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"It's hard to turn the other cheek with a rifle barrel in your mouth."In 1957 rural Pennsylvania, Angus Hardgrave works an oil rig, fights dogs, distills Walnut Whiskey... and murders wives, friends, anybody.The presence in the walnut tree on a spur called Devil's Elbow instructs Angus what to do, and so far, following the visions has led Angus to a simple country bounty.But Angus wants more.Alone when her father dies, eighteen-year-old Emeline Margulies decides to follow the voice of God in all things. When she hears that she is to escape the clutches of a violent Korean War vet by marrying Angus Hardgrave--a man rumored to have pitiable luck with wives--she humbles herself and follows God's will.And finds herself trapped between a stalking rapist and a serial killer. As each decision leads her closer to destruction, Emeline must choose between following the faith that got her into trouble...Or the moxie, resolve, and evil within that promise to get her out.

If Sam Elliot played John Wick you'd still only have half of Baer Creighton. (and it wouldn't be Sam's fault) ★★★★★ "I missed a night's sleep to finish this one." Sherry FoxWhen people lie to Baer Creighton their eyes glow red and he feels electricity on his arms. There's no such thing as a white lie. They all hurt the same. Baer keeps a small circle with his only honest friend at the center: a pit bull named Fred. It's a simple life but the conversation is good... Until Fred disappears. One moonlit night in October while Baer harvests apples from his dead neighbor's farm, he spots a chain of headlights departing the woods a mile off. A truck drops the tailgate at Baer's place and tosses Fred to the dirt. Armed with moxie and a moonshiner's know-how, Baer puts his truth-detecting skills to work to discover the villain. But he tips his hand and ignites a country war against a cabal steeped in blood sport and thirsty for violence. When the last twist unwinds you'll know you've found a new master of the dark surreal. And when you see what justice means to a man who will neither bend nor quit ...You haven't read a novel like this. I promise. Written as a standalone Fans demanded a series... READY TO MEET BAER? ★★★★★ "In short, I was left completely in awe." Seattle Book Review ★★★★★ "If you enjoy stories of betrayal and vengeance with just a touch of the unreal, My Brother's Destroyer is a fantastic read, and I highly recommend it for your next book."Manhattan Book ReviewThe world of Gleason is so immersive and Baer's vendetta so oddly compelling... fans of noir tales set in rural America will particularly welcome this addition to the genre. Kirkus Reviews ★★★★★ I was a little apprehensive at first about the subject of dog fighting as I am a very proactive animal rights woman but it was not written in a graphic way regarding that so if that's a concern no worries. The characters come to life so you can see them, you can even smell them, both human and animal. I can't wait to read what's next from this amazing author. ★★★★★ Loved this book, the best part was Stinky Joe and the whoppers. ★★★★★ When I started reading this book - I thought - no not for me - Im from South Africa - so no familiar with this speak, but as I got into the book, Oh my I got so fond of Baer and the whole gang of hooligans it just got to me - really good read. ★★★★★ Love this man. This story gives me hope for the world and our ideals. We all have a set of ideals which dictate right from wrong and sometimes the "world" gets in the way, but we always seem to remember at precisely the right time. Bravo ★★★★★ It was a thrill from first word to last. Written with language and colloquial realism and charm such as I rarely (if ever) encountered. Loved it I am a Baer Creighton fan forever

TREAD is the lightning-paced tale of a man who refuses to submit to corrupt politicians and their minions. If you like breakneck stories that fishtail through every corner, don't waste another second. Grab this book With an FBI sting on his misfit secessionist group closing in, Nat Cinder blasts from Flagstaff to Phoenix on his Triumph Rocket motorcycle. Soon he stumbles onto a packet of photos showing Governor Virginia Rentier lustily paired with three high-ranking women in state government. Though Cinder and the Governor clashed sixteen years before when his wife died in a car accident, Cinder prefers to keep his dislike of Rentier focused on her politics. But when the bullets fly, Nat asks questions, and learns the photos were placed in his path by a provocateur who knows he's a rough-hewn rebel with enough weaponry cached across Arizona to start a revolution, and the secret at the bottom of his wife's death will turn him into a powder keg. ★★★★★ Absolutely wonderful book "Suspense on every page. Dripping with true patriotism." ★Praise for Clayton Lindemuth★ Clayton Lindemuth's works have been smashingly reviewed by Publishers Weekly (starred review and best of the week), Indie Next List, Kirkus, BlueInk Review, Foreword Reviews, Seattle Book Review, San Francisco Book Review, Manhattan Book Review, Indie Reader, Reader Views, Spinetingler Magazine, Hardboiled Wonderland, various independent best of the year mentions, (Spinetingler and DoSomeDamage, among others). Clayton's novels Cold Quiet Country and My Brother's Destroyer have been published in France by Le Seuil, and have been charmingly reviewed by Le Monde, La Croix, and Le Figaro.

