Shades of Mercy

Sheriff Porter Beck, Book 2

By: Bruce Borgos

Narrated by: James Babson

After a career in Army Intelligence, Porter Beck is back in Nevada and doing the same lawman’s job his father once did. His sparsely populated jurisdiction is usually very quiet. But on the night of July 4, Sheriff Beck sees a strange light streak across the dark sky. He prays it won’t crash in drought-stricken Lincoln County, where the wildfires are already burning. But it does, and the resultant explosion triggers an avalanche of death and destruction in the high desert, impacting Beck’s oldest friend, the community at large, and even his sister, Brinley.

Beck’s search for answers leads him to a young girl that Brinley is mentoring, a sixteen-year-old tech whiz, Mercy Vaughn, who is currently incarcerated at the local youth center. Despite all the assurances he’s given, Beck senses the young hacker may be up to more than her jailers know and that she herself is more than she claims to be. And it’s not just Beck: a vicious Mexican drug cartel and a brutal foreign agent also have a stake in learning the truth behind the mask that is Mercy Vaughn, and they are leaving a trail of destruction and death in their path.

©2024 Bruce Borgos (P)2024 Recorded Books

good solid story, but I don't see a future for the Sheriff

Small group of characters in a small town coming together to stop commies from detonating a nuclear bomb. Tension between Sheriff, FBI. and Chinese resolves in the end.

Best to read 1st book before this one

Sheriff Porter Beck and his sister and friends are back in an even more dangerous and convoluted plot. I loved this book and want more!

Sheriff Beck is back and strong as ever

I loved the complexity of the characters. I was pulled into the storyline and surprised a few times by the twists. Great read. Looking forward to the next Book.

Interesting

It was a mystery interwoven with contemporary issues and events that kept the reader interested

Another great who dunnit mystery

Love that he maintained characters from his 1st book, The Bitter Past. Small town large county western U. S., Sheriff Beck is one of those stand out characters like Reacher is in the Lee Child books. He always gets his man, you just don't know how. Fast moving, yet detailed well developed characters you grow to love. Some 3 letter Federal agencies and foreign bad guys make the mix intriguing. Learn how an $80,000 prize bull being blown up leads Beck to think there's something more to his childhood friend's ranch. Happy reading!