New Releases by T. Jefferson Parker

A gripping high-stakes thriller by three-time Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling author T. Jefferson Parker ("A marvel...hits the high-water mark for crime fiction every time out." —Gregg Hurwitz) The hunt for the truth is the deadliest game. Former Marine sniper Lew Gale, now a detective with the Orange County California Sheriff’s Department, is assigned to track and shoot a mountain lion that has killed a man in the rugged country east of Laguna Beach, California. The victim is Bennet Tarlow, a rich developer and man-about-town in upscale coastal Orange County. The investigation takes a chilling turn when Lew and his new partner, Daniela Mendez, discover that Bennet was dead long before the lion got to him. And while he might have been the first to die, he certainly will not be the last.

"A tense and compelling drama of the wars without and the wars within—and of the flame of violence that burns through the American psyche." —T.C. Boyle, New York Times bestselling author of The Women "Stunning . . . [Parker is] a brave and daring writer." —Lisa See, New York Times bestselling author of Shanghai Girls and Dreams of Joy "A great American family novel. . . . Parker is playing in the same league as John Steinbeck." —Stephen Harrigan, author of The Gates of the Alamo and Remember Ben Clayton Patrick Norris has seen the worst that Afghanistan has to offer–excruciating heat, bitter cold, and death waiting behind every rock as comrades are blown to pieces by bombs and snipers. He returns home exhilarated by his new freedom and eager to realize his dream of a sport fishing business. But he is shocked to learn that the avocado ranch his family has owned for generations in the foothills of San Diego has been destroyed by a massive wildfire and the parents he loves are facing ruin. Ted Norris worships his brother and yearns for his approval. Gentle by nature, but tormented by strange fixations with a dark undercurrent, Ted is drawn into a circle of violent, criminal misfits. His urgent quest to prove himself threatens to put those he loves in peril. Patrick puts his own plans on hold to save the family''s home and falls in love with Iris, a beautiful and unusual woman, when disaster strikes. When Ted''s plan for redemption goes terribly wrong, he tries to disappear. Desperate to find his brother and salvage what remains of his family, Patrick must make an agonizing choice. Three-time Edgar Award-winner T. Jefferson Parker is known for his many bestselling crime novels, from Laguna Heat to The Famous and the Dead. Full Measure marks a departure; it is a literary novel that explores many subjects, among them the bonds of loyalty between brothers.

Zwei rivalisierende Familien und ein Cop zwischen den mörderischen Fronten ... Ein grausamer Mord erschüttert San Diego: Der ehemalige Bürgermeister und Unternehmer Pete Braga wird zu Tode geprügelt in seiner Strandvilla aufgefunden. Detective Tom McMichael weiß, dass er diesen Fall nicht annehmen sollte. Denn die Feindschaft zwischen seiner Familie und den Bragas zieht sich wie ein dunkler Schatten durch seine Vergangenheit – und kostete seinen Großvater das Leben. Von perfider Neugier getrieben beschließt McMichael dennoch, in Bragas Tod zu ermitteln. Seine Nachforschungen zeigen, wie viele Feinde der skrupellosen Unternehmer in der Stadt hatte. Doch je näher McMichael der Wahrheit kommt, desto gefährlicher wird es für ihn, denn die Unterwelt San Diegos hat ihn längst ins Visier genommen ... »Parker in Bestform!« – Kirkus Review Ein Autor, der die dunkle Seite des Sunshine States kennt – ein fesselnder Noir-Thriller für Fans von James Patterson und Harlan Coben.

Sie singt von Frieden und Hoffnung – und wird brutal entführt ... Chuck Frye, kalifornische Surflegende und schwarzes Schaf einer wohlhabenden Immobilien-Familie, lebt sorglos in den Tag hinein, immer auf der Jagd nach der perfekten Welle. Doch als seine Schwägerin, die vietnamesische Sängerin Li Frye, bei einem Konzert im Stadtteil »Little Saigon« von maskierten Angreifern mit roher Gewalt von der Bühne gerissen wird, beschließt er, sein Aussteigerleben zu pausieren. Er kann nicht tatenlos zusehen, wie die ahnungslose Polizei im Dunkeln tappt und seine Familie Li ihrem schrecklichen Schicksal überlässt. Noch weiß Chuck nicht, dass er sich auf eine gefährliche Mission aus Korruption und Gewalt begeben hat, die ihn bis in den undurchdringlichen Dschungel Vietnams führen wird ... Und dass er dort einem Geheimnis auf die Spur kommen wird, das tödlicher ist als jede Kugel. »Parker schreibt präzise und bündig wie Raymond Chandler: Seine Bilder sitzen, die Dialoge sind clever, das Milieu ist stimmig bis ins letzte Detail.« – Kirkus Reviews Ein atmosphärischer, fesselnder und gut durchdachter Thriller im Kalifornien der 90er Jahre – für Fans von Michael Connelly und James Ellroy.

