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Library Journal Mystery Pick of the MonthIn a new thriller from the author of The End of the Road, a former postal inspection agent tracks a violent crew through the Midwest to rescue a kidnapped woman. Mercury Carter is a deliveryman and he takes his job very seriously. When a parcel is under his care, he will stop at nothing to deliver it directly to its intended recipient. Not even, as in the current case, when he finds a crew of violent men at the indicated address that threaten his life and take the woman who lives there hostage. That's because Carter has special skills from his former life as a federal agent with the postal inspection service, skills that make him particularly useful for delivering items in circumstances as dangerous as these..
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By day I'm an Associated Press reporter in Columbus covering criminal justice, the Ohio Statehouse and long-lived zoo animals. By earlier in the day, I write the "Andy Hayes" private eye series published by Swallow Press, featuring a former Ohio State and Cleveland Browns quarterback turned investigator. I'm also the editor of "Columbus Noir" from Akashic Books. My short mystery fiction has appeared in multiple publications including "Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine," "Mystery Weekly Magazine," and "Mystery Tribune." My 2009 nonfiction book, "No Winners Here Tonight," is the definitive history of the death penalty in Ohio. When I'm not writing or reporting, I enjoy running, reading, spending time with family and trying to remember why having a dog, three cats and two parakeets seemed like a good idea at the time.
