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A Task Force
“Jesse was going to keep robbing banks, but he had a new formula from here on out. Two parts preparation. One part smoothly run, violent heist.”
Jesse and Earl Wilton swept through South Carolina during the 1990s, knocking over banks both large and small. The duo found their way through both rural and big city spots, making their exploits seem random. Elaborate planning and well-timed lies allowed them to pull off bigger jobs with more bravado each time. With the authorities always two steps behind, the cousins operated as though they were invisible—that is, until one day the robberies stopped.
Nearly twenty-five years later in rural Smithfield County, a murder rocks the fabric of the close-knit community. Carl Hightower, a first-year homicide detective, is assigned a case that could change the course of not only his life, but that of the town. He has a hunch that the robberies of the past and the present day murder are somehow connected, but proving it is anything but simple.
Carl, desperate for justice, struggles to piece it all together. As he begins to work the case, mostly on his own, he soon realizes that to find and bring this murderer to justice, he may soon need…
A Task Force
Jesse and Earl Wilton swept through South Carolina during the 1990s, knocking over banks both large and small. The duo found their way through both rural and big city spots, making their exploits seem random. Elaborate planning and well-timed lies allowed them to pull off bigger jobs with more bravado each time. With the authorities always two steps behind, the cousins operated as though they were invisible—that is, until one day the robberies stopped.
Nearly twenty-five years later in rural Smithfield County, a murder rocks the fabric of the close-knit community. Carl Hightower, a first-year homicide detective, is assigned a case that could change the course of not only his life, but that of the town. He has a hunch that the robberies of the past and the present day murder are somehow connected, but proving it is anything but simple.
Carl, desperate for justice, struggles to piece it all together. As he begins to work the case, mostly on his own, he soon realizes that to find and bring this murderer to justice, he may soon need…
A Task Force
232 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 11, 2024
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July 6, 2024
Great read! Continues the Smithfield Trilogy with more action and intrigue. Advances characters from Last Mile Club
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