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In Roughhouse, Jeffery Hess returns to the unforgettable world of good-natured badass Scotland Ross-hero of his critically acclaimed Beachhead and Tushhog-to tell the powerful story of people stretched to extremes. It's August 1986. The Cold War rages and Yuppies make all the money. Fresh off a three-year stretch at Starke for keeping Pearce family secrets, Scotland has a new place to call home on Fort Myers Beach. All should be perfect except Scotland's wife is going to die unless he comes up with $100,000. He enlists a trusted friend to help him rob a Tampa casino to pay for her unconventional treatment. While freely risking life in prison if he's caught, he never thought his trusted accomplice could go rogue and turn against him. On top of that, his long-lost nieces come to him in need of help only he can provide, while a mysterious female former Marine has her own surprise plan for him. Scotland hurtles through his new-found freedom right back into a storm of violence and pain with strong women and treacherous men gusting in all directions. Without him, the women would be doomed; without them, he would be. Yet, success and failure are put to the biggest challenge by an unsettled score from the past that threatens to bury them all in the surf. Praise for ROUGHHOUSE: "Rounding out a trilogy is never easy, especially one with as memorable an anti-hero as Scotland Ross, the on-again/off-again criminal-with-a-heart-of-gold who managed to shoot his way out of Jeffery Hess's Beachhead and Tushhog. Yet Hess's finale to cap the series not only delivers, it firmly sets Hess up with the masters of Florida rough-and-tumble crime fiction. Roughhouse pummels Scotland Ross as he fights his way through heartache, betrayal, shifting family loyalties and unbreakable family bonds, all set against a backdrop of bullets and cash, salt and sun, the best that Florida has to offer." -Steph Post, author of Miraculum, Lightwood, Walk in the Fire, Holding Smoke, and A Tree Born Crooked "A bruised and bloodied hero punching destiny's jaw one last time. Tense, gritty, emotional. Roughhouse carves a fitting end for the unbreakable Scotland, who, like the 80s itself, ain't accepting fate easy." -James R. Duncan, author of Blood Republic "What a wild ride! I really dig that this book is noir through and through yet has this emotional beating heart at its center. I could read about these characters and their wacky Floridian lives all day. Well done, sir!" -Chris Rhatigan, author of Squeeze and Race to the Bottom "Scotland Ross is a good man running in a merciless world. It's a good thing he's built for the battle. This book reminded me of early Elmore Leonard books. I'm embarrassed to say this is my first Scotland Ross novel. But I'm fired up that I can devour the other two." -Jonathan Brown, author of the Lou Crasher Mysteries "Edgy, rich and excessively smart, Roughhouse might be that rare third element of the trilogy, even better than its predecessors. Regardless, it is constantly entertaining and, even better, always artful." - Fred G. Leebron, author of Six Figures, Out West, and Welcome to Christiania

Mail carrier and aspiring writer Ezra Lockert is reclusive author Glen Dower's "biggest fan." Ezra realizes that the best way to become like his idol, he must become part of Glen's life. Using his amateur sleuth skills, and his connections at the United States Post Office, Ezra tracks Glen down to the small town of Purgatory, Maine. Through a series of clever tactics, Ezra gets himself assigned to Glen's mail route. He not only joins the Purgatory community, he also becomes their most accomplished stalker. For weeks, Ezra watches Glen from the woods outside Glen's house and studies his patterns and writing habits. After learning all he can, Ezra takes the next step and befriends Glen. As the friendship grows, Ezra believes he can now take the next step toward becoming a writer. But he is about to get closer to Glen than he had even dreamed. Praise for WANNABE: "If Martin Scorcese's King of Comedy and Stephen King's Misery had a kid, it might look and read like M. Wallace Herron's Wannabe. This funny, breezy, satiric take on idol worship, the publishing business, and the craft of writing will have you quickly turning the pages till you get to the surprising end, worthy of the best of Alfred Hitchcock." -Charles Salzberg, Two-time Shamus Award nominee for Devil in the Hole and Second Story Man "Herron's Wannabe is a delightfully twisty and fascinating read. Watch out what you wish for indeed." -Reed Farrel Coleman, New York Times bestselling author

