This is James Reasoner's first crime novel under his own name since his classic TEXAS WIND. The book is going to the printers this week.

From Booklist:

*Starred Review* PI Frank Johnson, who moved to rural West Virginia in search of peace and quiet, stumbles on his noisiest case yet when a

Stinger missile explodes in the air over his property. He thinks it

ought to be a simple matter to find out why the missile was in the

skies over West Virginia, but when he is beaten up, and then his best

friend's wife is murdered, Frank quickly realizes he has caught the

tail of a monster. Soon he is hot on… Continue

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Point Blank Press has several new books coming out in the next couple of months. Ed Lynskey's THE BLUE CHEER is hitting the stands now. Russell James' PAYBACK is at the printers. James Reasoner's DUST DEVILS is almost ready to follow, as are books by Charles Kelly, Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini.