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Thomas & Mercer
May 2012
On Sale: May 1, 2012
400 pages
ISBN: 1612182127
EAN: 9781612182124
Kindle: B005J61F68
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Mystery
In the Arkansas Ozarks, old-timers spin tales of the Wowzer,
a giant panther-like creature that decapitates those who
wander too far into the woods. County sheriff’s deputy Jerry
was raised on Wowzer stories, but they aren’t enough to stop
him from carrying out his own business in the remote hills.
Jerry’s more than a sheriff’s deputy; he moonlights as
muscle for local drug traffickers, who sometimes need people
to get hurt—or get dead. Fortunately, Jerry’s pretty good at
his job. And since Tom Haskell runs the sheriff’s office and
the drug-protection racket, Jerry doesn’t see much of a
moral dilemma. That is, until he starts thinking about
getting out of the trade, and then things get complicated
fast. For starters, Jerry’s girl Maggie flees the state
after learning about a disturbing diagnosis tucked inside
Jerry’s psych report. And now Sheriff Haskell is dragging
his feet paying Jerry his cut of the drug money. Is Haskell
just reluctant to lose his top muscle? Or is he plotting to
take out the man who knows his dirtiest secrets? Fans of
hardboiled, “country noir” fiction will love gnashing on
Frank Wheeler’s violent and darkly comic debut, sneaking a
glimpse into the mind of a killer whose inner monster is
about to be unleashed.
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