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The River Way
Paperback
Series: Mound City Stories, Book 2
Publisher Price: $17.99
Publisher: Michael Sneden
Published: Mar 31 2026
Pages: 328
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Coast Guard Intelligence Officer Ella Quinn expected her transfer back to St. Louis to be a quiet glide path toward retirement-a chance to care for her aging mother and escape the relentless pressure of coastal operations. Instead, the disappearance of a deckhand from a massive towboat on the Mississippi River pulls her into a case that refuses to stay simple. Initially labeled a tragic accident, the incident sets off alarms that Ella cannot ignore.
Her investigation puts her at odds with ICE, powerful shipping interests, and a criminal network sustained by silence and strict compartmentalization. It also forces her to confront her own past: a brother who vanished decades earlier and a mother still shaped by that loss.
As the story unfolds across riverbanks and towboats, through a Gothic church and an abandoned nunnery, a web of intersecting lives emerges-a conflicted priest, a cynical forger, a ruthless cartel coyote, and an enigmatic homeless man who seems to know more than he should. Beneath the veneer of legitimate commerce, Ella uncovers a hidden economy where greed, organized crime, and human trafficking converge.
With agencies circling and witnesses closing ranks, Ella must decide how far she is willing to risk her career-and her safety-to expose a system designed to remain invisible.
Set against the industrial beauty and moral murk of the Mississippi corridor, this is a story about complicity, conscience, and the cost of looking the other way-where not all crimes leave bodies behind.
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