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On election night in a church basement in Dorchester, private security contractor Jake Horn is hired to keep the peace at a long-shot City Council campaign party.
But as the polls close and tensions rise, the candidate disappears.
His nervous campaign manager can’t find him. His wife is locked in a heated conversation with a mysterious man. The mood in the room shifts from celebration to something darker.
Jake was hired to keep an eye on things.
He didn’t expect to be the only one who realized Ray Miller had disappeared.
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Gregory Payette
Gregory writes character-driven crime fiction rooted in place and consequence—from the Florida coast to the back streets of 1970s Boston. His stories center on flawed characters, hard choices, and the quiet damage those choices leave behind.
He’s the author of more than twenty-three novels across multiple series, including Henry Walsh, Jake Horn, U.S. Marshal Charlie Harlow, and Joe Sheldon. A working artist, Payette often paints the covers for his own books.
Born outside Providence, Rhode Island, he now lives in North Carolina.
Gregory writes character-driven crime fiction rooted in place and consequence—from the Florida coast to the back streets of 1970s Boston. His stories center on flawed characters, hard choices, and the quiet damage those choices leave behind.
He’s the author of more than twenty-three novels across...