Für die Wahrheit ist diese Ermittlerin bereit, alles zu riskieren ... Zwei Schüsse. Eine tote Ehefrau. Ein Polizist, der um sein Überleben kämpft. Als die Frau von Deputy Archie Wildcraft ermordet aufgefunden wird und er selbst mit einem Kopfschuss schwer verletzt im Krankenhaus liegt, scheint der Fall klar: Archie hat seine Frau im Streit erschossen und wollte sich im Anschluss selbst töten. Doch Merci Rayborn, Kommissarin bei der L.A. Police, spürt, dass etwas nicht stimmt. Gegen den Widerstand ihrer Kollegen, die in Archie bereits den Täter sehen, kämpft sie für die Wahrheit. Dann flieht Archie aus dem Krankenhaus. Die meisten sehen darin sein Schuldgeständnis – aber Merci Rayborn ahnt, dass Archie selbst die die Jagd nach dem Täter aufgenommen hat. Sie folgt seiner Spur, die in L.A. dunkelste Ecken führt ... »Parker hat nur einen Rivalen – Thomas Harris« Washington Post Fesselnde Krimispannung mit der taffsten Ermittlerin Kaliforniens – für Fans von Michael Connelly und Lee Child! Alle Bände der Reihe: Band 1: Dunkelstunde Band 2: Rote Schatten Band 3: Nachtspur Die Bände sind unabhängig voneinander lesbar.

Wer tötete die Frau, die er liebte? Ein FBI-Agent auf Rachefeldzug Der FBI-Agent Josh Weinstein kann es noch immer nicht fassen: Journalistin Rebecca, die Liebe seines Lebens, wurde auf dem Parkplatz vor ihrem Büro erschossen. Weinsteins unbändige Trauer verwandelt sich schnell in ein obsessives Verlangen nach Vergeltung. Bei seiner Jagd nach dem Mörder findet er heraus, dass Rebecca gar nicht das eigentliche Ziel des Anschlags sein sollte, sondern ihre Chefin, die mit ihren provokanten Meinungen viele Leser gegen sich aufhetzte. Was ihn jedoch viel mehr schockiert ist die Erkenntnis, dass Rebecca einen Liebhaber hatte: ihren Kollegen John Menden. Doch ausgerechnet auf dessen Hilfe ist Weinstein angewiesen, um Rebeccas Mörder zu finden ... »Parker schreibt so abgebrühte Prosa, dass er Raymond Chandlers Kochtopf geerbt haben könnte.« – USA Today Ein Agent, der nichts zu verlieren hat und alles riskiert – ein fesselnder Noir-Thriller für Fans von James Ellroy und Michael Connelly

Looking for a new book that will make your heart race? The seventeenth edition of The Minotaur Sampler compiles the beginnings of three can''t-miss novels publishing October and November 2025 for free and easy sampling. No Rest for the Wicked by Rachel Louise Adams is a heart-pounding read set in a Halloween obsessed town where a woman''s father, a former US Senator, is missing under mysterious circumstances. T. Jefferson Parker''s Wild Instinct is a high-stakes thriller where a sniper is assigned to kill a mountain lion who supposedly killed a man. However, their investigation reveals that the man was dead long before the lion got to him. Mirage City by Lev AC Rosen is an atmospheric mystery investigating the disappearance of missing members of a queer rights organization called the Mattachine Society.

The Edgar Award–winning author is "at the top of his game" in "this engrossing tale" of a cop who must face his own family''s violent past to solve a murder ( Kirkus , starred review). California Homicide Detective Tom McMichael has every good reason to pass on the investigation of slain city patriarch Pete Braga. After all, it was former mayor and self-made millionaire Braga who killed Tom''s grandfather in a dispute over money—and Tom''s own father who, allegedly, sought revenge by savagely beating Braga''s son. But there are others who hated the old man as well. And McMichael is a good cop determined to perform his duty to the best of his abilities—despite his growing feelings for the beautiful nurse who is the prime suspect in the brutal bludgeoning death...and despite a twisting trail that is leading him into deadly, dark, and very private places where he dearly wishes not to go.

