The Boy from County Hell: 2 (Jay Desmarteaux Crime Thriller)

Jay Desmarteaux raised a whole lot of hell in New Jersey after he was released from prison after 25 years for the murder of a rapist bully at his school. Now hes on the run in his home state of Louisiana where he traces his roots to an evil family tree thats grown large and lush watered with the blood of the innocent. Jays hunt for his parents will take him to the doors of stately plantation homes built by the enslaved through the deadly and gorgeous heart of the bayou to his greatest nightmare-a cell in the infamous state prison where his only escape is the wildest show in the South-the Angola Prison Rodeo. Scarred and shell-shocked Jay Desmarteaux faces his deadliest adversaries yet: the demons within himself and the brutality wrought by his privileged ancestors. The Boy from County Hell is coming home... Praise for THE BOY FROM COUNTY HELL: Thomas Plucks The Boy From County Hell is raucous and rollicking just like The Pogues song it adapts its name from. There are echoes of James Lee Burke Barry Gifford and Joe R. Lansdale but Plucks book burns hot and bright with its own indomitable punk spirit. Joyous wild dark fun. -William Boyle author of City of Margins A Friend Is a Gift You Give Yourself The Lonely Witness and GravesendBlistering violent and written with Technicolor flourishes that are Plucks unmistakable signature. The Boy from County Hell is a hell of a book. -Laird Barron author of Swift to ChasePluck has crafted a hard-charging thriller that stomps the pedal from page one and never lets up. Crackling with exciting characters and language that pops off the page The Boy From County Hell is a mad tale of rage retribution and no small helping of heart and soul. I loved it. -Bill Loehfelm author of the Maureen Coughlin series Wow. The Boy from County Hell by Thomas Pluck is as wild as a night in a cage with an amorous monkey. So smart and tense and relentless. Pluck decides on his premise and stays true to it until the rowdy end but the real star here is his control of style both hardboiled and poetic at the same time. Impressed. -Joe R. Lansdale The Boy from County Hell is a harrowing and at times deeply philosophical journey through the heart of rage. Thomas Pluck is our trustworthy tour guide through that undiscovered country. With deft prose and an eye towards redemption and revelation Pluck accomplishes an amazing feat. We find ourselves feeling sympathy for the boy from county Hell -SA. Cosby New York Times bestselling author of Razorblade Tears