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The County Line: A Small-Town Crime Thriller

The County Line: A Small-Town Crime Thriller

McLaren, Ian
Morrow, Gareth

Paperback

Series: Cal Rourke, Book 1

Mystery & Thriller

ISBN13: 9798241785510
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 29 2025
Pages: 154
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.33 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A deputy stops Cal Rourke on a back road with no flares-and no paperwork.

Marcus Holt is shaking when he admits the truth: his sixteen-year-old son, Tyler, vanished five days ago, swallowed by a fentanyl pipeline that runs through a county split by a river, a dead-zone bridge, and men who don't fear badges. Holt can't file a report-not when Sheriff Ballard, tow operator Lloyd Mercer, and donor Dale Griggs keep the machinery quiet and profitable.

Cal is ex-military and passing through. He should keep driving. Instead, he rents room twelve at the Pine Ridge Motor Lodge, maps the routes, and finds a shipping container with ventilation holes punched into steel.

When Cal pulls Tyler and another broken boy out of the dark, the county's corruption reaches beyond drugs-into missing kids, buried names, and a girl's notebook hidden under a church. With photos, a federal agent on the line, and Memphis professionals closing in, Cal has one choice left: disappear... or make the county answer.

How far will Cal go when the line between rescue and reckoning is the county line itself?

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