"A virile tale about a tough-as-nails Blackfoot Indian... a roaming badass... a well-crafted, solid thriller." blueink REVIEW SOLOMON BULL is the son of a rebel who died in the seventies fighting for the American Indian Movement. He trains for an Arizona race called Desert Dog, designed to shred a man, while using monkeywrench tactics to unseat a corrupt senator. Pursued by a smoking hot agent from the Treasury's Terrorism and Financial Intelligence office, a doe-like prostitute with burn marks on her back and a sick story about a corrupt senator, and by Cal Barrett--Desert Dog organizer and brain behind Operation Guillotine, set to decapitate the US Government--Solomon is about to learn if he is a mere man, or heir to his father's revolution. Manhattan Review gives SOLOMON BULL five stars and says, "All of the plot-lines feed in and out of the narrative, keeping the reader rushing to the end, much like trying a controlled run to the bottom of a steep hill." Click "Buy Now" and leave a note. You're going to run with a rowdy bunch.... ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Praise for Solomon Bull ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★★★★ SEATTLE BOOK REVIEW The language of the story is poetic and staccato, like memory... an overall excellent story. Highly recommended. ★★★★★MANHATTAN BOOK REVIEWIt's politically incorrect, unexpectedly humorous, and thoughtful all at the same time. ★Praise for Clayton Lindemuth★ Clayton Lindemuth's works have been smashingly reviewed by Publishers Weekly (starred review and best of the week), Indie Next List, Kirkus, BlueInk Review, Foreword Reviews, Seattle Book Review, Manhattan Book Review, Indie Reader, Reader Views, Spinetingler Magazine, Hardboiled Wonderland, various independent best of the year mentions, (Spinetingler and DoSomeDamage, among others). Clayton's novels Cold Quiet Country and My Brother's Destroyer have been published in France by Le Seuil, and have been charmingly reviewed by Le Monde, La Croix, Le Figaro.

★★★★★ "Stellar performance. Read this book " With Baer Creighton hidden inside a mountain, Stinky Joe survives the wild Flagstaff winter alone. But with first melt, he succumbs to warm broth and sleeping pills, placed at the doorstep of a scheming prostitute at the vortex of a politician looking for an issue, a money-launderer wielding leverage, and his 83 year old meth-dealing target. Stinky Joe learned as a pup: don't ever bite a man. He'll beat you near death. But cornered in a bath tub by a pothead with a gun, Joe goes outlaw. Within hours the best and worst of Flagstaff are mobile. Sheriff's deputies, the meth dealer and his tracking dog, news crews, and Baer Creighton-with the FBI after him, seeking vengeance for yet another agent down. Joe has survived the wild, but civilized man is a different kind of devil. Wounded, hunted, and holed up, there's no way out for The Outlaw Stinky Joe. White Fang meets Jack Reacher. Grab your copy now Prepare yourself for a battle of good and evil unlike any you've seen. With rave reviews from Publishers Weekly (starred review and best of the week), IndieNext List, Kirkus, BlueInk Review, Foreword Reviews, San Francisco Book Review, Seattle Book Review, Manhattan Book Review, Indie Reader and more, if you haven't read Clayton Lindemuth's unique brand of literary noir, what are you waiting for?

