Recommended Books
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Twilight of the Serpent (The Serpent Series Book 3)
Some predators hide in plain sight. Others hunt from the shadows.
Merrick Winslow is a decorated Army officer, a man of discipline and honor—or so he claims. When he reports that his ex-wife, Cheonsa Soo-Min, has been stalking him, no one questions his story. He paints her as unstable, vengeful, and dangerous, a woman consumed by obsession. But when two officers are gunned down with her own weapon, the truth becomes harder to see. With the law closing in, Cheonsa vanishes, fleeing to Rio de Janeiro, where she is taken in by Von Schlange, the vigilante thought to have disappeared for good.
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The Serpent Woman (The Serpent Series Book 2)
The exciting sequel to The Serpent’s Bridge…
A serial killer is on the loose. With her insidious tattoo and venomous killer strike, they’re calling her the serpent woman.
Two of the best in their field, LAPD Detective Anaya Nazario and FBI Supervising Special Agent Blake Huxley are forced to work together yet again, despite their strained romantic history and a baby on the way. Together on a nationwide hunt, they must find this serpent woman before she strikes again.
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The Serpent’s Bridge (The Serpent Series Book 1)
Compelling dialogue, rich, gritty prose, and characters you won’t forget — if you loved The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest by Stieg Larsson, or Ink and Bone by Lisa Unger, you’ll love The Serpent’s Bridge.
Recovering alcoholic Detective Anaya Nazario remains haunted by her father’s murder. Lucas Nazario was the highest-ranking Puerto Rican LAPD detective, and his case has gone unsolved for twenty-four years since his murder. When Mexican immigrants are targeted by a serial killer, Nazario senses a connection and fights to keep the leadless case open.
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Crooks & Nannies (The Charmed Inn Mysteries Book 2)
“Cozy fans will be charmed.” —Publishers Weekly
A surprise visit from Roxy’s sister stirs up all kinds of chaos when a jilted lover is found dead at the Charmed Inn…
The middle of summer is the busiest time of year for Roxy Gleason. So when the inn springs a a few leaks, more than her usual handyman can handle, Roxy hires a father and son team to make quick and hopefully inconspicuous work of getting things back on track. It’s all going well until one of them is found dead in the basement among the wine racks.
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You Owe Me: Murder Mystery with a terrific twist at the end (Frankie Armstrong Book 1)
Mafia thugs. Sunken treasure. Can Frankie solve the case before he’s dragged under?
Frankie Armstrong’s wife’s rejection, hit him like a sledgehammer. Desperate, depressed, and suicidal, the former British soldier gets just the distraction he needs when the American, who saved his life in Iraq, calls in a favor and asks Frankie to come to Florida to find his missing nephew.
Shortly after arriving on Florida’s sun-soaked coast, what was said to be a simple search and rescue becomes something else entirely.
Joined by an adopted stray dog, Frankie races to stay ahead of the game but then discovers his old pal who asked for his help, left out a million-dollar detail. Has he been double-crossed and will repaying an old debt cost him his life?
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Murder on Grange Road (JD Pickens Mysteries Book 2)
Quail hunting in Central Florida was supposed to be an exciting experience. But lately, for Bo Tatum, the owner of Tatum’s Hunting Resort off Grange Road near Lake Azur, it had been a disaster. Instead of his dogs flushing out birds, they’d been digging up human bodies.
Sheriff JD Pickens and County Medical Examiner, Dr. Marge Davids, were planning a festive holiday season. But their plans were put on hold thanks to Tatum’s discoveries. Undermanned and ill-equipped in a city and county where such things rarely happened, Pickens and Davids will need to muster all the ingenuity they can to solve the mysteries of the bodies, including getting help from an expert in forensic science.Buy on Website:- www.georgeencizo.com
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Tangled Darkness
In a twisted web of lies, she’s either the spider or the fly.
When a psychiatric clinical assistant turns up dead, Dr. Leslie Schoen finds herself a suspect in the case—and facing allegations which could destroy her career.
As Detective Davis works the investigation, Leslie launches her own inquiries. She soon uncovers deception and illegal schemes involving stolen prescription opioids. It seems everyone around her is hiding something, and as she gets closer to the truth, the threats against her escalate. She struggles with keeping dangerous information from her pregnant wife, Izzy, and knows she needs to confront traumatic demons from her own past. But as she delves deeper into a web of lies, one thing becomes clear: someone will do anything to keep their criminal plans in the shadows.