Jay Brodsky is an enigma. To his fellow agents at the FBI's cybercrimes division. To his new partner. Even to himself. For someone whose skills are beyond question, he often seems just on the edge of losing control. He seldom speaks about his family and his personal life, but he seems to be hiding something. And he has an unusual obsession with even the most obscure punk rock. So when a mysterious cyber-terrorist organization begins erasing Americans' medical debt, Jay must put his personal issues aside to focus on an attack that threatens to destabilize the US economy. But when the trail leads to his own family, Jay will be forced to confront everything he never knew about his parents and his long-missing sister and decide where his true loyalties lie. With his country and his mind racing toward a breaking point, can Jay find the answers before everything descends into chaos?

Can Dick Moonlight save himself from crashing and burning? PI Dick Moonlight wakes up to find himself on a plummeting plane and handcuffed to an FBI agent. As if his life wasn't already turbulent enough-his bar burned down; his ex, Lola, left him for another man; and Jack Daniels is his new best friend-the FBI informs him that he's got unfinished business. His last case, the one with Russian mobsters after a top secret flash drive, isn't exactly closed. The cop who took the hardware from Moonlight went rogue, bringing along a crooked FBI agent and Moonlight's ex, and now he's looking to sell to the highest bidder. The FBI needs Moonlight to track them down-in Florence, Italy. Outwitting, outrunning, and out shooting the Russian thugs who are also after the flash drive will be a piece of cake. Wooing back Lola, however, is going to take everything he's got. The stakes couldn't be higher in Vincent Zandri's latest Dick Moonlight PI thriller. Blue Moonlight is a fast-paced, whip-smart tale of a guy who can't always remember getting into trouble-and can't seem to stay out of it. For fans of Robert B. Parker, Michael Connelly, Ace Atkins, Brett Battles, Don Winslow, and more comes an unputdownable mystery that's sure to keep you up all night...in a good way.

In the city of Carcasa, gunshots devastate the night as a patrol officer makes a traffic stop. The occupants-three dealers caught in the act of muling-set into motion a course of actions that can only end badly. Now, one is dead, another fleeing on foot and the third tearing through neighborhoods in a bumper car-style chase. Furious, grief-stricken officers on their heels with their brother fighting for his life on the side of a road. <br><br>The shooter escapes, and the PD begins their hunt to find the shooter before he lucks out, fades into memory. With what information they have, they dig; the dirt that is the shooter''s life getting thrown over their shoulders by the shovel-full. Family, friends, employment, any avenue of refuge for him begins to burn. Things get complicated along the way. The kind of complicated that goes into a body bag. The art of flushing out the enemy is a sacred practice, best done with smoldering rage. <br><br>But, after a man has nowhere to hide, having him out in the open might be worse. <br><br>Praise for IT''S UGLY BECAUSE IT''S PERSONAL: <br><br>"<i>It''s Ugly Because It''s Personal</i> is a book unlike any other I''ve read and more than what it first appears to be. All told, it''s Ryan Sayles putting it out there and showcasing a side of the life most of us rarely see. More than an important story, it''s a grand design, and a book I believe the world needs to read." -Beau Johnson, author of <i>All of Them to Burn</i> <br><br>"In his no-holds-barred style, Sayles is gritty and real...like a punch to the head. Life as it is in the hard, dark places where cops work. This is a timely tale that will make you think, and maybe even make you thankful." -Joel W. Barrows, author of the Deep Cover Thrillers <br><br>"Tough as nails. Real as hell." -Colin Campbell, author of the Jim Grant Thrillers <br><br>"This story erupts in gunfire on page one and spends the rest of the book dragging us through the tension and profound pain that results from those first pages. While adhering to the procedural, Sayles still manages to make this tale sing with tension." -Frank Zafiro, author of the SpoCompton novels

