Now Hunter goes back to 1946 and introduces Earl Swagger, Bob Lee's father, in "Hot Springs" (Simon & Schuster, $25, 474 pages). A survivor of the war in the Pacific, Earl is haunted by the memory ...

Bob Lee Swagger remains one of the most badass television characters ever. The USA Network series, Shooter, was one of the finest, coming at a time when the cable network ran supreme with endless ...

Near the start of Hunter's cartoonish fifth Bob Lee Swagger thriller (after The 47th Samurai), Nikki Swagger, the series hero's journalist daughter, is seriously injured when a hit man runs her ...