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by Bruce Robert Coffin (Author)
A detective's fall from grace. A rookie's baptism by fire. A town's secrets laid bare.
"...reads like the real deal--a tale of trial and redemption..."--Craig Johnson, author of the Walt Longmire Mysteries
"Will please fans of Paul Doiron's Mike Bowditch series or Archer Mayor's Joe Gunther novels." --Library Journal
"Coffin's experience...lends the book's procedural elements a ring of truth, and he paints cops and suspects alike with a fine brush." --Publishers Weekly "A superior, Connelly-esque procedural that ratchets up the tension page by page." --Reed Farrel Coleman, New York Times bestselling author of Blind to Midnight
"...Coffin's descriptions are wonderful, evocative even--mud and all." --Katherine Hall Page, MWA's 2024 Grand Master
"Smooth as buttah in the telling, Coffin's layered characters almost leap off the page to sit in your lap." --Tracy Clark, award-winning author of the Cass Raines Chicago Mystery series and the Det. Harriet Foster series "The pace is break-neck swift..." --Baron Birtcher, award-winning and bestselling author of Knife River "Brock Justice is a protagonist worth following." --Paul Doiron, author of Dead by Dawn "...suspenseful and extremely entertaining." --Chris Miller, Best Thriller Books "One of the most mesmerizing crime fiction series starters I've read in years..." --LynDee Walker, bestselling author of the Faith McClellan series "...drips with gritty authenticity and razor-sharp detail." --Brian Shea, author of the Boston Crime Thriller series "...a masterfully creative and riveting tale of suspense." --Raven Award winner Dru Ann Love, Dru's Book Musings
Author Biography
Bruce Robert Coffin is the award-winning author of the Detective Byron Mysteries, the Turner and Mosley Files, and the Detective Justice novels. Former detective sergeant with more than twenty-seven years in law enforcement, he is the winner of Killer Nashville's Silver Falchion Awards for Best Procedural, and Best Investigator, and the Maine Literary Award for Best Crime Fiction Novel. Bruce was also a finalist for the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel. His short fiction appears in a number of anthologies, including Best American Mystery Stories 2016. Bruce lives and writes in Maine.
