DONT LET THE DEVIL RIDE

An instant Southern noir classic S A Cosby Full of wily humour and epic bad behavior this is an ebullient rollicking ride you don t dare miss Megan Abbott Hell is empty and Addison McKellar s husband is missing Addison McKellar isn t clueless she knows she and her husband Dean don t have the perfect marriage but she s still shocked when he completely vanishes from her life At first Addison is annoyed but as days stretch into a week and she s repeatedly stonewalled by Dean s friends and associates her frustration turns into genuine alarm When even the police seem dismissive of her concerns Addison turns to her father s old friend legendary Memphis PI Porter Hayes Porter and Addison begin to dig deeper into Dean s affairs and quickly discover that he was never the hardworking business owner and family man he pretended to be As they piece together the connections between a hook handed mercenary one of Elvis s former leading ladies and a man posing as an FBI agent it becomes clear that Dean was deeply enmeshed in a high stakes web of international intrigue and Porter and Addison aren t the only ones looking for him Dean angered some very dangerous people before he disappeared people who have already killed to get what they want