Abandoned

by Michael Kerr

After robbing a bank in Phoenix, Arizona, during which a security guard and the assistant manager are gunned down, the perpetrators head out of the city to a cabin off the beaten track, planning to lay low and share out the proceeds of several heists. A rockfall takes out the SUV that the robbers are driving, and three of them survive it, including Will Parker, the teenage stepson of the leader, Jack Mitchell. Having had no idea that Jack and the others were criminals, Will runs away from the scene of the accident when he sees the masks, weapons and money in the trunk. Joe Logan rounds a bend on a narrow mountain road, sees what has happened and stops to offer assistance, only to be shot at and slightly wounded. Diving over the cliff edge at the side of the road, he hides until he hears his Chevy Tahoe being driven away. Subsequently, and now in the company of the teenager, who knows the location of the cabin, Logan and Will they set off on foot across country. Logan never turns the other cheek. He believes in an eye for an eye, and fully intends to, at very least, reclaim the vehicle and his backpack, that is in it. Others are also looking for the bank robbers, and within forty-eight hours they have the address of the cabin and intend to kill the occupants and take the money. Logan is unwittingly closing in on a situation that he will not be in control of, as even two detectives from the Phoenix Police Department are following a lead and heading toward the cabin. Due to the area being in a dead zone, it is going to be a private party, without anyone being able to communicate by cell phone. Not everyone will survive the ensuing events.

173 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 31, 2020

About the author

I write the type of original, action-packed, violent crime thrillers that I know I would enjoy reading if they were written by such authors as: Lee Child, David Baldacci, Harlan Coben, Michael Connelly and their ilk.
Over twenty years in the Prison Service proved great research into the minds of criminals, and especially into the dark world that serial killers - of who I have met quite a few - frequent.

I live in a cottage a mile from the nearest main road in the Yorkshire Wolds, enjoy photography, the wildlife, and of course creating new characters to place in dilemmas that my mind dreams up.

What makes a good read? Believable protagonists that you care about, set in a story that stirs all of your emotions.

If you like crime fiction, then I believe that 'Deadly Reprisal' and 'A Reacher Kind of Guy - Aftermath' will push all the right buttons for you.

Reviews

[ron harris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great fun

Michael Kerr and Joe Logan are a great team . Have read all of the Joe Logan books and indeed the bulk of Michael Kerr’s.
Enjoyed every one, read it it’s great fun.

[peter askham · Rating 5 out of 5]

worth the wait

I've missed joe, but he's back and the story was just as good as before.Hope the wait isn't as long till no 8

[T Clayton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short story ???

Book is too short to be classed as a good read, got to say disappointed with content and length ...needs more depth