Crossroads

<p><strong>A BRUTAL MURDER A HAUNTED LAWYER AND A RAGING BATTLE OVER THE FUTURE OF A NATIONAL FOREST COMBINE IN A LETHAL MIX THAT THREATENS TO DEVASTATE A SMALL MONTANA COMMUNITY AND ANY NUMBER OF LIVES ALONG WITH IT...</strong></p><p><strong>Kalispell Montana Attorney Dave Matthews is on a downhill slide blaming himself for the recent death of one of his closest friends. He's drinking heavily and generally avoiding his responsibilities when the brother of another close friend a mill worker Steve Helstrom is charged with the murder of a prominent environmentalist. Dave reluctantly agrees to defend Helstrom and suddenly finds himself thrust into a case in which the evidence appears heavily stacked against his client. He's also finds himself thrown in the middle of a raging battle over the future of Montana's national forests and before it's over Dave's own future will be very much on the line as well.</strong></p><p><strong><em>Crossroads</em> is a deep dive into the kind of deadly conflict that a vast and beautiful landscape can produce. There's treachery in Thane's Big Sky country and battle-worn lawyer Dave Matthews is determined to peel back the layers to reveal the always-elusive truth. An engrossing read!<em>-Gerry Boyle author of Strawman and the Jack McMorrow mysteries.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Praise for the Works of James L. Thane</strong></p><p><strong><em>Fatal Blow </em>is one of the best procedurals I've read in years. Packed with twists and turns and unexpected revelations it's beautifully written and tautly plotted. Thane's finest yet!-<em> Christine Carbo Award-winning author of The Wild Inside</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Fatal Blow </em>is a meticulous and engrossing procedural-from the perspective of both the dogged detective and the surprising enterprising criminal.-Lou Berney Edgar Award winning author of <em>The Long and Faraway Gone</em></strong></p><p><strong>Thane reads like Michael Connelly and his Phoenix is detailed.<em> - Paul French CrimeReads</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>No Place to Die</em> is a two-in-one treat a convincing police procedural bolted to a nail-biter suspense novel. A good novel gives you real people in a real place and James L. Thane delivers both with his skillfully drawn cops victims and crooks in today's Phoenix.<em> - Sam Reaves Author of Mean Town Blues</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>No Place To Die</em> is an auspicious beginning to what I hope will become a series. Sean and Maggie make a great crime-solving team.<em>- Barbara D'Amato Author of Death of a Thousand Cuts</em></strong></p><p><strong>An excellent debut...<em>- The Poisoned Pen Booknews</em></strong></p><p><strong>An engaging police procedural that hooks the audience. ... Readers will relish James L. Thane's tense thriller.-<em> The Mystery Gazette</em></strong></p><p><strong>A fast action thriller<em>- Suspense Magazine</em></strong></p>