In this follow-up to THE COLD SPOT, Chase is on a mission
to find is grandfather Jonah, a legendary criminal with a
serious brutal streak. Rumor has it Jonah has committed
murder and kidnapped a child, his young daughter. Chase is
determined to find Jonah and save the little girl from the
childhood Chase endured while being raised by his
grandfather.
Still reeling from the death of his wife, Chase is forced
into the world of crime he left behind in able to raise
enough capital to go after Jonah once and for all. In the
process, Chase mixes it up with a bumbling mafia family and
on the verge of self-destruction, teenage hookers scoring
at cheap Interstate motels and fat-cat drug pushers in
sleazy bars.
Chase is constantly haunted throughout the book by the
ghosts of his parents, sibling and wife. They push him
forward to seek truth and justice and stop Jonah. Chase's
intimate knowledge of the crime world paired with his
conscious make for a gripping read.
Raised to be a thief and getaway driver, Chase left the
bent life after he found his true love, Lila. For ten
years he walked the straight and narrow—until Lila was
murdered. Now Chase is looking for his grandfather Jonah,
the stone-cold-killer con man who raised him anis the last
living repository of his family’s darkest secrets. In
returning to his criminal roots, Chase hopes to save
Jonah’s infant daughter from the life that Chase himself
can’t escape.
But first he’ll need a score. Chase
thinks he’s found it as a driver for a dysfunctional crime
family that’s anything but organized. With the Langans’
patriarch dying, the once powerful syndicate may unravel
before Chase can rip it off. If he survives the bloodbath
to come, he’ll face an even uglier showdown. Because his
grandfather Jonah is waiting for him at the coldest family
reunion this side of hell.