by Ryan Lowell
First published 2026
Curtis stares at a scrap of paper in his dispatch office. The trailer number shouldn't exist, but there it is. His pregnant wife waits at home while he holds evidence of a phantom truck carrying five million dollars in Canadian pharmaceuticals toward the border through the snow. Billy Trask knows exactly where that truck is. The weathered sociopath guards the coordinates carefully and kills anyone who gets in his way without hesitation. Three locals plan to intercept the cargo before Billy can claim it. Jimmy and Theo think they understand the stakes. Sarah, the party girl with unstoppable will, leaves destruction at seventy-five miles per hour as she races toward the prize. The truck rolls north through winter while desperate people converge on its path. Curtis must choose between safety and action. Billy eliminates obstacles with cold precision. Sarah charges forward regardless of consequences. Five million dollars in stolen drugs draws them all into a collision that will determine who survives and who pays the ultimate price.
Genres: fiction, suspense, crime, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, gritty, suspenseful, tense
Tropes: converging-timelines, high-stakes-collision, morally-ambiguous-characters
Setting: Canada, Border
224 pages · Paperback · Little, Brown and Company
Content warnings: drug-use, murder, violence