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Where do you go when no place is safe?Miranda Flores was raised as an American, but in Malcolm Price’s America, that no longer matters. When the ruthless president mandates identity chips for certain ethnic groups, her family is forced to flee to El Salvador—a country Miranda barely remembers.Years later, civil war leaves her orphaned and alone. With nothing left to lose, she makes the dangerous journey back to the U.S., only to find a nation unrecognizable. The borders are kill zones. Dissenters vanish into concentration camps. And roaming paramilitary Red Caps rule the streets with blood and bullets.Now, Miranda is a fugitive in the country she once called home, hunted by a relentless government agent who will stop at nothing to erase her. Survival means trusting no one, staying one step ahead, and facing a horrifying truth: America is dead, and she may not escape its grave.Refuge, a heart-pounding thriller set in a not-so-distant future, hurtles like a runaway train toward a tense finale that will leave you breathless.

An innocent man doesn’t 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, Kerr’s 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 – high school sweetheart, Edie – is now lost to him forever, Cash’s 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 eyes—and all the evidence—point to Cash.On the run and fighting to clear his name, Cash’s 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 you’ll 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!

One bad deed begets another.Award-winning author Jeff Kerr follows up Blunt Force Trauma with Second Death, the gripping continuation of the Adam Cash series that deftly weaves the classic Western novel with the rawest, most provocative themes pulled from today’s headlines.Reverend Dennis Webb has built a YouTube ministry to die for. A devoted congregation flocks to his digital pulpit, hanging on his sermons. But behind the righteous veil are questions.Is Webb—an ex-con—a messenger of the divine, or a ruthless conman bilking his congregation? Is his sudden and mysterious appearance in Noble County, Texas a harbinger of a darker past? And what’s with that alligator he keeps on his property?Still recovering from the crucible of his deadly human trafficking investigation depicted in Blunt Force Trauma, Afghan war veteran Adam Cash is the newest deputy in the Noble County sheriff’s office. While investigating a fatal truck explosion everyone else writes off as an accident, Cash discovers a gold coin in the dead man’s pocket. Always the unyielding seeker of truth, always infused with the Lone Star state’s signature sense of duty and self-reliance, Cash’s tenacity plunges him into a web of hypocrisy and corruption.When all roads lead to Reverend Webb, Cash is pushed to the unpopular realization that the internet evangelist is in fact wrapping his heinous crimes in the false mantle of divine guidance. Alone in his investigation and up against a profane foe with all the markings of a cult leader who will stop at nothing, the only question left is: can Cash stay alive long enough to prove it?A false prophet. A relentless deputy. A deadly collision course that threatens to end not only Cash’s career but his life.If you like Craig Johnson and C.J. Box, you’ll love Second Death. Jeff Kerr’s masterful blend of richly drawn characters, jaw-dropping plot twists, authentic portrayal of Texas culture, and nail-biting tension never fails to entertain. Second Death pulls the great Western mystery genre straight into today’s zeitgeist—the gripping tale of a man blinded by self-righteous delusions, hiding in the shadows of faith, and the courageous deputy who must bring him to justice—or die trying.

When secrets are buried, bodies are next.Texas stalwart author, Jeff Kerr, delivers the hardest-hitting Adam Cash story yet, a barn burner of a crime thriller that fans of Craig Johnson and C.J. Box won’t want to miss.When a man from Dieter Bergheim's past shows up at an assisted living facility, demanding retribution for a decades-old betrayal, Dieter refuses to make amends. Days later, a break-in at his brother Emil's ranch leaves one man dead and a hidden stash of cash exposed. Noble County sheriff's deputy Adam Cash, a veteran of two tours in Afghanistan and a former high school football hero, is pulled headfirst into the investigation, grappling with smalltown loyalties and his own haunting memories of war as he uncovers a dark and tangled web of secrets as big and bold as the Lone Star state itself.ash discovers $1.4 million missing, a mysterious hole in a workshop floor, a murder weapon, and a list of suspects as long as a Texas highway. As the bodies pile up and the clues grow more perplexing, Cash must untangle a trail that leads him to confront his most dangerous foes yet and face his darkest fears. But when the killer sets their sights on Cash and breaks into his home to kill him, Cash has to wonder if he’s the hunter or the hunted.In this gripping third installment of the Adam Cash series, Austin author Jeff Kerr once again grabs the reins with another heart-pounding Texas mystery filled with twists, turns, and a deep sense of place. Drawing on the rugged landscape, genuine characters and indomitable spirit only found in the West, Kerr crafts the most personal, authentic, and gripping Adam Cash crime thriller yet.

A dark road. Two dead men. And a killer who won’t quit.When a livestock trailer is found abandoned on a remote Texas Hill Country road—one man shot, the other skewered by an arrow—Deputy Adam Cash knows this isn’t your typical cattle theft. The trailer belongs to rancher Paul Moreland, who swears he knows nothing. The bodies suggest otherwise.As Cash digs deeper, the case unravels fast. The victims worked for Moreland.Another suspect, Branson Kent, is caught mid-heist—then ends up dead days later. The trail leads to Shaeffer’s Livestock, a shady auction barn where stolen cattle change hands and secrets run deep.When a second murder silences the pen man who could have talked, Cash realizes someone is eliminating witnesses, and he might be next.Roadkill is the fourth book in the Adam Cash Mystery Series, a pulse-pounding Texas mystery perfect for fans of C.J. Box, Jeff Carson, and Craig Johnson.Award-winning author Jeff Kerr delivers another tightly woven modern Western thriller—packed with gritty justice, sharp twists, and the high-stakes tension only Texas can offer.