Dick Moonlight is dead for real this time. Thanks to a trio of masked thugs in a dark downtown Albany alley, he''s purchased a one-way ticket to the Pearly Gates-that is, until he feels his floating spirit painfully pulled back into his bruised but breathing body. And that''s when the real trouble starts. <br><br>A private detective with a short-term memory problem due to a wayward self-inflicted slug, Moonlight knows he''s still in danger. Now he just needs to know why. And he''s got plenty of enemies to keep him guessing-the Albany police, the local mob, even the latest love of his life, Lola, can''t be trusted. Only his Vietnam-vet best friend, Georgie, is on the level. But it seems the goons who tried to take him out have bigger fish to fry-chiefly Moonlight''s latest client, Peter Czech, a handicapped nuclear engineer with a mysterious Russian heritage. Czech had something-a box-the gang believes is now in Moonlight''s possession, and they''re willing to get it any deadly way they can. Problem is, Moonlight doesn''t recall Czech giving him any box-of course, that doesn''t mean he doesn''t have it. He just better figure out where it is before he winds up dead for the last time. <br><br>The Cold War is heating up once again in Vincent Zandri''s latest thriller. <i>Moonlight Rises</i> is a fast-paced, whip-smart tale of a guy who can''t always remember getting into trouble-and can''t seem to stay out of it. For fans of Robert B. Parker, Michael Connelly, Ace Atkins, Brett Battles, Don Winslow, and more comes an unputdownable mystery that''s sure to keep you up all night...in a good way.

When Samantha awakes she is half buried in bricks and the smoke still swirls in the air. The car bomb didn't killed her-small miracle. Her unfocused eyes see a figure coming nearer. A shape she recognizes somehow. As the person passes by the orange glow from the car fire's light, she sees the face. Her face. But how? The other Samantha stands over her and regards her twin. Something is off about this new face. It is her, sure, but harder somehow. The new Sam turns and walks away, back toward the building she came out of before her car exploded. Back to see the two drug kingpins in the top floor offices. And somehow Samantha knows-back to take the deal she just turned down. Samantha Whelan is a DEA agent, and not always a straight and narrow one. She's been taking bribes and doing favors for Calder and Rizzo-twin brothers and big players in narco traffic in southern California-for years. She turned down a deal that night, a deal to make her millions, but it meant killing her fiancé, an assistant district attorney building a case against Calder and Rizzo. And it meant betraying her DEA brethren more deeply than she had so far. It was too much. So Calder and Rizzo tried to blow her up. What happened then...she split. Samantha became Samantha and Sam. Two halves of the same person. The good side and the bad side. The two opposing forces living within her for so long were now free to fight it out to see who will win control. So begins a nightmarish rocket ride for Samantha to save her life and the lives of everyone she holds dear before Sam, her bad half, can burn it to the ground. Praise for TWO IN THE HEAD: "Two In the Head is a straight shot between the eyes. A gangbusters plot, punch-drunk pace, and gut-punch action propel this black hearted thriller from Eric Beetner." -J. Todd Scott, author of The Far Empty and Lost River

There's a taco truck in Chicago known among a certain segment of the population for its daily specials. Late at night and during the wee hours of the morning, it isn't the food selection that attracts customers, it's the illegal weapons available with the special order. Each episode of Guns & Tacos features the story of one Chicagoland resident who visits the taco truck seeking a solution to life's problems, a solution that always comes in a to-go bag. Episode 7: Burritos & Bullets by Eric Beetner Episode 8: Jalapeño Poppers and a Flare Gun by Michael Bracken & Trey R. Barker >Episodes 10-12 of Season Two are featured in Guns + Tacos Vol. 4.

There's a taco truck in Chicago known among a certain segment of the population for its daily specials. Late at night and during the wee hours of the morning, it isn't the food selection that attracts customers, it's the illegal weapons available with the special order. Each episode of Guns & Tacos features the story of one Chicagoland resident who visits the taco truck seeking a solution to life's problems, a solution that always comes in a to-go bag. Episode 10: A Taco, a T-Bird, a Beretta and One Furious Night by Ann Aptaker Episode 11: Sopa and a Streetsweeper by Ryan Sayles >Episodes 7-9 of Season Two are featured in Guns + Tacos Vol. 3.

