Showdown at Cady Springs

Showdown at Cady Springs is an action-filled, winsome, hard-boiled, nostalgic, suspenseful detective story where avarice, loyalty, treachery, humor, tragedy & heroics wrestle for dominance. Conflict shifts back & forth between a large northern metropolis & a small southern town during its annual festival. Meet some characters you'll never forget: Lake, veteran detective who risks his job (& his life) to go south after the man who killed his wartime buddy, Tony. Nick, boss of the rackets, who dispatches two hit men to silence Lake. J. Sam, patriarch of the Kentucky Mulvers & desperate to mend relations with Lake after a twenty-year alienation due to a shadowy family secret. Wade, town ne'er-do-well, is out to make a bundle from the Cady Springs Festival - so stay out of his way! Lt. Avery, head of detectives, who uses his power to block Lake's search for Tony's killer. Debbie, Lake's no-nonsense nurse-girlfriend. Fearing Lake's mission to Cady Springs could get him killed, she opts to go along to see that doesn't happen.Denial, Roy is the author of 'Showdown at Cady Springs' with ISBN 9780738846392 and ISBN 0738846392.