When Rebecca Harris is murdered in front of the newspaper offices of the "Orange County Journal," she leaves behind friends and co-workers shocked by her violent death. But she also leaves behind two rivals who were in love with her—passionate Joshua Weinstein, and FBI agent she was engaged to marry, and John Menden, the quiet newsman who was her lover. These men knew of each other''s part in Rebecca''s complex life, each hoping to be ultimately chosen by her. Weinstein solves the murder but he can''t get the evidence to make an arrest—the only person who can do that is Menden. Working together in an uneasy alliance, the two men join forces to bring down Rebecca''s killer. Weinstein, the lawman, guides Menden, the journalist into a powerful paramilitary organization where his every move will be scrutinized and vetted by dangerous men, and where his body and soul will be tested in the extreme. "A jolting thriller...delivers more than a rush." —The New York Times Book Review "The Triggerman''s Dance is a stunning work, so hypnotic and beautiful that when I finished it, I turned to page 1 and read it all over again." —The Washington Post "The Triggerman''s Dance has the psychological and moral complexity of a good novel of the American dark." —The New York Times "His best work thus far." —Bookpage "The Triggerman''s Dance is at once darkly disturbing and entertaining." —Atlanta Journal Constitution "A Gripping thriller from the author of such topnotch suburban angst items as Little Saigon and Laguna Heat." —Chicago Tribune

Edgar Award Winner, 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2001 With the horrible scars of a childhood tragedy forever burned across his face, Joe Trona is scared in more ways than one. Rescued from an orphanage by powerful California politician Will Trona, Joe grows up to be Will''s right hand man—gopher, driver, confidante, bodyguard, fixer. When Will Trona is gunned down in a dark alley in a hail of bullets, quiet, obedient Joe vows revenge. Looking through his father''s life Joe finds his girlfriends, his deals, his friends and enemies. And Joe realizes how many secrets his father possessed and how many people he had the power to harm. But two leads come to the surface of his private investigation—a kidnapped girl being held by her own psychotic brother, and two rival street gangs who have joined forces. The truths he learns about his father''s murder are shocking. And the final truth he hears about what happened to his own face when he was just a baby in a crib changes his life forever—and once again. T. Jefferson Parker is a New York Times bestselling author and three-time Edgar Award winner. "Sun-drenched L.A. noir." —People "Parker has written a page-turner as strong and smart as its protagonist. And, in Joe''s case, that''s saying something." —The San Francisco Chronicle "... an intricately layered story... perhaps Parker''s most ambitious work to date." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) "It''s too bad there are no book awards for originality. If there were, this year veteran crime writer T. Jefferson Parker would win hands down thanks to the title character of his latest book, Silent Joe, a brilliantly conceived and boldly innovative hero who makes this Parker''s best work yet." —Providence Sunday Journal "T. Jefferson Parker''s latest California mystery is worth shouting about."—People