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The Bridge (JD Pickens Mysteries – Vol. 6 Book 1)
Losing a beloved pet was traumatic for JD Pickens and his daughter Sarah. What made matters worse was when Sarah took a liking to a boy, one Pickens didn’t know. Pickens wasn’t ready for Sarah to date because he feared losing his little girl’s heart. It created a chasm in their father-daughter relationship. When Sarah and her boyfriend witnessed a dog beaten and tossed in a truck, they followed it until the truck turned onto a dirt road. Sarah had called the incident to Deputy Billy Thompson and asked him to run the license plate. Billy agreed but asked her not to follow the truck, and they decided not to follow it.
The rift between Pickens and Sarah widened when Pickens solicited the boyfriend’s help locating the dirt road without telling Sarah. He agreed even though it got him in trouble with Sarah. After he pointed out the road, Billy contacted a member of his drone club and had her launch a drone to do aerial surveillance of the road.
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Stories that Haunt the Mind and Soul
Stories that Haunt the Mind and Soul is a celebration of horror—13 tales filled with fear, despair, and horrifying consequences created by the twisted mind of bestselling horror author and Horror Writers Association member Fred Wiehe. Each story will take you to new depths of supernatural and paranormal experiences that will have you questioning your longstanding beliefs of what’s real and what isn’t. If you didn’t believe in the occult, ghosts, demons, evil entities, werewolves, Satan, or other haunting creatures of the night before reading this collection, you just might afterward. Read at your own peril if you dare risk inevitable nightmares.
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Her Aussie Protector
Doctor Asher Jardine turned her back on a lucrative career and spent her inheritance on revamping an old ambulance, taking health care to the community to those too afraid to venture into an office. It took almost a year for her to gain the trust of the menagerie of homeless and helpless she serves. But lately, there’s been a sinister feel to the streets she uses as her clinic.
Injured Australian Defense Force Investigator, Mitchell Buchanan, is seconded to the Sentinel Bureau. On the surface, the agency helps returned soldiers transition back into society. Their actual mission is to pursue soldiers who’ve crossed the line. His assignment to locate a suspected member of a deadly smuggling gang finds him cozying up to the guy’s sister.
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Death on Diamond Beach
Death on Diamond Beach
BJ Gleeson and his wife/ partner Karen were visiting Delaware for BJ’s daughter’s wedding. They made a side trip, with family, to Cape May, New Jersey. BJ took his grandson and family to visit an old favorite beach of his: Diamond Beach. People collected small colored stones that washed up on the shore.
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Face Value: A UK Military Detective Thriller (Wright & Tran series Book 1)
Two women veterans of an elite intelligence gathering unit, now private investigators taking on the cases the law can’t handle.
When two grown-up children claim their elderly parents have been kidnapped, Kara and Tien are sceptical, but they need the money and anyway, Kara needs something to keep her mind of the man she murdered.
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By Hook or By Book (The Charmed Inn Mysteries 1)
“Cozy fans will be charmed.” —Publishers Weekly
Roxy Gleason, an innkeeper by trade and a bibliomancer by birth, has lived in the same small town on the Susquehanna River in Central Pennsylvania for her entire life. Tradition is strong here. Roxy understands the rules and is willing to play by them most of the time. She runs the Charmed Inn, which has been in her family for decades.
The inn is all set to host a writers’ professional business weekend that’s been planned down to the very last hand-folded napkin, and Roxy is ready for the influx of creatives. She knows she’ll have a lot of different and sometimes unusual personalities to deal with, but this is a yearly function, so she’s not expecting anything to go awry.
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Red Light and Bell: Your Sins Will Find You Out
“Written with an insider’s knowledge, utterly addictive, fun thrillers revealing the darker side of showbiz. I loved them!”
Melanie Chisholm (AKA Sporty Spice)
Daisy DeVilliers, celebrity PR, and Danny Owen, former investigative journalist, sit hand-in-hand in the VIP seats enjoying the much-anticipated return of global pop-megastar Martha. Following the kidnapping and dramatic rescue of the star and her sister, neither thought this glamorous night would ever happen. The ecstatic audience are demanding encore-after-encore. Martha is back!
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Hidden in the Shadows
“All I can ever think about is murdering her.” -C.B.
Twenty-three-year-old Evie Day never dreamt she’d be back in Woodsville Arkansas, a small town in the middle of nowhere, after having left five years earlier, but the death of her grandfather called for her return. After discovering a photo from 1933 of a mysterious woman standing next to a tiny wooden box, a strange vial of blood wrapped up in a handkerchief in the pocket of her grandfather’s overalls, and a key hidden in his desk drawer that belongs to a secret safety deposit box, Evie is unwittingly thrown into a world of evil where those closest to her are the ones to be the most feared and danger lurks around every corner.
