Bøker av Carl Purdon

Colton Rae's writing career has hit a slump. To the people back home he's still a big deal, but some of his people In New York have stopped returning his calls. When his mother dies at the worst possible time, he's forced to return home to settle her affairs. The funeral is supposed to take days, not weeks. He has deadlines to meet and a sister who still holds a grudge that he made it out and she didn't. Together they go through their mother's things, totally unprepared to deal with the decades-old murder they are about to uncover. The truth about their mother brings them together in an effort to protect her reputation, but Colton soon learns that his entire life has been a lie. There is more at stake than a reputation. His mother's funeral has attracted a ghost from her past. Temple's Ghost is the story of a man coming to grips with a past that threatens to redefine his future.

Jonce Nash has never been an easy man to know. At his best he is a common thief, preying on neighborhood outbuildings and bedroom lockboxes, abusing everyone in his path. At his worst he is a ruthless killer incapable of remorse. The only thing he fears is prison, and he will do anything to keep from going back. Jackie Deen arrives in Hayes, Mississippi desperate for a job. She is a police detective with impeccable credentials, but her new life is a lie. She fled Detroit to protect her son, and Hayes seems to be the perfect place to pick up the pieces and start over. Her faith in men is broken, but it is Jonce Nash who causes her to question her faith in humanity. Jonce Nash was first introduced in THE NIGHT TRAIN as Jayrod's abusive father. He was reintroduced in THE RECONSTRUCTION OF WALTER PIGG as an ex-con in the employ of Perry Stubbs. This is a continuation of his story.

At age eighteen, Dale Criss entered the gates of Parchman Prison, convicted of killing his high school sweetheart. Twenty-five years later, he returns home, hated, feared, and determined to set the record straight. Standing in his way is Sheriff Trap Malone, a no-nonsense lawman who thinks the line between right and wrong is clearly drawn ... until he takes off his blinders.

Jayrod Nash is not your typical fourth grade boy. The abuse he suffers at the hands of his father is brutal, and he doesn't find much comfort in his mother. At school, his shyness makes him a prime target for the class bully, but Jayrod is getting tired of being everybody's punching bag.Arnold Wise is Jayrod's best friend, and he's starting to realize that something in the Nash household is terribly wrong.Twice a day, a train rumbles through the woods behind Jayrod's rural Mississippi home. The day train fills his head with dreams of adventure, but at night his thoughts turn to escape. Escape from a life of pain and neglect. With Arnold's help, he stops the train and sneaks aboard, and soon learns that problems can't be solved by running away.

Walter's life is about to hit the windshield. Every effort has been made. Every avenue exhausted. His wife doesn't know. No one knows. No one except Walter, and the cigar-chomping man who lords over the weak in that grubby little back room off the alley behind the pawn shop. At first they come eager, then determined. That's when he hooks them. That's how he hooked Walter. With the hook set he takes everything. Destroys them. They come until it's too late, then he comes for them. He'll come for Walter soon, but Walter has another idea. Walter has a rope and a chair and a sturdy place to tie off to high overhead in the grand old house he can't save. It will be better this way. Better for his wife but especially better for Walter because a long time ago he did something much worse. Something no one else knows. He deserves to die. It's just, but circumstance is about to throw him another curve. His deconstruction is not yet complete.

Frank Mayo is a fry cook in a greasy breakfast restaurant in Atlanta. His home is the back room of an abandoned building infested with homeless addicts. Among them he is respected. To the rest of the city he is invisible. Enter Reese - a ghost from Frank's past, with a newspaper article that throws Frank's world into chaos. Soon he is reunited with Jayrod Nash, the abused boy he took under his wing in another life. Together they track the man who abducted Jayrod's friend Arnold, but things aren't always what they seem, and time has a way of changing people you thought you knew. The hunters become the hunted, and trust is a commodity best spent with caution.Red Eyes is the much-anticipated sequel to THE NIGHT TRAIN.

