{"product_id":"laredo-c-lowry-9798235639546","title":"Laredo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn a sun-blasted border town, the monsters don't hide in the dark-they hide in plain sight.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMercer Sample spent twenty years tracking fugitives for the US Marshals. Today, he's a cynical bounty hunter operating on the unforgiving edges of Laredo, Texas. He survives by reading people and understanding the ruthless mathematics of the border: keep your head down, collect the skip, and never ask questions. But when a routine hunt for a terrified, embezzling cartel accountant goes violently sideways, Mercer steps into a conspiracy that will drench the Texas asphalt in blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCassidy Lane is walking the desolate, neon-lit truck stops of the Interstate 35 corridor with a bottle of whiskey and a loaded hand cannon. She's using herself as bait, desperate to catch the elusive serial killer who butchered her sister.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Mercer knows the terrifying truth: the \"Laredo Killer\" isn't a disorganized psychopath. He's a ghost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis name is Silas-a highly trained special operations veteran working as a cartel \"cleaner.\" Silas is deployed to systematically erase women who inadvertently witness the underworld's multi-million-dollar bulk cash transfers. Worse, the cartel assassin is being fed his targets by the very police detectives sworn to protect the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForced into a fractured, uneasy alliance, the burnt-out bounty hunter and the grief-fueled vigilante must go off the grid to hunt the hunter. Navigating a labyrinth of corrupt cops, three hundred thousand dollars in stolen cartel capital, and a heavily armed corporate assassin who leaves zero loose ends, Mercer and Cassidy must write their own laws. In a town where justice is bought and paid for, it comes down to basic math: kill the other guy first, or end up buried in the South Texas scrub brush.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLAREDO\u003c\/strong\u003e is a gritty, relentless modern western noir thriller that grabs you by the throat from the first page and doesn't let go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for fans of: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModern Westerns and Texas Noir\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCartel Thrillers and Vigilante Justice Action\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardboiled Detective and Bounty Hunter Crime Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSerial Killer Suspense and Police Corruption Mysteries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf you love the snappy, character-driven dialogue of Elmore Leonard, the atmospheric, hard-hitting tension of John D. MacDonald, and the cinematic grit of Taylor Sheridan (Sicario, Yellowstone), you won't be able to put this book down.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. Lowry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798235639546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Lowry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.37d","brand":"C. Lowry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665593274623,"sku":"9798235639546","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1127476b-e0c9-4d37-b7c7-c16c3f3ac926.jpg?v=1792012850","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/laredo-c-lowry-9798235639546","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}