with the mags lady. Way over my head n I didn’t like it a bit so mostly just skipped over that part. All in all though it was a decent read
129 reviews1 follower
May 5, 2021
For all who believe in an eye for an eye

Baer never disappoints or Clayton. Long on philosophy and gritty action. You gotta love a man who talks to his dog and who hears his dog talk back.
171 reviews1 follower
September 30, 2020
Another good one

Another good read by Mr. Lindemuth. Already looking forward to his next book. Good against evil in a way that is rough but fair.
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413 reviews1 follower
October 1, 2020
Bad A$$ Baer

All I can say is WOW. Anonymous super tale by Clayton. Rather enlightening, all that talk about the “hereafter “. The morale of these stories, Don’t F with Baer.
19 reviews
October 23, 2020
Baer gets it done

I love this series too much, Baer serves up the justice as only he can. Great characters ,can't wait to read the next book.
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19 reviews1 follower
December 14, 2020
Wow! Another wild ride with Baer Creighton. Couldn't put it down until the end. A real page turner. Can't wait for more...
7 reviews
January 4, 2021
Love Baer

I read all 6 books in less than a couple months. Couldn’t put them down. Looking forward to # 7.
1 review
January 5, 2021
Great read !!

Really liked enjoyed the book and really like the author will read more of his books soon !!! Great Read !!!!
7 reviews
March 9, 2021
The best So far love the insight and Chicago mags very easy to see into why Baer is what he is can't wait for the next book
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132 reviews1 follower
March 31, 2021
I didn't enjoy this book in the series as much as the first 5. Too much psychology for me.
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110 reviews
August 29, 2021
Baer Creighton..... Philosopher.

Gotta love Baer Creighton. Philosopher, hillbilly, mass murderer. Don't want this series to end. On to #7. Great job by the author.
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34 reviews
June 2, 2022
This book was a bit more introspective than the others. It had more critical thinking than I’d imagine but still a good read
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142 reviews4 followers
January 2, 2023
I read it. I don't know what it was about.
6 reviews1 follower
February 22, 2024
Gets Better and Better!

Who would have thought that existentialism would come from a hillbilly. Helps me feel a little less stupid. LOL
Such great read.
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