Lone Jack Trail
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4.2 • 20 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
A veteran Marine and an ex-convict find themselves on opposite sides of the law in this propulsive new thriller from award-nominated suspense master and "damn fine storyteller" Owen Laukkanen (Kirkus Reviews).
Could your closest friend be a killer?
When a body washes up outside Deception Cove, Washington, Jess Winslow-once a US Marine, now a trainee sheriff's deputy-is assigned to investigate. But when she realizes it's "Bad" Brock Boyd, a hometown celebrity lately fallen from grace, things become complicated. The last person seen with Boyd was her own boyfriend, Mason Burke.
An ex-convict and newcomer in town, Mason is one of the only people who can understand Jess's haunting memories of her time in Afghanistan-and her love for Lucy, her devoted service dog. Finding one another in Deception Cove has been the best thing to happen to either of them in years. So Jess knows Mason could never be guilty of murder-doesn't she?
As the facts of the case point ever more squarely at Mason, Jess must face that everything she thinks she knows about him might be wrong. A thrilling sequel to Deception Cove, and a heart-pounding adventure all its own, Lone Jack Trail pushes Jess and Mason to a shocking confrontation and will test everything they've come to love and trust in Deception Cove.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Laukkanen brilliantly integrates psychological depth into a suspenseful whodunit plot in his superior sequel to 2019's Deception Cove. Jess Winslow has returned from military service in Afghanistan deeply traumatized by her experience, but she's found some solace through her service dog, Lucy, and her boyfriend, Mason Burke, an ex-con who spent more than a decade behind bars for murder. Winslow is also settling into a new job as a deputy in Washington's Makah County under a new sheriff, who has taken over for an ineffective predecessor. Meanwhile, Brock Boyd, a hockey star who went to prison for illegal dog-fighting, has returned to the area. Boyd gets into a fistfight with Burke after Boyd mistreats Lucy, whom he discovered tied to a railing outside a restaurant where Burke was inside ordering food to go. The altercation ends with Burke on the losing end. Days later, Boyd's corpse, with a bullet wound in its head, washes up near town, making Burke the prime suspect. The sophisticated characterizations elevate this above similarly themed books. This thriller ranks with the best work of Reed Farrel Coleman and Michael Koryta.