<i>Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir</i> is a crime-fiction cocktail that will knock readers into a literary stupor. <br><br>Contributors push hard against the boundaries of crime fiction, driving their work into places short crime fiction doesn''t often go, into a world where the mean streets seem gentrified by comparison and happy endings are the exception rather than the rule. And they do all this in contemporary settings, bringing noir into the 21st century. <br><br>Like any good cocktail, Mickey Finn is a heady mix of ingredients that packs a punch, and when you''ve finished reading every story, you''ll know that you''ve been "slipped a Mickey." <br><br>The twenty contributors, some of today''s most respected short-story writers and new writers making their mark on the genre, include J.L. Abramo, Ann Aptaker, Trey R. Barker, Michael Bracken, Barb Goffman, David Hagerty, James A. Hearn, David H. Hendrickson, Jarrett Kaufman, Mark R. Kehl, Hugh Lessig, Steve Liskow, Alan Orloff, Josh Pachter, Steve Rasnic Tem, Mikal Trimm, Bev Vincent, Joseph S. Walker, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, and Stacy Woodson.

<i>Ex vice-cop Vince McNulty is technical advisor for Titanic Productions in Boston. It''s not like walking the beat back in Yorkshire but it''s a living. </i> <br><br>Boston, Massachusetts <br><br>"Can you get this guy to stop walking like a duck?" <br>"I know lots of cops who walk like ducks." <br>"In England maybe. In America they walk like John Wayne." <br><br>Teaching Alfonse Bayard to walk like a cop was only part of McNulty''s duties. Working for a tinpot movie company meant his job description included on set security, liaising with local police and even doing a little stunt work. Larry Unger liked to get his money''s worth. At least it got McNulty to America, where he could search for his missing sister who had been sold into adoption from Crag View Children''s Home back in the UK. <br><br>Investigating stolen film stock should have been a fairly innocuous task but when it leads to torture porn and snuff videos it soon turns into something much darker. And far more dangerous. <br><br>Praise for FINAL CUT: <br><br>"Fantastic story, fantastic characters-fantastic everything." -Chris Mooney, international bestselling author <br><br>Praise for the books by Colin Campbell: <br><br>"Very real. And very good." -Lee Child <br><br>"There''s nothing soft about Campbell''s writing. If you enjoy your crime fiction hard-boiled, the Jim Grant series is a must read." -Bruce Robert Coffin, author of the Detective Byron series <br><br>"A cop with a sharp eye, keen mind, and a lion''s heart." -Reed Farrel Coleman <br><br>"Campbell writes smart, rollercoaster tales with unstoppable forward momentum and thrilling authenticity." -Nick Petrie <br><br>"Grim and gritty and packed with action." -<i>Kirkus Review</i> <br><br>"The pages fly like the bullets, fistfights and one-liners that make this one of my favourite books of the year. Top stuff!" -Matt Hilton <br><br>"An excellent story well told. A mixture of <i>The Choirboys</i> meets Harry Bosch." -Michael Jecks <br><br>"Sets up immediately and maintains a breakneck pace throughout. Its smart structure and unrelenting suspense will please Lee Child fans." -<i>Library Journal Review</i> <br><br>"This is police procedural close-up and personal. A strong de-but with enough gritty realism to make your eyes water, and a few savage laughs along the way." -Reginald Hill

