An innocent man doesnβt run. He fights.
Award-winning author Jeff Kerr draws on his deep attachment to Texas and the great Western novel to produce the gripping crime thriller Blunt Force Trauma. Packed with authentic characters and stunning twists, Kerrβs masterfully crafted cowboy stew of action and suspense kicks off the Adam Cash series with a double-barreled bang.
Returning to small-town Pinyon, Texas after two combat tours in Afghanistan, Adam Cash sets his sights on a deputy sheriff job. But Sheriff Griff Turner, the high school bully who has despised Cash for years, is only too pleased to slam that door in his face.
Haunted by memories of war and faced with the reality that the one who got away β high school sweetheart, Edie β is now lost to him forever, Cashβs personal pressure cooker boils hotter. Furious, he launches a longshot campaign for Sheriff to depose Turner but loses in a landslide. And when Turner is found dead the very next day, all eyesβand all the evidenceβpoint to Cash.
On the run and fighting to clear his name, Cashβs secret investigation reveals a darker truth threatening to destroy countless lives. Only Cash can catch the killer and save the innocents, even as he gasps for one last desperate shot at Edie and redemption.
A lawman murdered. A war veteran framed. A sinister plot uncovered. One last shot at redemption.
If you like Craig Johnson and C.J. Box, then youβll love Blunt Force Trauma, the first thrilling installment in the Adam Cash Series. Get this book and catch all the action right from the start!..M.F