Borderline: a novel

by James Lee Proctor

Tom Goodman takes one night off from responsibility and now stands at the borderline between guilt and innocence. Texas Ranger Will Deaton knows his evidence was obtained by questionable methods and stands on the borderline between a good arrest and dubious ethics. Tony Salazar, never a choirboy, stands at the borderline between a graceful swan song to a notorious career and spending the rest of his life in prison. And the drug smuggling Guerrero Cartel is poised on the borderline ready to deliver the biggest shipment of its existence. For Goodman it was a single night of stolen hearts and a borrowed car – a rare night out with friends. For Deaton, it was chancing upon information he knew he wasn’t supposed to have and leading him to uncovering a murder involving everyone from the Mexican Mafia, crooked cops and high government officials. The borderline separates people and brings people together. The borderline is where most people live their lives, being careful not to step over it too far or too many times. And there are others at the borderline just waiting for people like Will Deaton, Tom Goodman and Tony Salazar to cross over and never come back.

486 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 3, 2014