You know the thick blue rubber bands the grocery store puts on broccoli? A fed up woman can do a lot of damage with those. California Bookwatch "Urban, rough, and outrageously hilarious." Literary Titan "A fantastically entertaining novel." SPR""Cutting, empowering, and unforgettable."." Manhattan Book Review"A wild adventure with blood, guts, spit, gore, guns, and four by fours that will leave you wanting more." Seattle Book Review"A fast, compelling ride... I along with many others will be looking forward to more." US Review of Books"A climax that will be sure to surprise and delight." Shirley Lyle's a big girl who's always kept her profile low. But now - fed up, ready to set fire to her past, her job and her trailer - she's dragged back into a role she's forsworn by a man who presses her buttons with a hammer. And when her partner-in-revolution, Ulyana-the-Ukrainian-stripper disappears, her car empty and bullet holes in the glass, Shirley has no choice but to reach deep, find her sass, put flame to fuse. Who took Ulyana? - The Russian mob?- The man who beat Shirley down?- The 83 year old drug lord who refuses to die? All her life Shirley's believed herself a loser, but now survival demands a new self image.... If you like tales that make your ribs hurt from laughter, your eyes fill with tears and your spirit soar... GRAB THIS BOOK ★Praise for Clayton Lindemuth★ Clayton Lindemuth's works have been smashingly reviewed by Publishers Weekly (starred review and best of the week), Indie Next List, Kirkus, BlueInk Review, Foreword Reviews, Seattle Book Review, San Francisco Book Review, Manhattan Book Review, Indie Reader, Reader Views, Spinetingler Magazine, Hardboiled Wonderland, various independent best of the year mentions, (Spinetingler and DoSomeDamage, among others). Clayton's novels Cold Quiet Country and My Brother's Destroyer have been published in France by Le Seuil, and have been charmingly reviewed by Le Monde, La Croix, Le Figaro.

Shirley F'N Lyle: ONE AT A TIME, BOYSLester Toungate has a six-foot problem named Shirley Lyle. The only way he can return to his drug lord duties with a clear mind: kill her-and Ulyana the Ukrainian stripper. Lester knows she didn't pick up a rock at the trailer fire. F.B.I. special agent Joe Smith stands to lose his reputation as a goody two shoes, his career in the agency, and his freedom, if his superiors ever learn about his role in the sex-torture death of El Jay Toungate. Joe Smith doesn't merely have a Shirley Lyle problem. He has a Shirley and Ulyana problem, and he's been recalled to Phoenix. The solution? Murder both women. Now. Russian mob boss Vanko Demyan, convinced Shirley, Ulyana, and Lester are in cahoots against him, assigns his best assassin a simple task: Execute all three, and do it in the daylight. Make a splash. Three men... three murder missions... converge on a house in the woods. Newly freed from the root cellar, Ulyana wants to spend her days meditating in sunshine and doing yoga. Shirley wants a salad and a tall glass of rum-but not this day. Today is for bullets, and they fly in Chapter One. "I know you're excited," Shirley says, adjusting her cape. "C'mon. One at a time, Boys." Prepare yourself for a battle of good and evil unlike any you've seen. With rave reviews from Publishers Weekly (starred review and best of the week), IndieNext List, Kirkus, BlueInk Review, Foreword Reviews, San Francisco Book Review, Seattle Book Review, Manhattan Book Review, Indie Reader and more, if you haven't read Clayton Lindemuth's unique brand of literary noir, what are you waiting for?

