Shades of Mercy (Porter Beck, #2) by Bruce Borgos

 

In the usually quiet high desert of Nevada, Sheriff Porter Beck faces one of his greatest challenges—a series of unlikely, disturbing and increasingly deadly events of unknown origins.

Porter Beck is the sheriff in the high desert of Nevada, doing the same lawman's job his father once did now that he's returned home after decades away. With his twelve person department, they cover a large area that is usually very quiet, but not of late. One childhood friend is the latest to succumb to a new wave of particularly strong illegal opioids, another childhood friend—now an enormously successful rancher—is targeted by a military drone, hacked and commandeered by an unknown source. The hacker is apparently local—local enough to call out Beck by name—and that means they are Beck's problem.

Beck's investigation leads him to Mercy Vaughn, the one known hacker in the area. The problem is that she's a teenager, locked up with no computer access at the secure juvenile detention center. But there's something Mercy that doesn't sit quite right with Beck. But when Mercy disappears, Beck understands that she's in danger and time is running out for all of them.

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About The Author

 

Bruce Borgos lives and writes from the Nevada desert where he works hard every day to prove his high school guidance counselor had good instincts when he said “You’ll never be an astronaut.” He has a lifelong obsession with words and stories and a fascination with how telephones work. When not writing, you can usually find him at the local wine store.

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My Review

 This is the second book in this series, and this as with the last one, is full of action. Just when you catch your breath and think things are calming down, we are off and shots are fired.
Most of what happens here you will not see coming, and never even imagine that its possible, and never mind the age of one of the perpetrators!
You can read this alone, but this one is just as awesome as the first! Whom to trust? Don't get to comfortable and think you know the answers, I sure didn't.
The surprises and revelations go right to the final page!
I am hoping for a third book in this series!
I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher St. Martin's Press, and was not required to give a positive review.