Interrupting the Soria family''s Christmas Eve feast, childish teenager Emily requires the hospital emergency room for an apparent attack of appendicitis. But a blunt nurse explains the truth: Emily is giving birth. The seventeen-year-old has tricked her mind and body into believing she isn''t pregnant, when-in a rare but not unheard-of occurrence-the baby is full term and already being born. <br><br>A life-affirming, feel-good story of love, family and the special way Christmas can inspire, <i>Making Hearts</i> introduces a character readers will strongly care about and root for. Noelle wins the hearts of all with her loving enthusiasm for life, her wit, and by personally defeating the villain''s lowdown scheme in an astonishing climax readers will never forget. <br><br>Praise for MAKING HEARTS: <br><br>"Wow! I''ve never read a book like this! Totally engrossing, <i>Making Hearts</i> is an absolute tour de force. Jack Getze has done himself proud with this work. I''ve never read a story with an infant as the protagonist and more-an infant who acts proactively against formidable opponents with overpowering advantages and wins out. This is a book of supreme imagination, originality and most of all-<i>heart</i>. I am in complete awe of Getze''s talent displayed supremely in this work. This is the book the cliché-<i>you gotta read this! </i>-was invented for." -Les Edgerton, author of <i>The Genuine, Imitation, Plastic Kidnapping</i>; <i>Bomb</i>; <i>The Bitch</i> and many others

Kidnapping, international trafficking on the dark web, bit coin blackmail by gangster police states, loan sharks, and a monk obsessed with profit and power are all in the mix. <br><br>When Matt Chance is asked by a Bangkok gambling kingpin to investigate the kidnapping of his daughter he''s not interested. That is until he learns that his mentor, former Special Forces soldier John Scales, already on the case, has disappeared. On the trail, Matt confronts Jade Lee, an ex-US Army chopper pilot who joins the chase. <br><br>Their attempt to rescue the girl and capture the monk in charge of the criminal cult appears to be a failure until the CIA joins the picture in the form of Matt''s older brother Rick. Offered the chance to take part in a covert operation in Macau, where the monk has fled, Matt and Jade agree to go. The risk is great, the territory unknown, but it seems the only way to rescue the girls and get the mad monk.

The "Tent Gang" a three-man crew that robs houses all over Los Angeles that have been tented off for fumigation has the L.A.P.D. chasing their tails. When a private neighborhood security guard happens on the crew and tries to play hero it doesn't go well for him. The mother of the slain security guard wants justice. Enter Lou Crasher, the rock n roll drummer and part time amateur P.I. Normally Lou wouldn't go near a case this large but when Jake Strickland, his half brother, asks for Lou's help, Lou agrees before Jake has finished asking. Lou's been pulled out of many fires by Jake-it's long overdue for Lou to lend his brother a hand. Lou has now essentially volunteered to do what the cops have failed to do: catch the tent gang, which are believed to be the killers and solve the murder. Lou follows the clues where they lead and winds up in the crosshairs Disruptor, a lethal underground anit-society group. The group not only disrupts the statues quo, they maim and murder for no apparent rhyme or reason. While running down the crooks and dodging bullets from the sub-group Crasher fights to maintain his rock n roll life of gigs, booze, sex, drums and his day job managing the L.A. Practice Joint- a rehearsal studio for local bands. Lou still hangs with his crazy-maker buddy Bobby Coldwater and must make sure he doesn't slip back into his cocaine addiction. If Lou manages to keep the drumsticks twirling and escape the attempts by Disruptor to end his life he hopes that all parties involved respect his personal golden rule: Don't Shoot The Drummer! Praise for DON'T SHOOT THE DRUMMER: "With its hard-hitting prose and smooth groove, Jonathan Brown's Don't Shoot the Drummer is tight, man. It goes down like a chilled bourbon after a long day of Crashing." -Tim O'Mara, author of the Raymond Donne series and editor of Down to the River "Lou Crasher is back! In a virtuoso performance, Don't Shoot the Drummer pulses with relentless action and heart as Crasher rolls through the streets of L.A. in search of the killer (or killers) of a popular student and football player. A modern-day Archer or Spenser, Crasher puts it all on the line to get to the truth, and deliver justice to those the system has left behind." -Shawn Reilly Simmons, author of the Red Carpet Catering Mysteries "Come for the extraordinary characters, stay for the kick-ass fights; come for the back-stage rock scene, stay for the sandwiches; come for the voice, stay for the coolest set of images this side of the wise-cracking heroes of '30's movies. Whatever brings you into Lou Crasher's world, you'll be glad you came." -SJ Rozan, bestselling author of Paper Son

