The Shocking Truth (A Mike Canyon Thriller Book 1)
by Steve RushPublish: Feb 01, 2025 Series: A Mike Canyon Thriller Book 1Thriller
Book Overview
Two murders. The evidence? A dead man’s thumbprint.
Detective Mike Canyon enjoys life with his wife and three children in Avoca, Oklahoma until the murders of two prominent citizens instill fear in the community. A warning, “Don’t be late,” inflames Canyon’s resolve to identify and nab the killer. Then the bloody thumbprint found the scenes leads to an impossible source.
Geoffrey Norkum poses as a Texas Ranger and shelters in a friend’s home to get near his mark. After the kidnapping and poisoning of Canyon’s wife ends in a fatal police shooting, Norkum’s actions prove his guise conceal more than a killer’s identity. They reveal the shocking truth of inconceivable reality.
BIOGRAPHY Steve Rush is an award-winning author whose experience includes tenure as homicide detective and chief forensic investigator for a national consulting firm. He worked with the late Joseph L. Burton, M.D, under whom he mastered his skills, and investigated many deaths alongside Dr. Jan Garavaglia of Dr. G: Medical Examiner fame. His specialties include crime scene reconstruction, injury causation, blood spatter analysis, occupant kinematics, and recovery of human skeletal remains.
Steve’s book Kill Your Characters; Crime Scene Tips for Writers was named finalist in the 2023 Silver Falchion Award for Best Nonfiction and Honorable Mention in the 2023 Readers’ Favorite Awards. Lethal Impulse won the 2022 Public Safety Writing Association’s Writing Competition for an unpublished novel, longlisted in the 2022 Page Turner Awards and joint first prize in the 2020 Chillzee KiMo T-E-N Contest.
He lives in Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife Sharon.
Publishing credits:
Kill Your Characters; Crime Scene Tips for Writers, Genius Books, June 2022
Blood Red Deceit, Wings ePress, (thriller) September 2023
After Her Deceit, Wings ePress, (thriller) October 2024
Lethal Impulse, The Wild Rose Press, (romantic suspense/crime thriller) October 2024
Upcoming 2025 releases:
The Shocking Truth (crime thriller) and Deadline 4:59 (crime thriller), Wings ePress
