I know some of you will remember author Andrew Welsh-Huggins’ post here for his favorite books of 2023, https://tinyurl.com/2nmhbmwr. Welsh-Huggins is the author of the Andy Hayes PI novels, and he has a new one, Sick to Death, coming out in September. He’s also the author of the crime novel, The End of the Road, and I have two copies to give away this week.

Before I give you the publisher’s blurb, let me say it’s gritty, rural noir, and has one of the best women, Penny, I’ve read about in a crime novel. But, remember, gritty. This isn’t a cozy mystery.

Myles’s courtroom testimony should have put Pryor, their one-eyed ringleader, behind bars after the bank robbery gone wrong, yet somehow Pryor got off scot-free while Myles served time. Now, upon his release, Myles decides he is done with his life of wrongdoing—a change that will only be possible if he can kill Pryor and turn over a new leaf. Pryor has other ideas, and the collision between these two deadly forces soon leaves the ex-con in critical condition, clinging to life in a hospital bed.

With Myles in recovery, it’s up to his girlfriend Penny to avenge her lover and salvage their chance at normalcy. As Pryor and his cronies prepare for their biggest score yet–targeting a vulnerable small-town Ohio bank on a day when Amish farmers arrive with hefty cash deposits–Penny is hot on their heels. But is she prepared for the carnage Pryor will gleefully wreak on the path to his prize?

The publicist is giving away one copy of The End of the Road, and I bought a copy to give away. If you’d like to enter to win one, email me at Lesa.Holstine@gmail.com. Your subject line should read “Win The End of the Road.” Please include your name and mailing address. The giveaway will end Wednesday, May 15 at 5 PM ET. Entries from the U.S. only, please.