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Tick… Tick… Tick…
“Spell-binding” Armin Shimerman, star of Star Trek: Deep Space 9
Harlan Stone is at the top of his game – An unflinching federal agent who reports solely to the President. But why is this highly specialized operative poking around Pennsylvania Dutch Country, grilling a back-water doctor about a sterile bull?
Questions proliferate. Within a month, the global beef market collapses, and unexplained environmental disasters and panic strike worldwide. The Earth is spiraling toward catastrophic ruin. Eco-terrorists? Ruthless extortionists? Rogue nations? Someone’s after something, but who and why?
It’s a race against time; the future of the planet is on a stopwatch, and Harlan is the one person capable of preserving humanity. Life as we know it hangs in the balance.
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Someone Is Out There
Four-Time Agatha Award Nominee Kaye George brings a new edge-of-your-seat suspense!
Someone is stalking Darla.
She has a lot on her plate already. Dealing with a breakup. Her best friend shutting Darla out of her life. A handicapped mother. Her career as a hospital nurse. She doesn’t need slashed tires, threatening notes, or, least of all, a brick through her window.
She suspects her tormentor could either be her ex or her own father, who attacked and crippled her mother years ago. But she’s just not sure, and there’s no one but her dog to turn to.
Soon, she’s forced to rely on her own wits to protect her and her mother as the frightening threats become more and more frequent.And are progressively more dangerous.
Fans of Mia Sheridan, Freida McFadden, Yasmin Angoe, Jeneva Rose, John Marrs, and Minka Kent will enjoy Kaye George.
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By Dawn’s Early Light
“By Dawn’s Early Light is a heart-pounding sci-fi thriller that weaves nuclear devastation, shadowy conspiracies, and relentless courage into an unputdownable race against time—perfect for fans of The Stand and The Day After Tomorrow.” – NewInBooks.com
The world shatters before dawn’s first light. Nuclear explosions erupt across America, turning cities into desolate wastelands and silencing communications. Dr. Sasha Cohen, a relentless FBI forensic pathologist, finds herself navigating the chaos alongside her assistant, the resourceful Jake Campbell. Their routine investigation collides with catastrophe when they stumble upon Leila, an enigmatic teen, amidst the ruins of a decimated city block.
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Oddball in 3G
Robert Krieger’s life is falling apart. He’s been fired from his job, split up with his girlfriend, and has a controlling mother he feels obligated to call twice a week. As a result, he’s developed a distressing anxiety disorder. Robert lends money to an acquaintance across the hall in his building, a small-time drug dealer named Skids. When Skids is brutally beaten by enforcers working for an inner-city drug gang, the Dragons, he gives Robert a “package” to hold for him until he either asks for it back or dies. Determined to find a new girlfriend, while jogging one morning Robert meets the beautiful and willowy Lindsey Marriott, whom he awkwardly begins to romance. Soon afterwards, he finds himself in a bloody one-man war with the Dragons, who believe Robert possesses money Skids owes them. Robert is soon juggling an array of anxiety-heightening issues, which together conspire to wreak havoc on his fragile sanity. Gritty and violent, ODDBALL IN 3G is a psychological thriller that’s also surprisingly funny.
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A Murderer Among Us (Twin Lakes Mysteries Book 1)
After her husband dies, Lydia Krause sells her company and moves to an upscale retirement community on Long Island to start a new life. At her first Twin Lakes event, she meets the community’s financial advisor, whom she recognizes as the convicted embezzler who drove her sister to suicide. After exchanging heated words with the man’s wife, Lydia flees the scene.
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Meeting over Murder: Lessons in Murder, Book 1
Two women, a dead teen, and a cruel killer at large.
From award-winning, best-selling author Edale Lane comes a new contemporary sapphic mystery!
Jenna Ferrari is a tough-to-the-bone homicide detective with no patience for stupidity and an Italian’s penchant for displays of emotion. While she excels at catching criminals, she continues to strike out at relationships. At thirty-two, she wonders if she’ll ever find the right woman.A brilliant, creative college literature professor, Miranda McLeod is respected by her peers and loved by her students. After years of walking an ambiguous line, she wants to come out but doesn’t know how.
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Midnight Falls
After a series of disappointments and mishaps at college, Josh Blevins returns to his small hometown, loyal dog in tow, and begrudgingly settles in. Though he feels like a failure and his life is at a crossroads, he’s made new friends and even found a girl.
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Come Home to Death
Erica Parker has barely been a bride nine months when two thugs show up at her apartment while her husband is away on one of his infamous business trips, claiming he owes their boss a large gambling debt. Frightened for her life, and without any other options, she heads for her childhood Long Island home she escaped three years ago. And swore never to return.