In this high-stakes thriller by three-time Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling author T. Jefferson Parker, ("A marvel...hits the high-water mark for crime fiction every time out." —Gregg Hurwitz), a big wave surfer and her sons compete in the same contest that killed her husband many years before. Jen Stonebreaker hasn''t entered into a big-wave surfing competition since witnessing her husband''s tragic death twenty-five years ago at the Monsters of the Mavericks. Now, Jen is ready to tackle those same Monsters with her twin sons Casey and Brock, who have become competitive surfers in a perilous sport. When he’s not riding waves, modeling for surfing magazines, or posting viral content for his many fans, Casey Stonebreaker spends his days helping with the family restaurant — catching fish in the morning and bartending at night. Casey’s love for the ocean and his willingness to expose illegal poachers on his platforms puts him on a collision course with a crime syndicate eager to destroy anyone threatening their business. Outspoken Brock Stonebreaker couldn’t be more different from his twin. The founder of Breath of Life, a church and rescue mission that assists with natural disasters that no one else will touch, Brock has lived an adventurous and sometimes violent life. Not everyone appreciates the work that Brock''s Breath of Life mission accomplishes, and threats to destroy his mission—and his family—swirl around him. As the big-wave contest draws closer, a huge, late fall swell is headed toward the Pacific coastline. Jen''s fears gnaw at her — fear for herself, for her sons, for what this competition will mean for the rest of her life. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Rescue is a gripping thriller that explores the strength of the human-animal bond and how far we will go to protect what we love by three-time Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling author T. Jefferson Parker. While reporting on a Tijuana animal shelter, journalist Bettina Blazak falls in love with one of her story’s subjects—an adorable Mexican street dog who is being treated for a mysterious gunshot wound. Bettina impulsively adopts the dog, who she names Felix after the veterinarian who saved him. In investigating Felix’s past, Bettina discovers that his life is nothing like what she assumed. For one thing, he’s not a Mexican street dog at all. A former DEA drug-sniffing dog, Felix has led a very colorful, dangerous, and profitable life. With Bettina’s story going viral, some interesting people are looking for Felix, making him a target—again. Bettina soon finds herself drawn into a deadly criminal underworld from which she and her beloved dog may not return. Other Forge Books by T. Jefferson Parker: A Thousand Steps At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A USA Today Best of 2022, and a Los Angeles Times Bestseller! A Thousand Steps is a beguiling thriller, an incisive coming-of-age story, and a vivid portrait of a turbulent time and place by three-time Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling author T. Jefferson Parker. Laguna Beach, California, 1968. The Age of Aquarius is in full swing. Timothy Leary is a rock star. LSD is God. Folks from all over are flocking to Laguna, seeking peace, love, and enlightenment. Matt Anthony is just trying get by. Matt is sixteen, broke, and never sure where his next meal is coming from. Mom’s a stoner, his deadbeat dad is a no-show, his brother’s fighting in Nam . . . and his big sister Jazz has just gone missing. The cops figure she’s just another runaway hippie chick, enjoying a summer of love, but Matt doesn’t believe it. Not after another missing girl turns up dead on the beach. All Matt really wants to do is get his driver’s license and ask out the girl he’s been crushing on since fourth grade, yet it’s up to him to find his sister. But in a town where the cops don’t trust the hippies and the hippies don’t trust the cops, uncovering what’s really happened to Jazz is going to force him to grow up fast. If it’s not already too late. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A Thousand Steps is a beguiling thriller, an incisive coming-of-age story, and a vivid portrait of a turbulent time and place by three-time Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling author T. Jefferson Parker. Download a FREE sneak peek today! Laguna Beach, California, 1968. The Age of Aquarius is in full swing. Timothy Leary is a rock star. LSD is God. Folks from all over are flocking to Laguna, seeking peace, love, and enlightenment. Matt Antony is just trying get by. Matt is sixteen, broke, and never sure where his next meal is coming from. Mom’s a stoner, his deadbeat dad is a no-show, his brother’s fighting in Nam . . . and his big sister Jazz has just gone missing. The cops figure she’s just another runaway hippie chick, enjoying a summer of love, but Matt doesn’t believe it. Not after another missing girl turns up dead on the beach. All Matt really wants to do is get his driver’s license and ask out the girl he’s been crushing on since fourth grade, yet it’s up to him to find his sister. But in a town where the cops don’t trust the hippies and the hippies don’t trust the cops, uncovering what’s really happened to Jazz is going to force him to grow up fast. If it’s not already too late. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

What if the client who''s hired you can''t be trusted...and the woman you''re looking for doesn''t want to be found? With Then She Vanished, three-time Edgar Award winner and New York Times-bestselling author T. Jefferson Parker delivers a new and pulse-pounding thriller. Private Investigator Roland Ford has taken a job for a fellow Marine and a rising politician, Dalton Strait. Strait is contending with unexplained bombings of government buildings in his district...but that is not why he hired Ford. Strait''s wife, Natalie, has gone missing, leaving behind a cryptic plea for help. Strait has made many enemies during his time in politics--including some of his own family members--all of whom could be looking for revenge. But as Ford digs into the details of a troubled marriage, Natalie''s disappearance becomes more and more complicated. Meanwhile, the bombings in the city intensify, with a mysterious group known only as the Chaos Committee claiming responsibility. Ford soon learns that the seemingly random attacks may be connected to the case he''s on--and suddenly, his hunt for a missing woman might decide the fate of an entire city.

In this electrifying thriller from three-time Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestseller T. Jefferson Parker, PI Roland Ford hunts for a missing teenager and uncovers a dark conspiracy in his most personal case yet. When hired by a beautiful and enigmatic woman to find her missing younger sister, private investigator Roland Ford immediately senses that the case is not what it seems. He is soon swept up in a web of lies and secrets as he searches for the teenager, and even his new client cannot be trusted. His investigation leads him to a secretive charter school, skinhead thugs, a cadre of American Nazis hidden in a desert compound, an arch-conservative celebrity evangelist--and, finally, to the girl herself. The Last Good Guy is Ford''s most challenging case to date, one that will leave him questioning everything he thought he knew about decency, honesty, and the battle between good and evil...if it doesn''t kill him first.

