Trust is for Suckers

<p>Trust is a currency. And in this town the exchange rate can kill you.</p><p>Henry Tate once believed in doing things the right way. A small-town hospital clerk with a dying wife and a stack of medical bills he thought desperation was temporary. Then he borrowed money from the wrong man-Kane a syndicate boss who never forgets a debt. Now Henry is trapped in a world where every favor has a price and the final payment is always blood.</p><p>When Kane's accountant-Ellen Henry's closest friend-offers a risky deal to wipe the slate clean Henry's better judgment takes a fall. One forged ledger entry. One broken oath. And suddenly he's holding a loaded secret worth killing for.</p><p>But secrets don't stay buried. Not in a town where corruption spreads like rot from city hall to the morgue. Kane wants his money. The mayor wants silence. And Henry wants a second chance at the life that's already slipping away.</p><p>With the cops closing in and the syndicate breathing down his neck Henry turns to Joe a loyal friend who'd rather throw punches than questions and Lila a sharp-tongued reporter hungry for the truth. Together they push back-hard. But taking down a crime empire means bleeding for it.</p><p>As bullets fly and dawn threatens to expose everything Henry faces a brutal reality:</p><p>Even if he wins he may not live long enough to spend the victory.</p><p><strong>A life can be saved. A town can be redeemed.</strong><br><strong>But trust? Once broken it's gone for good.</strong></p>