The Czech Files

by Ryan Anderson

When the residents of Orange Beach, Alabama, wake up one morning to the brutal murders of a well known family in their community, the sleepy beachside fishing village quickly realizes that they have a much bigger problem than just recovering from the aftermath of a constant barrage of hurricanes; they have a diabolical killer lurking in the shadows of their dunes. The only survivor and witness to the murders is Anna, a nine year old child who is traumatized beyond belief by the bloodshed that she witnessed the night her family was slain in front of her. Hank Jordan, the lead detective in the case, follows clues left mistakenly by the killers and is led to an unimaginable network of international crime and destruction that has for years thrived and lived undetected or ignored in his small town. While Anna struggles to recover, Hank chases the criminals all over Alabama and into the South East, racing against time to stop even more murders from taking place.

272 pages, Paperback

First published August 29, 2007

About the author

Author of the Detective Hank Jordan series
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Reviews

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book was a who done it where you know who done it fairly early on. The rest is pretty much the chase. It moved quickly but lacked any real surprises or twists. What it didn’t lack was pretty specific and brutal sexual treatment of the women in the book. I got the gist of the bad guys’ sexual fantasies way before the events ended. It seemed heavy handed. I was hopeful at the beginning that I had found a local author that I could follow. If it’s more of the same, I’ll pass.