"[The] harrowing tale about Daisy Herlihy, an Oceanside gringa mixed up with a marked cartel soldier who bequeaths to her his collection of rare -- and sometimes venomous -- snakes before meeting his awful fate. Among these treasures is Queenie, a seven-foot black mamba, one of the most lethal species of snake in the world. Queenie is not just lethal, she''s aggressive, fearless and suddenly escaped from her cage in Daisy''s quaint Oceanside bungalow. Only one man might have the courage and skill to help grieving Daisy re-capture the deadly serpent and restore order in her life: the legendary pet rescue master, Matt Boone. When Matt shows up, things get very wild." --

In this incendiary thriller from three-time Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling author T. Jefferson Parker, Roland Ford is hunting down a mysterious killer, jockeying for position with the FBI, and risking everything to save a friend in terrible jeopardy. Returning hero and private investigator Roland Ford is on the trail of a mysterious killer who is beheading CIA drone operators and leaving puzzling clues at each crime scene. His troubled friend Lindsay Rakes is afraid for her own life and the life of her son after a fellow flight crew member is killed in brutal fashion. Even more terrifying is the odd note the killer left behind: "Welcome to Caliphornia. This is not the last." Ford strikes an uneasy alliance with San Diego-based FBI agent Joan Taucher, who is tough as nails but haunted by what she sees as the Bureau''s failure to catch the 9/11 terrorists, many of whom spent their last days in her city. As the killer strikes again, Ford and Taucher dash into the fray, each desperate for their own reasons--each ready to risk it all to stop the killer from doing far more damage.

“Mesmerizing and haunting.”—Lisa Gardner “T. Jefferson Parker is the poet of American crime fiction, and The Room of White Fire absolutely proves why.”—C.J. Box In this stirring thriller from New York Times bestseller and award winner T. Jefferson Parker, P.I. Roland Ford must hunt down a soldier who is damaged by war, dangerous, and on the run. Roland Ford—once a cop, then a marine, now a private investigator—is good at finding people. But when he’s asked to locate an Air Force veteran who’s escaped from a mental institution, he realizes he’s been drawn into something deep and dark. What he doesn’t know is why a shroud of secrecy hangs over the disappearance of Clay Hickman—and why he’s getting a different story from everyone involved. In a flash, what began as just a job becomes a life-or-death obsession for Ford, pitting him against immensely powerful and treacherous people and forcing him to contend with chilling questions about truth, justice, and the American way. “A fast-paced, beautifully written thriller."—The Washington Post

A beguiling story of an adventurous traveler, from the Edgar Award-winning author of the bestselling Deputy Charlie Hood series. Fresh out of college, a young man is hired by a high-end travel agency. His fears that he might be in over his head prove to be well-founded when he is dispatched to a potential new destination, Playa Amazonia. Twenty hours of traveling leads him to a luxurious hotel, the world''s most beautiful beach--and an encounter with a highly unusual invasive species. "Amazonia" by T. Jefferson Parker is one of 20 short stories within Mulholland Books''s Strand Originals series, featuring thrilling stories by the biggest names in mystery from the Strand Magazine archives. View the full series list at mulhollandbooks.com and listen to them all!

"A brave and daring writer." —Lisa See, New York Times bestselling author of Shanghai Girls The Carson dynasty rules the ski resort town of Mammoth Lakes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. Founded by patriarch Adam, the town is the site of the Mammoth Cup ski race-a qualifier for the Olympics. But when Wylie Welborn, Adam''s illegitimate grandson, returns after a stint in Afghanistan, it reopens a dark moment in Carson family history: the murder of Wylie''s father by his jealous and very pregnant wife, Cynthia. Her son Sky, born while his mother was in prison, and Wylie are half-brothers. They inherit not only superb athletic skills but an enmity that threatens to play out in a lethal drama on one of the fastest and most perilous ski slopes in the world. Three powerful and unusual women have central roles in this volatile family feud: Cynthia, bent on destroying Wylie; his mother Kathleen, determined to protect him; and April Holly, a beautiful celebrity snowboarder, on track to win Olympic Gold. But, as Wylie falls in love with April and they begin to imagine a life away from the violence that has shattered his family, history threatens to repeat itself and destroy them both. Combining exquisite writing with breathtaking scenes of high stakes skiing, T. Jefferson Parker''s Crazy Blood is an unforgettable story of two brothers on a ruthless quest for supremacy.

