Second Death: A modern Western crime thriller with small-town secrets: 2 (The Adam Cash mystery series)

One bad deed begets another. Award-winning author Jeff Kerr follows up Blunt Force Trauma with Second Death, the gripping continuation of the Adam Cash series that deftly weaves the classic Western novel with the rawest, most provocative themes pulled from today’s headlines. Reverend Dennis Webb has built a YouTube ministry to die for.A devoted congregation flocks to his digital pulpit, hanging on his sermons.But behind the righteous veil are questions. Is Webb-an ex-con-a messenger of the divine, or a ruthless conman bilking his congregation?Is his sudden and mysterious appearance in Noble County, Texas a harbinger of a darker past? And what’s with that alligator he keeps on his property?Still recovering from the crucible of his deadly human trafficking investigation depicted in Blunt Force Trauma, Afghan war veteran Adam Cash is the newest deputy in the Noble County sheriff’s office.While investigating a fatal truck explosion everyone else writes off as an accident, Cash discovers a