Publisher's Synopsis
A strange mix of circumstances brings Danny Acuff, a talented Memphis Detective and prior Force Recon Marine, into the small, quaint town of Akin, Tennessee.Almost everything is done differently in this small Appalachian town, and his fellow officers see the new guy Danny as too eager and distrusting of the local, big-named citizens. These locals, they argue, are merely good-hearted people with long family histories, not devious folks with dark, suspicious pasts.But Danny smells something going on, and the hot-shot detective and prior Marine soon realizes he's headed toward hot water -- all while trying to solve a particularly thorny hit-and-run case that has everyone in the department stumped.As the hit-and-run case grows into something more-and-more complex, Danny realizes he's onto something much larger and sophisticated in the small town of Akin. In fact, the more he investigates John Snyder, the big-shot businessman in town, the more he grows confident that something extremely deadly and menacing is taking place.As Danny digs deeper into Snyder Mining, and as he proves how capable he truly is, the locals decide they aren't happy about a big-city cop from Memphis barging into their hometown.They want Danny gone, and they want him gone now. And if that requires a murder or accident? Then so be it.Danny soon finds himself tangling with big boys from the hills sent to run him off, with vicious murderers bent on his destruction, and even with a dangerous couple of Special Forces men.By the time the book ends, blood will flow freely in small-town Akin. At least two cops will die and Danny will test his hand-to-hand skills probably far more than he ever desired.Danny, who's seen enough hell in the mountains of Afghanistan, is about to be in the fight of his life.(Note: This book was originally released as a six-part serial in 2016 called the Detective Danny Acuff series.)