An unprecedented collective features pairings by 23 best-selling and critically acclaimed suspense writers, who in short high-action stories pit their most popular characters against one another.

Los hermanos Becker crecieron muy unidos. Corre la década de los sesenta y cada uno de ellos ha hecho ya su vida. Uno es policía y está investigando su primer caso de homicidio, el de Janelle Vonn, una chica que conocieron en la primera juventud, de la que cada uno se enamoró a su manera. Otro de los Becker se ha hecho pastor evangelista; vive a la espera de un milagro. El tercero es un ambicioso periodista. Cada uno intentará encontrar al asesino de Janelle a su manera. A medida que los sospechosos se multiplican y los secretos se desvelan, los tres hermanos se ven obligados a enfrentarse con el peligro y a plantar cara a su propio pasado.

For fans of Michael Connelly and CJ Box, from New York Times bestseller and Edgar-award winner T. Jefferson Parker, author of The Room of White Fire, comes the explosive finale in his Charlie Hood series, which will bring together the destinies of three men caught between light and darkness.... Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy Charlie Hood is attached to the ATF, working undercover on the illegal arms trade that flows across the U.S.-Mexico border. The sparkle of the diamond fillings he wears in his left canine distracts his task force targets and is often the first step toward a long stay behind bars. Meanwhile, Bradley Jones—sheriff’s deputy, employee of the Baja Cartel, and son of the love of Charlie’s life—is expecting a son of his own. Bradley, supposedly descended from the famed Mexican outlaw Joaquin Murrieta, has reaped the rewards of his treachery, keeping a hoard of cash and jewelry in a secret lair on his property. Charlie knows Bradley’s secrets, all of them; the question is what he’ll do with the information. But he still has to contend with the devilish Mike Finnegan, who flits in and out of the lives of his friends, knows things he should not know, is seemingly immortal, and delights in the havoc he wreaks in the orbits of everyone he touches.... All three are about to meet. But all will not survive....

Bradley Jones, a deputy in the L.A. sheriff''s department who''s been transporting drugs for a Mexican cartel since he was 17, turns to fellow deputy Hood for help after henchmen of a rival cartel kidnap Jones''s pregnant wife, Erin. If Jones doesn''t pay the rival cartel''s leader, Benjamin Armenta, a million within 10 days as an apology for the trouble he''s caused Armenta, Armenta will have Erin skinned alive.

Pour certains, les hors-la-loi du Far West n’existent plus. Pour le policier Charlie Hood, rien n’est plus faux, et il sait de quoi il parle : c’est jour après jour que, de préférence seul dans son 4 x 4, il patrouille les « déserts » de la frontière américano-mexicaine. Jusqu’au jour où on lui assigne comme coéquipier un certain Terry Laws que tout le monde appelle « Mister Wonderful » tant il est bon, juste et se présente comme l’ami des pauvres et des enfants. Qu’un tel homme puisse être exécuté sous les yeux mêmes de Charlie défierait l’imagination si l’on oubliait que ces « déserts » ne sont peut-être pas aussi inhabités qu’on le croit et que grâce aux grottes, aux dunes, aux chemins secrets et surtout à la corruption et la terreur, la drogue n’a guère de mal à passer d’un pays à l’autre. Très vite, Charlie est amené à s’intéresser à Draper, le coéquipier habituel de Terry Laws, et c’est là que les ennuis commencent, car l’homme est très dangereux. Personnages de flics honnêtes et moins honnêtes, descriptions des superbes paysages d’Antelope Valley, conflit entre Draper et Hood pour gagner l’âme de Bradley, le fils d’Allison Murietta, personnage du roman éponyme, et construction de l’histoire, Les Chiens du désert est assurément un grand cru dans l’œuvre de T. Jefferson Parker.

When undercover ATF agent Sean Ozburn stops checking in during a mission to infiltrate the Baja Cartel, Charlie Hood watches haunting digital videos that the agent sent to his wife and fears that Oz has switched sides. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Iron River. 250,000 first printing.

Une première enquête du shérif-adjoint Charles Hood risque de tourner mal puisqu''il est amoureux de celle qu''il poursuit. [SDM].