AN AMAZON MYSTERY BEST SELLER★★★★★ “A rousing crime novel.” – Amazon Top Reviewer Mack August, frustrated Los Angeles police detective, moves to a smaller city in Virginia to start over. Rather than join the force, he opens his own P.I. shop and hires out to local attorneys–until Sheriff Stackhouse comes calling, a stunner in designer khakis. Trouble has arrived, she explains, in the form of a … the form of a gang general from the West Coast. He’s galvanizing the drug trade using vicious strong-arm tactics, and the police can’t identify him.
The Sheriff begs Mackenzie to take a temporary assignment teaching at an inner city school, to infiltrate the general’s operative ranks inside, identify the crime boss, and bring him down. It’s an impossible task; he’d be a bull in a china shop. He could lose his license and people might get hurt. But if anyone can pull it off…
It’s the next great private detective, Mackenzie August.
★★★★★ “In the company of greats.”
★★★★★ “Parker, Spillane, Sue Grafton, Raymond Chandler…Alan Lee will soon be in their company.”
Read August Origins today and begin the adventure.
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Good read! Great characters, witty dialogue, intriguing storyline with a surprising twist (or several!). Writing style shows off the hard-boiled influences but this writer has a distinct voice. Also, I appreciated the original setting (Roanoke, VA). Enjoyed this first book and looking forward to reading more in the series.