★★★★★ "A ᴘᴇʀꜰᴇᴄᴛ ꜰᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ Bᴀᴇʀ Cʀᴇɪɢʜᴛᴏɴ sᴀɢᴀ..." Yᴏᴜ ᴡᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴘᴜᴛ ᴅᴏᴡɴ THE MUNDANE WORK OF VENGEANCE ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ʟᴏɴɢ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴜʀɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀsᴛ ᴘᴀɢᴇ.. Sɪx ᴅᴀʏs ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ Bᴀᴇʀ Cʀᴇɪɢʜᴛᴏɴ ᴄᴜᴛ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴀ ᴄᴀʙᴀʟ ᴏꜰ ᴅᴏɢꜰɪɢʜᴛᴇʀs, ᴀ sɪxᴛᴇᴇɴ-ʏᴇᴀʀ-ᴏʟᴅ ɢɪʀʟ ᴅɪsᴀᴘᴘᴇᴀʀᴇᴅ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ᴡᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ʜᴏᴍᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ sᴄʜᴏᴏʟ ɪɴ Asʜᴇᴠɪʟʟᴇ, Nᴏʀᴛʜ Cᴀʀᴏʟɪɴᴀ. Wɪᴛɴᴇssᴇs ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴄʟᴀɪᴍᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇʏ sᴀᴡ ʜᴇʀ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ᴘᴏʟɪᴄᴇ ᴄᴀʀ. Tᴡᴇɴᴛʏ-ꜰɪᴠᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀs ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ, ᴀɴ ɪʟʟᴇɢᴀʟ ꜰɪʀᴇᴡᴏʀᴋs ᴘʟᴀɴᴛ ʙʟᴇᴡ ᴜᴘ ɪɴ Bᴇɴᴛᴏɴ Tᴇɴɴᴇssᴇᴇ, ᴋɪʟʟɪɴɢ ᴇʟᴇᴠᴇɴ, ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴀɪɴɪɴɢ M100 ꜰɪʀᴇᴄʀᴀᴄᴋᴇʀs ᴏᴠᴇʀ ʜᴀʟꜰ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛʏ. A ꜰᴇᴡ ᴅᴀʏs ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ, ᴀ ᴛʜɪʀᴛᴇᴇɴ-ʏᴇᴀʀ-ᴏʟᴅ ʙᴏʏ ʟᴇᴀʀɴᴇᴅ ʜɪs ʜɪɢʜᴇsᴛ ᴄᴀʟʟɪɴɢ ᴡᴀs ᴍᴜʀᴅᴇʀ. Tʜᴇ Mᴜɴᴅᴀɴᴇ Wᴏʀᴋ ᴏꜰ Vᴇɴɢᴇᴀɴᴄᴇ ʙᴇɢɪɴs ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ Mʏ Bʀᴏᴛʜᴇʀ's Dᴇsᴛʀᴏʏᴇʀ ᴇɴᴅs: Bᴀᴇʀ Cʀᴇɪɢʜᴛᴏɴ ᴛᴀᴋɪɴɢ ʙᴜᴄᴋᴇᴛs ᴏꜰ ɢᴏʟᴅ ᴛᴏ Mᴀᴇ, ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍɪɴɢ ᴏꜰ ᴅʀɪᴠɪɴɢ ᴡᴇsᴛ. Bᴜᴛ Bᴀᴇʀ ʜᴀs ɴᴏ ɪᴅᴇᴀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴇᴀᴄʜᴇʀʏ, ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴍɪsᴇʀʏ ɪɴ sᴛᴏʀᴇ. Aᴛ ʜɪs ʟᴏᴡᴇsᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ɴᴏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʀᴜsᴛ, ʜᴇ'ʟʟ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇ ᴡʜᴇᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛᴏ sᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ ᴡʜᴏ ʙᴇᴛʀᴀʏs ʜɪᴍ-ᴏʀ ᴀ ᴋɪᴅɴᴀᴘᴘᴇᴅ ɢɪʀʟ ʙᴜʀɪᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴀ ʙᴀsᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ, ᴀ ʜᴀʟꜰ sᴛᴀᴛᴇ ᴀᴡᴀʏ. Iꜰ ʜᴇ ᴄᴀɴ sᴀᴠᴇ ᴀɴʏᴏɴᴇ ᴀᴛ ᴀʟʟ. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A perfect follow up to book one of the Baer Creighton saga⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Dark, thrilling & funny.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ You can't put it down ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Whoa time for a ride⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wow Great reading. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very entertaining story with multiple plots. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Baer Creighton is the last of the good bad guys ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great series with a man you root for ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The world is a better place when Baer seeks vengeance. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wow not predictable at all ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Writing the way it should be. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Another excellent book, Baer is The Man⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hard to put down⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Outstanding book ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Gripping⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Awesome story teller⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Couldn't put the book down til I finshed it. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Another awesome book ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent read ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ On a binge with BaerPʀᴇᴘᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀsᴇʟꜰ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ʙᴀᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴠɪʟ ᴜɴʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀɴʏ ʏᴏᴜ'ᴠᴇ sᴇᴇɴ. Wɪᴛʜ ʀᴀᴠᴇ ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡs ꜰʀᴏᴍ Pᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇʀs Wᴇᴇᴋʟʏ (sᴛᴀʀʀᴇᴅ ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇsᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇᴇᴋ), IɴᴅɪᴇNᴇxᴛ Lɪsᴛ, Kɪʀᴋᴜs, BʟᴜᴇIɴᴋ Rᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ, Fᴏʀᴇᴡᴏʀᴅ Rᴇᴠɪᴇᴡs, Sᴀɴ Fʀᴀɴᴄɪsᴄᴏ Bᴏᴏᴋ Rᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ, Sᴇᴀᴛᴛʟᴇ Bᴏᴏᴋ Rᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ, Mᴀɴʜᴀᴛᴛᴀɴ Bᴏᴏᴋ Rᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ, Iɴᴅɪᴇ Rᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ