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Uncovering Lily (A Rescued by the Billionaire Romance Series)
Enjoy this steamy romantic suspense series from USA TODAY Bestselling romance author Rene Webb!
A Kidnapped College Student
While studying abroad, I was drugged, kidnapped, and imprisoned . . . in a Hong Kong brothel. After several failed attempts to escape, I know my time is running out. My innocence is about to be sold to the highest bidder. -
A Mahjongg Mystery
When Myra, one of the Mah Jongg foursome, dies mysteriously, her fellow player and friend Angelina Popoff decides to conduct her own investigation. A widow, Angelina soon becomes enamored with widower detective Guy, who returns her affection but discourages her amateur sleuth tendencies.
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The Illusions of Alistair Moonshadow (Alistair Moonshadow Trilogy Book 1)
Alistair arrives at the manor, where he meets the enigmatic Lady Eleanor Ravenscroft and her circle of guests, each seemingly more secretive than the last. The atmosphere at the manor is thick with secrets, and Alistair’s initial performance takes a dark turn when a shadowy figure manifests during his act, seemingly alive and separate from his control. This shadow figure hints at a hidden power within Alistair, one that he has never tapped into before.
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A Song in the Night (Marcus Blake stand alone series)
Marcus Blake wanted a quiet self-drive holiday, but he hadn’t planned on stopping on the long empty Wyoming road for a woman whose truck had broken down. She just wanted a lift a few miles to her home town, Mason Falls. Marcus agreed, but what he wasn’t to know that his quiet holiday was to be blown apart by murder, blackmail and betrayal.
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The Omnibus: Maggie McCready’s Travelling Tarot Adventures
Meet Maggie McCready, a travelling tarot reader who offers spiritual advice over a cup of tea and a charmed biscuit or two. The Omnibus brings together all three of Maggie’s adventures that will whisk you away into a world where mysticism and danger intertwine.
Book 1 – The Angel Tea HouseAngel St., looks angelic but all is not as it seems! When dark forces stir only a tarot reader can read the signs, something is definitely brewing in Angel St. and it’s not just the tea!
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The Meal Ticket
The Meal Ticket by Ken Cavazzoni is a gripping psychological thriller that plunges readers into the shadowy world of manipulation, sexual assault, and high-stakes extortion.
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Murder on the Med
A group of rogue seniors trade their pensions for piracy as they sail into their sunset years. A travel feature turns into a deadly investigation for Kat Lawson when she discovers a missing passenger, presumed overboard, may have been used as a mule to smuggle ancient artifacts aboard Athena, a luxury cruise ship designed for retired seniors at sea.
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TROPICAL SCANDAL: A Pancho McMartin Legal Thriller
Tropical Scandal: A Pancho McMartin Legal Thriller is a wild ride from start to finish; once you pick it up, you don’t want to put it back down.
Tropical Scandal is the fifth installment in David Myles Robinson’s series of Pancho McMartin legal thrillers. Based somewhat on bizarrely true events, this thrilling sequel is a tale of conspiracy, corruption, and murder. Shortly after the events of Tropical Deception, Pancho is approached by a washed up, alcoholic attorney whom he used to idolize to take over a murder case. The attorney, Isaac Goldblum, has learned that he is dying, and can no longer fulfill his cases. One of those cases, however, is that of his client, Dayton – an innocent man charged with murdering his grandmother. When Pancho takes over the case, he soon realizes that something isn’t right and finds himself in the middle of the biggest corruption scandal that Hawaii has ever seen. With a little help from his friends, Pancho must get to the bottom of this case, prove Dayton’s innocence, and maintain his finally hopeful love life.
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Fallen in a Dark Uneven Way
It is said that during free fall, a body increases its speed by thirty-two feet per second for every second it’s in the air.
Terry Strong, PI, didn’t want to think about how fast Father John Dresdale’s body was falling when it hit the pavement beneath the St. Benjamin’s Catholic Church thirty-foot bell tower.
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Imaginary Conceptions of Sorts: Volume 1
Donna Rentfrow has been employed with the Isabel Anderson Comer Museum & Arts Center in Sylacauga, Alabama as Director/Curator for the past twenty years. Although, born and raised in California. She and her husband Don, originally a native of Illinois, enjoy the slow pace of Southern life and claimed Sylacauga their home over twenty-six years ago. Donna began writing whimsical stories about animals and their adventures with her daughter Amber Behnke in 2015.
