They Came for Blood

 
by M. William Phelps
Book Cover: They Came for Blood
Part of the Tom Callahan series:
  • They Came for Blood
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When the past comes for blood, you either draw first or die trying.

Tom Callahan was once the government’s deadliest secret—a lethal gun-for-hire leading a team of assassins no one knew existed. Now those days are long gone. Or so he thought.

Now an aging cowboy trying to keep his ranch alive, Callahan wants nothing more than peace… and a sliver of forgiveness. But when word reaches him that his wife and son—long believed dead—may still be alive, that peace turns to dust.

From railroad corruption to a secret slave trade, outlaw towns to Washington’s back rooms, every mile drags Callahan deeper into the rot of the nation he once served. Hunted, framed, and haunted by the men he used to ride with, he’s forced to become the one thing he swore he’d never be again—a killer.

In a world built on blood, there’s no clean way out. To save his family, Callahan will have to face the ghosts of his past—and decide if redemption is worth the price in bodies.

New York Times bestselling author M. William Phelps delivers a brutal, timely, and cinematic Western thriller where the trail to the truth runs red and redemption rides a pale horse.

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Publisher: Hat Creek
Genres:
Action & Adventure, Crime, Historical, Thriller, Western
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About the Author

M. William Phelps

M. William Phelps is the New York Times best-selling author of 46 nonfiction books and winner of the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. With 25 years in the true crime space, Phelps has written for numerous publications, including the Providence Journal, Connecticut Magazine, and Hartford Courant. Diversifying his talents, Phelps
consulted on the first season of the hit Showtime cable television series Dexter and has executive produced and starred in over 350 hours of true crime television. All of which gives him a confluence of expertise and experience to bring to true crime fanatics.

A noted expert on serial killers, Phelps grew up in East Hartford, Connecticut, and now splits his time between Tolland County and Stonington, Connecticut. In July 2017, he published his definitive, 10-year project about Happy Face Killer, Keith Hunter Jesperson, DANGEROUS GROUND: My Friendship with a Serial Killer.

Phelps created, executive produces, and hosts the #1 Apple true-crime podcast franchise Paper Ghosts and Crossing the Line with M. William Phelps, an ongoing, weekly podcast diving deeply into murder, missing people, and unsolved cold case cases rarely covered. Beyond straight-up murder stories, investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps will sometimes interview experts, victims’ family members, killers themselves, and the detectives working cases. Phelps
connects profoundly with families of the missing, murdered, and cold cases, not just because he understands them, but because he is one of them.

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