Baer Creighton Book 3 Luke Graves turned the family butcher business into an empire by cutting fat off the ledger as well as he cut meat off the bone. He also learned many men sold beef, but few sold girls and boys. Demand was high-especially for the ones with brown skin-and supply, small. Ten years later the family business included three sons and a distribution chain that delivered kids for any purpose throughout the western United States.One evening, returning to Williams, Arizona from a pickup in Sierra Vista, the tire blows out. A chavo bolts the truck and runs for the plain. Cephus Graves takes him down with a deer rifle, then fires at a stray pit bull that catches his eye.In the woods two hundred yards away, Baer Creighton looks up from his fire. He has a nose for evil men and he's found a clan of them. But he's met his match in Luke Graves. Baer bleeds in Pretty Like an Ugly Girl. Everyone bleeds.When you read the end, you'll go back to page one to do it all over again. Prepare yourself for a battle of good and evil unlike any you've seen. With rave reviews from Publishers Weekly (starred review and best of the week), IndieNext List, Kirkus, BlueInk Review, Foreword Reviews, Seattle Book Review, Manhattan Book Review, Indie Reader and more, if you haven't read Clayton Lindemuth's unique brand of literary noir, what are you waiting for?

On his last day in power, with a blizzard threatening 18 inches of snow, Sheriff Bittersmith's is called to the scene of a crime. A farmer has been stabbed clean through the neck with a pitchfork. Two sets of tracks lead from the barn, and the dead man's frantic wife exclaims her daughter is missing. Convinced it was Gale G'Wain, the orphan who worked at the farm, Bittersmith follows the vanishing footprints into the storm. Three miles away, Gale G'Wain is alone and close to dead. He's holed up in an empty farmhouse, half-dressed and nearly dead after falling through lake ice. Innocent, but unlikely to ever stand trial in a town as corrupt as Bittersmith, he loads his gun and prepares to defend himself against the dead man's bloodthirsty sons and the Sheriff's Department. Set in small town Wyoming in the 70s and unfolding in a single day, Clayton Lindemuth's debut novel, Cold Quiet Country, explores small-town corruption and the lengths some people will go to exact revenge.

★★★★★ "Powerful... Gritty... Sexy... I loved it "Grace Hardgrave's daughters haven't eaten in days, and after finding no work in 1917 New York City, Grace prostitutes herself to feed her girls. Sick of degradation, she bolts for the Pennsylvania farm she fled as a young woman. The only way forward is to face the predator who made her life go wrong.But when Grace arrives she finds the Hardgrave/McClellan feud that's been smoldering for generations is now burning hot. The seven-foot tyrant who runs the town brothels and distilleries, Jonah McClellan, found his youngest son bludgeoned to death on Hardgrave land. And her older brother Hoot, nicknamed after messing himself at the sound of an owl, will be no help. Grace senses her fate is interwoven with the murdered boy's, and to confront the past she must unravel the mystery of his death. But that won't be easy. Everyone has a weakness... Everyone has an angle... And everyone has a reason to kill.Just like Grace.Discover your new favorite grit lit author during the 99 cent flash sale WHAT READERS ARE SAYING: ★★★★★ "An amazing story by an amazing wordsmith."★★★★★ "The story grabbed my throat and wouldn't let go, wouldn't let me scream either."★★★★★ "Powerful... Gritty... Sexy... I loved it..."★★★★★ "A must read book and author."★★★★★ "Another great read from Lindemuth. The man writes engrossing stories, realistic dialogue, and brings the clash of good vs evil into a realm where sometimes, sometimes, not even the characters know where they stand... Read everything he writes."★★★★★ "Lindemuth has a unique style that keeps you in the story from page one till the end. he keeps you guessing and then re-guessing until the finale when all the pieces fall together and doesn't leave you out on a limb."★★★★★ "Believable characters in a compelling world brimming with evil..." Prepare yourself for a battle of good and evil unlike any you've seen. With rave reviews from Publishers Weekly (starred review and best of the week), Indie Next List, Kirkus, BlueInk Review, Foreword Reviews, Seattle Book Review, Manhattan Book Review, Indie Reader and more, if you haven't read Clayton Lindemuth's unique brand of literary noir, what are you waiting for?