It's 9:10 PM in the Chatham County Communications Center. The dispatchers stare at each other, afraid to move, afraid to breathe. One minute to go. Will tonight be the night? The clock on the wall changes. 9:11. A phone rings. The screens indicate the 9-1-1 call is coming from a blocked number. The dispatchers hope and pray it's a coincidental call for service. Perhaps a car break-in or a bar fight. With all eyes on her, one dispatcher presses a button, puts the call on speaker for everyone to hear. "Chatham 9-1-1. What's your emergency?" The distorted voice comes across the speaker. He gives the address. There will be a body at that location. That's for certain. The killer dares the police to catch him and then, like before...he's gone. Former Pittsburgh narcotics detective Trevor Galloway and new P.I. Bethany Nolan are enlisted to look into the case of the 9-1-1 Killer and the investigation takes an unexpected turn when Galloway suggests the murderer may be a first responder. Galloway is pushed to the limit as he wonders if his hallucinations are returning and if members of a drug gang that want him dead have tracked him to Savannah, Georgia. Galloway soon discovers he doesn't trust the police. He doesn't trust his client. He doesn't even trust himself. Praise for THE BETTER OF THE BAD: "J.J. Hensley has pulled off an incredible feat: The Better of the Bad is a real rush with a gripping mystery at its heart. The Trevor Galloway series gets bigger, badder, and more energetic with every book." -Nick Kolakowski, author of Boise Longpig Hunting Club and Maxine Unleashes Doomsday

In 2017, Kate and Dan Malmon edited <i>Killing Malmon</i>, a unique anthology with short stories featuring the death of "Dan Malmon". 100% of the profits went to the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Some stories were scary, some were funny; some were random, some were heroic. But they all featured his death. <br><br>Dan Malmon''s widow would not sit idly while her husband was killed multiple times. Editors Kate and Dan Malmon are back with a second anthology, <i>Revenge of the Widow Malmon</i>. In this collection, all the stories feature "Kate Malmon" plotting and executing her bloody revenge. As with the first anthology, all profits from <i>Revenge of the Widow Malmon</i> will go to the Multiple Sclerosis Society. So if you hate Multiple Sclerosis as much as we do, or just want to see Kate get her sweet revenge on some fools, please join us as we continue to raise money to battle this disease. <br><br>Featuring stories by E.A Aymar, Sean Chercover, Joe Clifford, S.A Cosby, Libby Cudmore, Nikki Dolson, Matthew FitzSimmons, Jordan Harper, Shaun Harris, J.J. Hensley, Jennifer Hillier, Aimee Hix, Matthew Iden, Renee Asher Pickup, and Eryk Pruitt.

