EBOOK Southtown

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series For Tres Navarre, English professor turned private investigator, business has lately  taken a drastic turn south. But if chasing down bail jumpers, adulterous spouses,  and workmen&'s comp cases seemed like the dregs of the PI game, it was at least a  living. Not as much could be said for tracking down a man like Will &';the Ghost&' Stirman. The stone-cold killer has just staged a bloody escape from the Floresville State  Penitentiary with a gang of violent cons as spooked by Stirman as those on the outside  who helped put him behind bars. And no one seems more worried than Navarre&'s boss  and mentor, Erainya Manos. It was her husband along with rival PI Sam Barrera who  built the case that sent Stirman away. But Erainya&'s husband is dead and she&'s certain  Stirman won&'t let that stand in the way of his taking revenge against her and her  adopted son. All of Navarre&'s instincts are screaming that there&'s more to this  case than meets the eye. But Erainya won&'t tell himand Sam Barrera seems to be escaping  into a strange twilight from a truth too terrible to remember. That leaves Tres to  dig into a twisted mystery of greed, vigilantism, and murder, where lives are bought  and sold and the line between guilt and innocence is razor-thin. Meanwhile, Stirman  and his gang are coming, leaving behind them a trail of brutal, unforgiving violence  that will end in an area of San Antonio known as Southtownbut that may soon just  as well be called hell on earth.From the Hardcover edition.