★★★★★ "An alchemic inferno... Lindemuth did a magnificent job with this intensely personal story." --San Francisco Book Review
- Nick Fister's the winningest ultra-runner ever, but he's paid a price. His daughter Tuesday took her own life. His wife is sleeping with his crew chief, Floyd. And his "greatest fan" — a former-Marine sniper — has progressed from creepy stalker to deadly menace.
Nick's chosen Death Valley's Badwater 135 as the brutal capstone to his career. When Floyd fails to show at race start, Nick begins without him — and learns shortly later Floyd was stabbed to death the night before.
Nick Fister always wins, and his relentless focus keeps him in the race. But soon the Inyo County Deputies learn about Nick's cheating wife. The troubled business partnership. The life insurance.
Did Nick murder Floyd, while queuing a psychotic sniper to take the fall?
Or is Nick Fister running for his life?
Grab STRONG AT THE BROKEN PLACES and prepare for a marathon reading session.
"One of those books that’s going to stick with me for a while." --Manhattan Book Review
"A story about finding yourself, facing your inner demons, forgiving, dealing with loss, and despite all that, still moving forward." --Seattle Book Review
★★★★★ "Wrenching... Relentless... Cathartic... Enlightening..."
★Praise for Clayton Lindemuth★
Clayton Lindemuth's works have been smashingly reviewed by Publishers Weekly (starred review and best of the week), Indie Next List, Kirkus, BlueInk Review, Foreword Reviews, Seattle Book Review, Manhattan Book Review, Indie Reader, Reader Views, Spinetingler Magazine, Hardboiled Wonderland, various independent best of the year mentions, (Spinetingler and DoSomeDamage, among others). Clayton's novels Cold Quiet Country and My Brother's Destroyer have been published in France by Le Seuil, and have been charmingly reviewed by Le Monde, La Croix, Le Figaro.
Genre: Mystery
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