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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 sheriffβs deputy Jerry was raised on Wowzer stories, but they arenβt enough to stop him from carrying out his own business in the remote hills. Jerryβs more than a sheriffβs deputy; he moonlights as muscle for local drug traffickers, who sometimes need people to get hurtβor get dead. Fortunately, Jerryβs pretty good at his job. And since Tom Haskell runs the sheriffβs office and the drug-protection racket, Jerry doesnβt 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, Jerryβs girl Maggie flees the state after learning about a disturbing diagnosis tucked inside Jerryβs 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, βcountry noirβ fiction will love gnashing on Frank Wheelerβs 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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