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When US Marshal Frannie Mullen gets one of her best friends shot during a routine apprehension, her career is over. Still reeling from the loss, Frannie is trying to sort out her feelings for Wyatt, the reformed outlaw who loves her, and to support her newly-sober sister, Mae, as she struggles with the fallout of their unstable, violent childhood.Their father Patrick Mullen is a thug, a vicious enforcer for a corrupt Philadelphia union, and when he escapes from prison, bodies of ex-rivals and witnesses begin piling up. Now Frannie is suspected as an accomplice in his escape and targeted by shadowy killers from the Philadelphia underworld. Unsure who to trust, drawing on the skills shes learned as a Marshal and her training as a boxer, Frannie is forced to fight to protect her shattered sister and Patricks pregnant girlfriend from the most dangerous criminal shes ever faced--her own father.
About the Author
Dennis Tafoya was born in Philadelphia and lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He is the Spinetingler-nominated author of Dope Thief and The Wolves of Fairmount Park, from Minotaur Books, and many short stories featured in anthologies such as Philadelphia Noir from Akashic Books and Crime Factory - The First Shift from New Pulp Press. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, the International Thriller Writers, and the Liars Club, a Philadelphia-area writers group. Both of his novels have been optioned for film.