★★★★★ "Aɴ ᴀʟᴄʜᴇᴍɪᴄ ɪɴғᴇʀɴᴏ..." Sᴀɴ Fʀᴀɴᴄɪsᴄᴏ Bᴏᴏᴋ Rᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ ★★★★★ Relentless"Five stars for a beautiful book with a truly triumphant ending." Kᴀᴛᴇ Pʏɴᴄʜ Nɪᴄᴋ Fɪsᴛᴇʀ's ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴɴɪɴɢᴇsᴛ ᴜʟᴛʀᴀ-ʀᴜɴɴᴇʀ ᴇᴠᴇʀ, ʙᴜᴛ ʜᴇ's ᴘᴀɪᴅ ᴀ ᴘʀɪᴄᴇ. Hɪs ᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ Tᴜᴇsᴅᴀʏ ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ʜᴇʀ ᴏᴡɴ ʟɪғᴇ. Hɪs ᴡɪғᴇ ɪs sʟᴇᴇᴘɪɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜɪs ᴄʀᴇᴡ ᴄʜɪᴇғ, Fʟᴏʏᴅ. Aɴᴅ ʜɪs "ɢʀᴇᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ғᴀɴ" - ᴀ ғᴏʀᴍᴇʀ-Mᴀʀɪɴᴇ sɴɪᴘᴇʀ - ʜᴀs ᴘʀᴏɢʀᴇssᴇᴅ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴄʀᴇᴇᴘʏ sᴛᴀʟᴋᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇᴀᴅʟʏ ᴍᴇɴᴀᴄᴇ. Nɪᴄᴋ's ᴄʜᴏsᴇɴ Dᴇᴀᴛʜ Vᴀʟʟᴇʏ's Bᴀᴅᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ 135 ᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ʙʀᴜᴛᴀʟ ᴄᴀᴘsᴛᴏɴᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜɪs ᴄᴀʀᴇᴇʀ. Wʜᴇɴ Fʟᴏʏᴅ ғᴀɪʟs ᴛᴏ sʜᴏᴡ ᴀᴛ ʀᴀᴄᴇ sᴛᴀʀᴛ, Nɪᴄᴋ ʙᴇɢɪɴs ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ʜɪᴍ - ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴇᴀʀɴs sʜᴏʀᴛʟʏ ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ Fʟᴏʏᴅ ᴡᴀs sᴛᴀʙʙᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ. Nɪᴄᴋ Fɪsᴛᴇʀ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ᴡɪɴs, ᴀɴᴅ ʜɪs ʀᴇʟᴇɴᴛʟᴇss ғᴏᴄᴜs ᴋᴇᴇᴘs ʜɪᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴀᴄᴇ. Bᴜᴛ sᴏᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ Iɴʏᴏ Cᴏᴜɴᴛʏ Dᴇᴘᴜᴛɪᴇs ʟᴇᴀʀɴ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ Nɪᴄᴋ's ᴄʜᴇᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴡɪғᴇ. Tʜᴇ ᴛʀᴏᴜʙʟᴇᴅ ʙᴜsɪɴᴇss ᴘᴀʀᴛɴᴇʀsʜɪᴘ. Tʜᴇ ʟɪғᴇ ɪɴsᴜʀᴀɴᴄᴇ. Dɪᴅ Nɪᴄᴋ ᴍᴜʀᴅᴇʀ Fʟᴏʏᴅ, ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ǫᴜᴇᴜɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴘsʏᴄʜᴏᴛɪᴄ sɴɪᴘᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴀʟʟ? Oʀ ɪs Nɪᴄᴋ Fɪsᴛᴇʀ ʀᴜɴɴɪɴɢ ғᴏʀ ʜɪs ʟɪғᴇ? Grab STRONG AT THE BROKEN PLACES and prepare for a marathon reading session.★★★★1/2" "One of those books that's going to stick with me for a while." Manhattan Book Review★★★★★" "A story about finding yourself, facing your inner demons, forgiving, dealing with loss, and despite all that, still moving forward." Seattle Book Review★★★★★ "Wrenching... Relentless... Cathartic... Enlightening..." Readers Like You Say? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I think this is Clayton's best book, lots of stories within stories, but the narrative of the pain of running long distances is excellent. I used to run 10ks and the mental strain is worse than the physical strain. Solomon Bull is a close second to this for Clayton's best. Great job... ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I was instantly immersed in this very different C.L. story. There was enough drama, (murder, abuse, betrayal, and even sadly suicide) to keep me turning the pages, but also a very personal and poignant layer of goodness and redemption that profoundly affected me. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ As always Clayton' stories are compelling. I make myself take breaks near the end just to prolong the intense suspense. His writing is the kind that makes me stop and reread sections because they are so profound. Love his books