Description:The triumphant fourth installment of the award-nominated John Pilate Mystery Series! John Pilate reluctantly returns to tiny Cross Township...a mutated Mayberry packed with guns, a serious lack of anti-depression meds, a rampaging country crime boss and an imaginary friend who won't shut the hell up. Once a hero, now Pilate is broke, bored and forced to take a job imbued with more authority than the dogcatcher but less respect. What's worse, there's criminality afoot and nobody to deal with it but Pilate. Sure, things could work out just fine...then again, it may come down to spilling Pilate's Blood...Thicker Than Water, Twice As Deadly.