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Dead Under the Friday Night Lights
SOME TOWNS PROTECT THEIR HEROES. PINE VALLEY BURIES ITS SINS.
When disgraced investigative reporter Samantha Perkins crawls back to her East Texas hometown, she expects one ugly week of small talk and booster-club pageantry. Instead, her golden-boy nephew Danny collapses under the Friday night lights—and the story Pine Valley prints doesn’t match what she saw.
As Sam digs, she uncovers whispers of performance enhancers, a coma-bound Jane Doe Rachel secretly delivered to the ER, and Tom Wheeler, the charming local editor with a private archive of the town’s filth and a disturbing hold on the Perkins family.
Then Danny vanishes from his hospital bed, an anonymous threat arrives with a syringe, and someone starts turning Sam’s own methods against her—watching, baiting, rewriting the narrative in real time.
In a town where image is survival and truth is a weapon, Sam must decide who to expose and who to save before the next headline is written in blood.
When disgraced investigative reporter Samantha Perkins crawls back to her East Texas hometown, she expects one ugly week of small talk and booster-club pageantry. Instead, her golden-boy nephew Danny collapses under the Friday night lights—and the story Pine Valley prints doesn’t match what she saw.
As Sam digs, she uncovers whispers of performance enhancers, a coma-bound Jane Doe Rachel secretly delivered to the ER, and Tom Wheeler, the charming local editor with a private archive of the town’s filth and a disturbing hold on the Perkins family.
Then Danny vanishes from his hospital bed, an anonymous threat arrives with a syringe, and someone starts turning Sam’s own methods against her—watching, baiting, rewriting the narrative in real time.
In a town where image is survival and truth is a weapon, Sam must decide who to expose and who to save before the next headline is written in blood.
160 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 7, 2025
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December 7, 2025
Dead Under the Friday Night Lights delivers a chilling psycho-thriller set against the backdrop of small-town East Texas, where Friday night football is sacred—and secrets run deep. The author masterfully captures the eerie quiet of rural life, then shatters it with a series of shocking twists that keep you guessing until the final whistle. The characters feel authentic, their flaws and fears woven into a tense narrative that explores obsession, betrayal, and the darkness lurking behind familiar faces. While the pacing slows slightly in the middle, the atmospheric detail and escalating suspense more than compensate. The climax is both brutal and satisfying, leaving you unsettled long after you close the book. If you enjoy thrillers that mix Southern charm with psychological terror, this one deserves a spot on your shelf.
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December 11, 2025
Loved a story with football and intrigue. The great edge of your seat action keeps you engaged until the end. Loved Sam's character coming out in full force to protect her nephew the football star after collapsing on the football field in game. The perspectives from each character done chapter by chapter was wonderful. This was a great read.
I received an ARC copy and left an unbiased review.
I received an ARC copy and left an unbiased review.
December 15, 2025
Fast paced thriller!!! Kept me guessing until the very end! Definitely left it open for a continuation!
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