The Loner: An Aubrey McKenna Detective Mystery Novel (The Aubrey McKenna Detective Mysteries Book 2)
by Greg DillensnyderPublish: Oct 24, 2020Series: The Aubrey McKenna Detective Mystery SeriesCrime FictionBook Overview
Aubrey McKenna, Chief Investigator for the Schuylkill County District Attorney, is approaching a ‘crossroads’ decision about her career when she accepts an invitation to evaluate strange middle-of-the-night activity on Graffiti Highway in deserted Centralia, Pennsylvania. A crime cartel’s sinister logo has unexpectedly appeared among the colorful mile-long smorgasbord of other drawings on the old, abandoned highway.An unlikely Centralia informant reports strange night lights related to the logo’s location, and he has alarming premonitions that predict an impending catastrophic event to befall eastern Pennsylvania. The ominous gang symbol, if genuine, could portend that a new, perilous threat might be looming from an infamous drug and human trafficking syndicate making its way into the area.
While McKenna is considering whether these vague reports are even worthy of investigation, she gradually uncovers evidence suggesting a convoluted threat to her eastern Pennsylvania county. But is it real or just a figment of her informant’s imagination? Can she figure all of that out in time to avert disaster…if there really is one coming?
Confronting her innate skepticism about the ‘other-worldly’ aspects of her informant’s source of clues, she must transcend her own preconceptions of human differences to get to the root of what is really happening on Graffiti Highway. With her true-grit, no-nonsense style, she has to muster everything she’s ever learned about forensic psychology and investigation to keep ahead of what might become a horrendous cataclysm.
