An epidemic of bad fentanyl is sweeping across Pratt County, Missouri and Sheriff Davis Wells has no clue who’s selling the deadly drug. What makes it even worse is that every single victim has a direct, personal connection to him. Not to mention, he has more than enough troubles of his own: his wife is undergoing debilitating cancer treatments, his only son has disappeared, and Davis finds his rapidly growing passion for a beautiful stranger he’s just met is raging out of control. Then he learns that Lawton Turner, a deadly criminal he helped put behind bars, has been released early from prison and returned to Pratt County, swearing to seek revenge. Davis must solve the fentanyl crisis, deal with Lawton Turner, and try to remain true to his desperately ill wife and his own better self.

Looking at Kansas

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Helvey, Chris

Mystery

Wings ePress, Inc.

Dave Wertz is undergoing a middle-aged crisis. On the back side of fifty with no job and an unhappy marriage, he pulls a Kerouac and goes on the road, and back to his hometown of Frankfort, Kentucky. Dave hopes familiar surroundings and a childhood friend can help him find a sense of safety and belonging. Instead, he stumbles into a state government corruption scandal, meets a cast of strange characters who haunt the streets of Frankfort, and stumbles across Jennifer, a lost, teenage girl who needs help, but won’t listen to him. Dave’s old friend is not the man he remembered and his hometown has changed. Danger seems to lurk down every alley, and every step he takes seems to lead him deeper into darkness. To find himself and help Jennifer, Dave will have to call on all his skills, and some strange, new friends.

Into the Wilderness

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Frank Quick arrives at his office one day to find a glamorous blonde waiting for him. The blonde hires him to find her missing husband, only she forgets to tell Frank that her missing husband is in deep trouble with two sets of mobsters who are also looking for him. The White Jamaican is a step back in spirit to the detective noir novels of the 1950s, fully of bad guys, smoking guns, and a femme fatale you’ll never forget.

The White Jamaican

Moe Horwitz is a Mafia hitman in Philadelphia who’s tired of the cold, the snow, his lonely life, and killing men for money. Trouble is, he doesn’t know how to get out of the life. Then the big boss in Philly sends him to Miami on the last passenger train with orders to a hit for the Miami boss. Moe quickly discovers that this job may well turn out to be far more than he, or anybody else, bargained for. Before he can make the hit, he has to recover $20,000 the victim owes the boss. However, when the victim tries to make him an offer Moe can’t refuse, things take a sudden turn. Set in 1961, Last Train to Miami is filled with back alleys, broken deals, double-crosses, and death.

Last Train to Miami

Echoes Of Loss And Belonging: A Duet Of Novellas

Wolf, Howard R.

World Literature

Trajectory Press

One of America's truly unique writers, Chris Helvey has brought eleven brand new, finely crafted short stories.

Claw Hammer: A Gathering of Stories

Short Stories & Anthologies

Hopewell Publications

The Bluegrass Writers Coalition is a gathering of authors who work to promote literature in all forms across Kentucky. In From Pen to Page II, the members of BWC share their talents and their hearts. In this selection of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, and nostalgia, you will... ... journey with a hit man as he catches a train to Miami. ... welcome spring through the branches of redbud tree. ... peek inside an eastern Kentucky home and into the life of a faithful wife. ... go fishing for a thirty-inch trout. ... find a unicorn in an enchanted forest. ... find a friend who just might turn out to be The One for you. ... celebrate an anniversary with two glasses of wine. ... meet a little girl with an adorable curl. ... rescue a dog that becomes a faithful friend. BWC members are active writers in all genres who believe that the printed word enhances the lives of writers and readers. The coalition endeavors to showcase writers and their works through discussions, readings, and book-signing events. The BWC meets the second Thursday of each month and is open to all writers. To learn more about the group and meetings, follow the BW at Facebook.com/BluegrassWritersCoalition. This is the group's second anthology. Included in this anthology are works by: Damian Beach, Lubrina Burton, Bill Carman, Chris Clair, Vicki Easterly, E. William Frugé, Jana Gillham, Chris Helvey, Debra Ison, Linda McAuliffe, Shannon McRoberts, Susan Lemon Moore, John David Morgan, Ginny Patrick, Charles W. Pearl, Rachana Rahman, Melissa Ann Raine, Phyllis Rogers, Doris Dearen Settles, Paul Stansbury, Richard Stuecker, Richard Taylor, John David Morgan, Lynda Rees, Stephen M. Vest, and Barbara Yancey Also included are photographs by Michael Embry, Charles W. Pearl, and Shannon McRoberts

From Pen to Page II: more writings from the Bluegrass Writers Coalition

McRoberts, Shannon

Pearl, Charles W

Ison, Debra

Stansbury, Paul

Rees, Lynda

Easterly, Vicki

Patrick, Ginny

Vest, Stephen M.

Settles, Doris Dearen

United States

Next Step Books

From Pen to Page: a selection of writings from the Bluegrass Writers Coalition

TAYLOR, RICHARD

Smith, Virginia

Embry, Michael

Hirschler, Pamela

Kinnaird, Mark

McAuliffe, Linda

Martin, Dennis "Doc"

The 2023 Writer's Block Anthology

Cain, Cynthia

Ackerson, C.S.

Vale, Whitney

Grossman, Carroll

Hildebrand, Jessica

Chambers, Terry

Adams, Crystal

Cambron, Steve

Bickel, Natalie

Hydra Publications

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