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BLACK FIRE: A nail-biting action thriller of suspense (A Tommy Black Thriller Series Book 1)
“Don’t be surprised if you wake up bruised and bloody after a night of reading this one!”
For fans of Robert Ludlum and Lee Child, BLACK FIRE is the newest addiction, a “tour de force of explosive action” that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
“Masterfully written, this book is a must-read…”
Major Tommy Black stands at the crossroads of a brilliant clandestine career, with his life in black ops sealed in buried records and whispered stories of violent exploits. Lost and without purpose, Black finds himself driven back into action when the daughter of a fallen comrade is kidnapped. Unleashing all his military experience and fury, he embarks on a relentless race across the world to save her.
Battling corrupt police and murderous gangsters, Black wages war against an army of mercenaries and international sex traffickers led by a psychopath who wants the girl for his own. As 1000-year storms converge above them, Black sacrifices everything for the nearly impossible chance to save the girl—and perhaps his own soul.
In the spirit of KILLING FLOOR and THE BOURNE IDENTITY, William Kely McClung’s debut action thriller takes readers on an epic journey filled with breathtaking suspense and adventure. From the exotic Indian Ocean island of Mauritius to the remote interior of South Africa and across Europe into the towering mountains of Central Asia, BLACK FIRE introduces Tommy Black, a riveting new hero to cheer alongside Reacher and Bourne.
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Deadly Doubloons
A mystery novel featuring a banker who marries for money, has perfected an embezzling scheme, and is an avid treasure diver. The protagonist, Chris Green, is a dive professional new to underwater investigation. He’s drawn into this mysterious situation as a favor to an old friend.
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Strawberry moon
The Patterson family embarks on a new chapter by leaving the U.K. for a fresh start in France. Their new home in St Severin, nestled in the Dordogne region, sets the stage for a series of life-altering challenges. The narrative unfolds through the perspective of Maisie, a seventeen-year-old who grapples with the complexities of coming of age amidst significant changes. She navigates the turbulent waters of loss, competing love interests, and the intricacies of family dynamics. Meanwhile, her older brother Dan rebels against the move, contemplating a return to England once his studies conclude. Dan’s involvement in an affair with a married French woman adds another layer of tension. However, the situation takes a drastic turn when Dan mysteriously disappears, sending shockwaves through the family and unraveling their newfound life in France. What initially seemed like an exciting adventure transforms into a series of challenges that test Maisie’s resilience as she strives to chart her path into adulthood amidst the chaos and uncertainty.
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Beneath These Walls
Six months ago, my husband tried to kill me.
Now, my sons and I are living in an old Victorian house passed down to me by my uncle. The house may be big, but the town is small… it’s safe, which is something I haven’t felt in a very long time. And best of all, it’s very far away from my ex.
As soon as we move in, however, I discover that this house has an eerie reputation. Rumor has it my uncle was a mysterious man accused of atrocious things, which is drawing a lot of unwanted attention our way.
And the last thing we need is attention; we need to stay invisible if we want to stay alive.
But how can we remain invisible when things keep happening in this house? Strange things. Horrific things that have the whole town talking. We were supposed to be safe here, but it’s becoming glaringly apparent to me that we’re in real danger.
Then I remind myself: I’m a mother.
And a mother will do anything to protect her children.
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The Last Man: A Novel of the 1927 Santa Claus Bank Robbery
“A novel as compelling as the incredible true story it’s based on.” James Wade, two-time Spur Award-winning author of Beasts of the Earth.
When Santa Claus enters a Texas bank just before Christmas in 1927, no one expects him to pull a gun.
The fake white beard hides his identity from his neighbors while he and three others take everything. But their easy heist goes sideways fast when armed lawmen and citizens assemble to claim a new reward for dead bank robbers.
Taking hostages, the gang forces a path through a frenzied and bloody shootout, setting the whole Lone Star state on their trail.
One bandit dies in the getaway. One is executed in the electric chair. One swings from a rope in a mob lynching. The last man finds a life he always hoped for … if only he can keep it.
Closely based on a true story, The Last Man is a gritty Prohibition-era crime novel filled with flawed characters and second chances.
“Do not miss this fabulous Texas tale!” Kathleen Y’Barbo, Publishers Weekly bestselling author of The Black Midnight and the Bayou Nouvelle series.
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Lizzie Fox
Lizzie Fox is a courageous and determined woman living in Seclusion, Texas. Growing up through the foster care system leads Lizzie to asking questions about the suspicious death of a young Black girl. Her investigation uncovers a web of corruption that stretches all the way into Nuevo Laredo’s infamous “Boys Town” and incriminates Seclusion’s rich and powerful—including members of the church and law enforcement.