Down Don't Bother Me (LARGE PRINT)

In the depths of the Knight Hawk, one of the last working collieries in downstate Illinois, the body of a reporter is found, his mini-recorder tied around his neck and a notepad stuffed in his mouth. In order to protect himself, the Knight Hawk's owner, Matthew Luster, turns to Slim, a mine employee with a reputation for “bloodhounding” — finding lost souls when the police can’t or won’t, to track down a possible lead.

A hardworking single father barely making ends meet, Slim accepts the job — after Luster promises a pension and job security. But when you make a deal with the devil, you’re going to get burned. Slim is lead to the grimy underworld of Little Egypt, Illinois — a Babel’s Tower of rednecks, rubes, freaks, tweakers, gun nuts, and aging hippies — and it quickly becomes clear that he’s much more involved in the murder than an innocent man should be.

Down Don’t Bother Me marks the emergence of a wildly assured mystery novelist, and of a series set in the fresh and brutal landscape of southern Illinois.

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