The Devil's Jukebox: a Virgil Roy Proctor novel

by J.D. Knight

“A protagonist whose nimbleness while facing danger is something to marvel at—and celebrate.” — Kirkus Reviews Virgil Roy Proctor, a cunning and hungry bounty hunter from Oakland, California, is hired to find a missing witness in a routine death penalty appeal. With only seven days left before the execution at San Quentin, Virgil is more interested in cashing a fat paycheck than saving the condemned man on death row. While going through the motions of a search, the bounty hunter discovers a darker truth underneath the case. A crime syndicate stretching from Northern California to Mexico City is ready to stop anyone able to bring their business to light. And now Virgil and those closest to him are the ones marked for execution. As the clock ticks down, Virgil Proctor must decide who deserves to live, and who may have to die.

392 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 3, 2016

Reviews

[Joel · Rating 5 out of 5]

A hard-boiled detective in the tradition of Raymond Chandler, transplanted to the Bay Area.