First published 2012
Goldilocks arrives in a quiet New England town where corruption runs deep. The tall, blond Vietnam veteran with piercing blue eyes enters a world where police work for crime bosses and deals get made in shadows. The real power belongs to a beautiful woman who climbed from poverty to marry into the town's WASP elite. Her name now graces buildings and libraries throughout the community. But Goldilocks brings a level of violence that makes the existing criminals look tame by comparison. His brutality shatters their comfortable arrangements. An angry widow, still attractive despite her grief, becomes his target. Yet even Goldilocks cannot escape the web of corruption that defines this place. As he pursues the widow, the town's criminal network closes around him. His presence turns everything upside down, forcing a reckoning that will transform the community. The fairy tale existence these criminals enjoyed comes to an end when they meet someone more vicious than themselves.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water
Setting: New England
Period: Vietnam War
100 pages · Kindle Edition · Prologue Books
Content warnings: graphic-violence, violence