A.F. Carter

EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE 2024 FOR BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL In the crooked streets of the boomtown, the rule of law is powerless... Police captain Delia Mariola is struggling to drive predatory drug dealers from the American rust belt town of Baxter before the owners of the new Nissan plant lose faith in the project. It doesn’t help that the influx of...

In this new thriller from the author of critically acclaimed The Yards, a cop tracks the kidnapped teenage daughter of a wealthy developer in an American Rust Belt town. A new Nissan plant is coming to the depressed Rust Belt town of Baxter, and Captain Delia Mariola has been busy cleaning up the crime-addled city ever since the deal was...