It doesn''t have to be the dark of a rainy night for it to be noir. It doesn''t have to be shadowy rooms of Venetian blinds. It doesn''t even have to be a femme fatale. Noir is somebody tripping over their own faults, somebody who has an Achilles heel, some kind of greed, or want or desire that leads them down a dark path, from which there is sometimes no return. <br><br>No one is safe. There''s no place to hide in this collection of twelve stories from the dark side of the American Dream. <br><br>Stories of noir from Coast to Coast. <br><br>Contributors: <br>Colleen Collins-Denver, Colorado <br>Brendan DuBois-rural Massachusetts <br> Alison Gaylin-Hudson Valley, New York <br>Tom MacDonald-Nashua, New Hampshire <br>Andrew McAleer-Boston, Massachusetts <br>Michael Mallory-Springfield, Missouri <br>Paul D. Marks-Venice Beach/Los Angeles, California <br>Dennis Palumbo-Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania <br>Stephen D. Rogers-Providence, Rhode Island <br>John Shepphird-Los Alamos, New Mexico <br>Jaden Terrell-Nashville, Tennessee <br>Dave Zeltserman-small town Kansas <br><br>Praise for the COAST TO COAST series: <br><br><i>Murder from Sea to Shining Sea</i> <br><br>"A sterling collection of coast-to-coast crime stories dripping with local color-all of it blood red." -Chuck Hogan, Hammett Prize winner and international bestselling author of <i>The Strain</i> <br><br>"Envelope-pushers! A truly <i>WOW</i> collection by the <i>best</i> mystery writers out there-full of surprises <i>only</i> they can pull off." -Thomas B. Sawyer, bestselling author of <i>Cross Purposes</i> and Head-Writer of <i>Murder, She Wrote</i> <br><br>"An engaging collection from a stellar cast of award-winning mystery authors guaranteed to keep you awake all night." -Hannah Dennison, author of the IMBA bestselling Vicky Hill Mysteries <br><br>"This intriguing collection of stories from these masters of suspense will keep you guessing from cover to cover <i>and</i> coast to coast." -Raffi Yessayan, author of <i>8 in the Box</i> and <i>2 in the Hat</i> <br><br><i>Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea</i> <br><br>"A tantalizing array of stories guaranteed to please fans of PI fiction. High fives all around!" -MWA Grand Master Bill Pronzini <br><br>"Tough, taut and terrific. This cross-country collection of sleuthing stories-from the best writers in the private eye biz-is wonderfully written, always surprising, and completely entertaining." -Hank Phillippi Ryan, Anthony, Agatha and Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author <br><br>"A bang-up read of PI fiction from a gallery of impressive authors. Compelling, fun, and full of clever surprises. A treat." -Shamus Award-winning author John Shepphird 

The body of young Tommy Rutledge is found washed up on the shores of Lake Wappapello, his throat cut. The deceased was known to have ties to the Ozark Militia. There are few clues, and the trail begins to grow cold for Investigator Morgan Kern of the Missouri Highway Patrol. <br><br>At the same time, the militia movement is exploding in America, populated by some who simply believe strongly in their Second Amendment rights, but also by those with more nefarious purposes. ATF has become increasingly concerned about these groups and the threat they pose. When an informant tells agents of possible illegal weapons trafficking by the Ozark Militia, Special Agent David Ward is tasked with going undercover to find the truth. <br><br>The paths of Kern and Ward will intersect in a way that neither could have imagined. <br><br><i>Deep Red Cover</i> is the third book in the "Deep Cover" series, following Ward''s debut adventure in <i>Deep White Cover</i> and its sequel, <i>Deep Green Cover</i>. <br><br> Praise for DEEP RED COVER: <br><br>"Deep, dark and authentic. Great characters. Great read." -Colin Campbell, author of the Jim Grant thrillers <br><br>"With <i>Deep Red Cover</i>, Barrows cherry-picks the best aspects from both procedural and thrillers and melds them together for one hell of a ride. Captivating." -Ryan Sayles, author of <i>Together They Were Crimson</i> <br><br>Praise for Joel W. Barrows: <br><br>"In the real world, undercover work is a nasty, blood covered place. Barrows gets it right." -Jay Dobyns, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author and ATF Special Agent (Ret.), for <i>Deep White Cover</i> <br><br>"As good as any Baldacci." -Roald Tweet, co-host of NPR''s <i>Scribble</i>, for <i>Deep White Cover</i>

<i>Before Jim Grant became The Resurrection Man he was just a Yorkshire cop with a short fuse...</i> <br><br>Yorkshire, Los Angeles, Boston, Texas, Mexico and much more. <br><br>Helping an old lady get her stolen glasses back and dangling the thief over a cliff is just the start of a tarnished career and these stories fill in some of the gaps between his more widely published adventures. From the "Heavy Petting Chasing Tail Zen Dog Pet Boutique" to a bar at "Boquillas Crossing," Grant just can''t let injustice go unpunished. <br><br>But he''s not the only Yorkshireman in America. These stories also introduce Vince McNulty, a Yorkshire ex-cop now working for a tinpot movie company in Boston. It would be a strange coincidence if these two men didn''t know each other. Cops don''t believe in coincidence. Neither should you.