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Back a man into a corner.
Take away his ability to earn a living.
Imperil his family.
Do these things and a man will either stand down or stand up.
When the bottom falls out of the U.S. economy, Rafe goes tumbling down, unable to find work, his unemployment drying up, his bills stacking up.
Rafe becomes a 99er. There’s no more help on the horizon. He’s on his own.
Instead of slowly circling the drain, Rafe and his Mexican-born wife Paloma decide to leave Southern California behind and make a new life in Tijuana, Mexico.
Life hums along just fine south of the border until one bad move finds Rafe sucked into the Tijuana underworld of drug cartels.
Years of laidback living have ill-prepared Rafe for life-or-death stakes. He has to up his game in a big way—and fast.
Men with no qualms against torture and killing are coming for Rafe and his family.
It’s kill or be killed for this TJ99er.
About the
Mark Rogers is a writer and artist whose literary heroes include Charles Bukowski, Willy Vlautin, and Charles Portis. He lives in Baja California, Mexico with his Sinaloa-born wife, Sofia. His award-winning travel journalism for USA Today and other media outlets has brought him to 56 countries. His crime novels have been published in the U.S and UK. Uppercut , his memoir of moving to Mexico, is published by Cowboy Jamboree Press. NeoText publishes his Mexico noir series and Gray Hunter series.
Take away his ability to earn a living.
Imperil his family.
Do these things and a man will either stand down or stand up.
When the bottom falls out of the U.S. economy, Rafe goes tumbling down, unable to find work, his unemployment drying up, his bills stacking up.
Rafe becomes a 99er. There’s no more help on the horizon. He’s on his own.
Instead of slowly circling the drain, Rafe and his Mexican-born wife Paloma decide to leave Southern California behind and make a new life in Tijuana, Mexico.
Life hums along just fine south of the border until one bad move finds Rafe sucked into the Tijuana underworld of drug cartels.
Years of laidback living have ill-prepared Rafe for life-or-death stakes. He has to up his game in a big way—and fast.
Men with no qualms against torture and killing are coming for Rafe and his family.
It’s kill or be killed for this TJ99er.
About the
Mark Rogers is a writer and artist whose literary heroes include Charles Bukowski, Willy Vlautin, and Charles Portis. He lives in Baja California, Mexico with his Sinaloa-born wife, Sofia. His award-winning travel journalism for USA Today and other media outlets has brought him to 56 countries. His crime novels have been published in the U.S and UK. Uppercut , his memoir of moving to Mexico, is published by Cowboy Jamboree Press. NeoText publishes his Mexico noir series and Gray Hunter series.
287 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2020
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March 21, 2025
I really enjoyed the general story and the setting. Reading a fairly recent book about the culture on the border of Mexico/California and those that live right on the edge of and over the line of the law was fascinating. Especially given the current political climate regarding immigrants and illegal drugs. The setting alone made the book very much worth reading for me. I don't know if this one of the authors first works but the story did not fit together smoothly in a lot of places which is sometimes seen with inexperienced writers. I don't know exactly how to describe it but much of the book was great and then something just wouldn't read right. It did not spoil the book or story but kept it from being a great book.
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July 15, 2024Pretty good.
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