Potshot: A Jack McMorrow Mystery: 4 - Softcover

Boyle, Gerry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1939017548 ISBN 13: 9781939017543

Publisher: Islandport Press, 2015

Synopsis

Predicting the days of marijuana legalization, this, the fourth McMorrow story, delves deep into backwoods growing and drug dealing, and the damage it can do when big, urban traffickers enter the picture. Jack alternates between the back-to-landers living communally on the outskirts of Florence, Maine, and confrontations with urban gangsters moving in on the product and the people who Jack s come to know. Library Journal says, "Along with snappy dialog that propels the story, Boyle presents an ensemble of likable characters. A sure thing for anyone who has enjoyed Robert Parker s Spenser." Cronies at a county fair, an assassination attempt, and hostages are only a few of the challenges McMorrow has to face in this fast-paced addition to the McMorrow legacy.

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About this title

From the Author

Marijuana growers are live and well in Maine woods
I hope readers enjoy POTSHOT as a whodunit, and also as a foray into the world of marijuana growers in the fields and woods of northern New England. In some parts of Maine, marijuana is the only true cash crop, and the possible rewards outweigh the risks. In POTSHOT, the well-armed growers have not all subscribed to the back-to-the-land credo that they espouse. Greed is both their inspiration and their downfall. But that is true for all of us, isn't it? Chasing the growers, a motley but engaging crew, Jack McMorrow could take the biggest fall of all.

About the Author

Like many crime novelists, Gerry Boyle began his writing career in newspapers the best training ground ever. After Colby College, he knocked around, including stints as a roofer, a postman, and a manuscript reader at a big New York publisher. His first reporting job was with a weekly in the paper mill town of Rumford, Maine. After a few months it was on to the (Waterville, Maine) Morning Sentinel, where editors learned early on that he worked best when left to his own devices. He wrote about stuff he saw in police stations, courtrooms, in the towns and cities of Maine. Deadline came out in 1993. With an assist from Robert B. Parker, he landed a top-flight literary agent and the books came steadily after that. McMorrow and Boyle grew up together, though at different rates.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Islandport Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1939017548
• ISBN 13: 9781939017543
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360