Omnimystery News is pleased to present you with one of this month's new 1st in Series titles, a mystery, thriller or suspense novel that introduces a recurring character (or characters) …
Down Don't Bother Me by Jason Miller
A Slim in Little Egypt Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Bourbon Street Books
What we know about the character: Slim is a mine employee in Southern Illinois with a reputation for "bloodhounding", finding lost souls when the police can't or won't. For more information about his first murder, see a synopsis of the book, below.
In the depths of the Knight Hawk, one of the last working collieries in downstate Illinois, the body of a reporter is found, his mini-recorder tied around his neck and a notepad stuffed in his mouth.
The Knight Hawk's owner, Matthew Luster, isn't happy. He wants answers — and he doesn't want the cops or any more press poking into his business. To protect himself and the operation, he turns to Slim, a mine employee with a reputation for "bloodhounding"-finding lost souls when the police can't or won't. Luster needs Slim to locate a missing photographer named Beckett, a close associate of the victim … who just happens to be his son-in-law.
A hard-working single father barely making ends meet, Slim accepts the job — after Luster offers him a guaranteed pension and job security for life. But when you make a deal with the devil, you're going to get burned … . and now Slim is all too close to the flames. Circumstances have lead him into the grimy underworld of Little Egypt, Illinois — a Babel's Tower of rednecks, rubes, freaks, tweakers, gun nuts, and aging hippies-and it quickly becomes clear that he's much more involved in the murder than an innocent man should be.
— Down Don't Bother Me by Jason Miller
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