FROM USA TODAY BEST-SELLING AUTHOR JOHN ELLSWORTH: THADDEUS MURFEE, THE CRIME
Thaddeus Murfee doesn't know why he was arrested, jailed, and brutalized by his guards; all he was doing was riding his motorcycle down to Mexico. When another prisoner is thrown into Thaddeus's jail cell, similarly tortured, the situation doesn't become any clearer. Kamel Yousef is a decorated US Army veteran recently returned from Afghanistan. But despite his Silver Star and Purple Heart, government agents are convinced Yousef colluded with the Taliban. Thaddeus isn't about to let the agents get their hands on Yousef. He helps his friend escape from jail before the men in black arrive.
Things only get worse for Yousef and Thaddeus when both of their young sons are struck by a mysterious virus. There's an antidote that could cure the boys, but the government refuses to turn it over. Thaddeus takes to the courts to obtain the antidote, but as the system of stalls and appeals drags on, the boys vanish from their hospital beds.
Time is running out for Thaddeus, Yousef, and their families. Must the children die for their fathers' sins?
This one is for Thaddeus Murfee fans, Book One in the Thaddeus Murfee Justice Series.