By all rights the road should have been named Jones Road, given Deke Norton's failing health when Mississippi adopted the E-911 system, but the county turned a blind eye and gave Oscar Jones one more reason to complain.Life is one lemon after another for Oscar. He lost a daughter to pneumonia and a son to California, then he lost the love of his life to cancer. When the county school board declares him too old to keep the grounds and forces him to retire, something inside him snaps. He stops complaining and starts doing.Davis Khane is a businessman. A pillar of the community. The furniture factory next to Oscar's property is the county's largest employer and his greatest achievement. It's not his fault that the sawdust from his frame shop drifts, or that the manufacture of furniture produces noise. When the old man next door becomes a thorn in his side and the county sheriff turns a blind eye, he hires his own man to correct the problem. He's an old man. It should be easy.Norton Road is a story of one man's struggle against power, and of power's struggle against an old man.

In The Night Train he was Farley. The hobo. Now he has a new name. A new home. A new life. But how long can it last? Frank Mayo is a fry cook in a greasy Atlanta diner. He's homeless because people are looking for him. The runaway he befriended in his old life had gone home and made a splash. It wasn't smart to ride the trains anymore. The diner feels safe. People in low places don't ask questions. Then a stranger shows up with a message. The boy's in trouble again. Big trouble. The kind of trouble only a man with Frank's skills can handle. But something doesn't feel right. The stranger reminds him of someone. If you liked The Night Train you'll love Red Eyes because it answers all the questions you've been asking about Farley.

The thought of being mayor disgusted Walter.His campaign had been a joke.Now some very powerful men aren't laughing.Walter considers politics to be a dishonest profession. Less honest than prostitution - for which he is equally unqualified. The only upside to winning is the man who lost.Tipton Palo is a lawyer. Brilliant in an unpleasant way. And a sore loser. Being mayor was supposed to launch his political career. It was supposed to be a stepping stone to higher office. The state assembly, then attorney general. Someday governor. It was also supposed to keep the people around him out of jail.And those people were mad. Mad at Walter for winning, but they weren't scared. Not yet. That would come later.Forcing a man like Walter out should be easy. Who does he think he is? The same names had been winning elections for more lifetimes than anyone could count.But Walter isn't Walter anymore. Almost dying changed him. Could the people who called him a hero be right? Or will the rich and powerful win again?If you liked The Deconstruction Of Walter Pigg you'll love this sequel.Get it now.

What could make a boy run away? … from everything he knows. From his mother. His home. And all those things he doesn't yet understand. Every evening Jayrod sits on his back porch and listens to the train rumble through the woods beyond the field. Beyond the boundary set by his father. It sounds like freedom. Like adventure. He's too young to know the dangers that lurk aboard freight trains. In the boxcars and on the flats. The bad men. It's no place for a boy. The man calls himself Farley. He's an odd man. Mysterious. Deadly. Is he protecting the boy or using him? And will Jayrod figure it out in time to find his way home again? The Night Train pulls back the curtain to expose a silent epidemic as old as time itself. There is no cure … only awareness. You'll love Jayrod because he's a fighter, even when he doesn't know there's a war. His innocent determination will make you cry. Laugh. And cheer. Meet him now.

It used to be the dust and noise. The workers coming and going like ants to a picnic. Now it's personal. Everyone calls him Pap for reasons he can't remember. The people who matter are all gone now. His only neighbor is the factory. The beast that manufactures furniture and dust. So much dust. Dust that covered his wife as she lay dying and everything since. It covers his house inside and out, and his front porch swing. The grass and trees for as far as the eye can see. It even covers Rosemary. He talks to Rosemary. People say he's eccentric. Or outright crazy. He hasn't broken the law that anyone can prove, but he's bruised it and left it with whelps. That's about to change though. The stakes are about to be raised. The powerful Davis Khane is tired of flat tires on his trucks and nails in his parking lot. He's tired of the broken machines. He's tired of the man everyone calls Pap and he means to set him straight. Instead he sets him off. You'll love Norton Road because everyone loves an underdog. Especially one who's a little off his nut. Get it now.