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Tucson, 1960. Former Bayside City cop Phillip Randall thought he'd buried his demons with his badge. But the heat of the Arizona sun can't burn away the shadows of the mob - especially when they roll in driving 200 Buicks and carrying East Coast grudges.

Still grieving his wife and numbing the pain with bourbon, Randall is pulled back into the world he tried to outrun when a quiet mob deal turns deadly. The Quatrocchi crime family has moved west, and with them comes a spiral of violence that could consume Tucson just like it did Bayside City.

James Dargan is the author of over thirty books spanning crime, noir, satire, historical fiction, and literary fiction. Known for razor-sharp dialogue, vivid characters, and a knack for weaving grit with dark humour, his work ranges from the hard-boiled streets of the Napoleon Clancy thrillers to the sprawling crime sagas of The Bayside City series, the evocative Latin American novels, and a host of standalone titles.

Dargan's novels often drop readers into morally complex worlds where loyalty is fragile, justice is elusive, and survival depends on quick thinking and a little luck. Influenced by the likes of Elmore Leonard, Dennis Lehane, and Cormac McCarthy, his prose balances propulsive storytelling with atmospheric detail, creating stories that are as cinematic as they are immersive.

Whether exploring mob wars and political corruption, the quiet desperation of outsiders, or the chaos of history's turning points, Dargan writes with an unflinching eye and a storyteller's instinct for pacing, character, and place. His work is as much about the people caught in the crossfire as it is about the bullets themselves.

James Dargan: Writer, Raconteur, Blogger, and Journalist.

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