The Ballad of John Lee (John Lee Quarrels #13)

Florida deputy John Lee Quarrels is not happy when his estranged mother comes to town accompanied by her flashy Nashville music producer boyfriend, Dakota Phillips. When she unveils her latest scheme, a country music song about him that makes his life sound like every day is a shootout at the OK Corral, it pushes John Lee over the edge. He demands that they stop using his name and image, but the duo is convinced that they have a hit that's going to make everybody rich and won’t listen to reason.

Things soon turn violent when John Lee and Dakota get into a bar fight, and John Lee threatens to kill the man in front of witnesses if he doesn't back off the project. Two days later Dakota is found beaten to death and John Lee is the most likely suspect. Or is he?

As two investigators from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement dig into the case, they discover that Dakota Phillips had a lot of enemies who had good reason to want him dead, including John Lee's own mother, Lisa Marie. With a list of scorned women in his past, Dakota seems to have more enemies than friends.

Then an eyewitness comes forward who claims he saw John Lee commit the crime and is willing to do whatever it takes to see him punished for his crimes. But he lets investigators know that justice comes with a price. How much is justice worth?

As sultry as a Florida back road in August, as mysterious as the South's live oak trees dripping with Spanish moss, and as deadly as a copperhead strike, The Ballad Of John Lee, the thirteenth book in New York Times bestselling author Nick Russell's John Lee Quarrels series is sure to hook you from the first page and keep you reading late into the night.

*This book contains violence, strong language, and adult situations some readers might find objectionable*