The Blacker Death

Nominated for 2015 thriller of the year by the prestigious Kindle Book Review and a finalist for best thriller of 2015 in the IAN Book Awards. "Only three things in life are guaranteed: youre born, you die, and somewhere in between, if you keep playing the odds, youll get lucky. What makes me such an expert? Nothing really. My name is Bam Matthews, Im an FBI agent, and in forty-eight hours, give or take, Ill either be damn lucky or stone-cold dead. Guaranteed." And so it goes for Bam Matthews, an FBI agent at the end of his career, who in his own words "should have retired years ago, but other than my job all Ive got is a dog who can beat me at checkers, an old farmhouse in Jersey with a sixteen penny nail I drove into the kitchen wall to hang my piece at night, and this Gremlin that Ive kept running for thirty-six years." The story opens when a New York hit man comes to town and whacks a local drug dealer right under the FBIs nose. A complicated case to crack, but nothing compared to what Bam and his partner find lying on the sidewalk, bleeding to death after leaving the murder scene: the first-ever case of Ebola to be reported in the city. This gritty first-person thriller follows a breadcrumb trail through murder, panic, fear, and revenge, drawing you inexorably to an unforgettable heart-pounding conclusion. As one reviewer said, "You cant put this book down." (Note: Some language and situations in this book may not be appropriate for children under 18)