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Hollow Beasts

Alisa Lynn Valdés

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Dirty Girls Social Club comes a wilderness thriller featuring Jodi Luna, a rookie game warden who takes on a terrorist group in rugged New Mexico.

After a long stint in academia, Jodi Luna leaves Boston for the wilds of New Mexico to start a new life as a game warden. Jodi is no stranger to the wilderness; her family has lived here for generations. Determined to protect her homeland, she nabs a poacher in her first week on the job.

But when he retaliates by stalking Jodi and her teenage daughter, a cat and mouse game leads Jodi to a white supremacist group deep in the mountains. She learns that new recruits are kidnapping women of color to prove their mettle to the organization's leader.

When the local sheriff refuses to assist, Jodi joins up with young deputy Ashley Romero. Together, they set out to take down a terrorist network that will test not just their skills as investigators but also their knowledge of the land and commitment to its people.

But will Jodi's fierce resolve to protect the voiceless put her loved ones in harm's way?

Book Details

  • Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
  • Publish Date: Apr 1st, 2023
  • Pages: 256
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.30in - 5.50in - 1.10in - 0.80lb
  • EAN: 9781662507175
  • Categories: Mystery & Detective - Police ProceduralThrillers - Terrorism

About the Author

Valdés, Alisa Lynn: -

Alisa Lynn Valdés is an award-winning print and broadcast journalist and a former staff writer for both the Los Angeles Times and the Boston Globe. With more than one million books in print in eleven languages, she was included on Time's list of the twenty-five most influential Hispanics and was a Latina woman of the year as well as an Entertainment Weekly breakout literary star. She is the author of many novels, including Playing with Boys and The Husband Habit. Alisa divides her time between New Mexico and Los Angeles.

Praise for this book

"Packed to bursting with big questions for readers." --Kirkus Reviews

"[A] strong action-packed thriller and series launch from bestseller Valdés....Readers will look forward to seeing a lot more of this tough, smart heroine." --Publishers Weekly

"With a ripped-from-the-headlines plot, Valdés's novel offers an authentic voice, fine writing, and a protagonist with a complicated backstory and one of the most dangerous jobs in American law enforcement: game warden." --The Washington Post