Ex-Marine PI Mac McClellan is shocked when a former squad leader under his command—Steve Gamble, the fearless “Gambler”—surfaces as a Baptist preacher a decade after the bloody Battle of Fallujah. Mor
Ex-Marine PI Mac McClellan is shocked when a former squad leader under his command—Steve Gamble, the fearless “Gambler”—surfaces as a Baptist preacher a decade after the bloody Battle of Fallujah. More surprises await Mac. Steve’s wife Paige wants to hire him. She’s being blackmailed with X-rated photos taken by an old beau. When that beau is murdered, Steve becomes the prime suspect. But Mac is ready to risk all to prove his friend is innocent.
E. Michael Helms grew up in Panama City, Florida. His memoir about serving in the Marines as a rifleman during some of the heaviest fighting of the Vietnam War, The Proud Bastards remains in print after twenty-five years, and he recently published a fictional sequel, The Private War of Corporal Henson. A longtime Civil War buff, Helms is also the author of the historical saga, Of Blood and Brothers. He has written three other novels in the Mac McClellan Mystery series. Helms lives in South Carolina with his wife Karen. For more information, go to emichaelhelms.com.
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