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Black Market Bones
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerLiterary Fiction
ISBN13: 9780971096110
Publisher: Monk Press
Published: Apr 3 2026
Pages: 370
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.77 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In the unforgiving deserts of the American Southwest, survival is never guaranteed-and the truth can be as dangerous as the lies that bury it.
Black Market Bones, the first installment in Roberto Picado's The Bombastic Adventures in the Arizona Desert, is a dark, gripping thriller where desperation, greed, and fractured loyalties collide beneath a relentless desert sun.
Marikler is a mother on the edge of losing everything. Desperate to reclaim her son from a web of manipulation and deceit spun by her husband, she is forced into a world far more dangerous than she ever imagined. Every step forward pulls her deeper into a landscape where trust is scarce and the cost of failure is devastating.
Ron Yawkey never intended to become part of something sinister. But when opportunity drags him into a shadowy operation hidden in the vast emptiness of the desert, he finds himself entangled in a scheme that stretches far beyond his control. As the stakes rise, Ron must navigate a brutal underworld where survival depends on choices that cannot be undone.
James Carter, an embezzler running from his own past, is thrust into the volatile crosscurrents of border militias and criminal networks. What begins as escape quickly becomes entrapment, as Carter realizes the desert has a way of exposing every weakness-and exacting its own form of justice.
As these three lives converge, their stories intertwine in a haunting and suspense-filled narrative where morality blurs and survival demands sacrifice. Set against a backdrop of stark beauty and hidden violence, Black Market Bones delivers a relentless exploration of human resilience and the consequences of the choices we make when pushed to the edge.
With cinematic scope and atmospheric intensity, Roberto Picado crafts a world that is as immersive as it is unforgiving. Fans of gritty, character-driven thrillers will find themselves drawn into a story where the desert is not just a setting, but a force-shaping destinies, testing limits, and revealing the darkest corners of the human spirit.
This is a place where nothing is simple, no one is safe, and survival always comes at a cost.
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