The brutal throat-slashing murder of Crawford Academy’s football coach has the city on edge. The fact that his body was found in the gay section of Jefferson Park has created more than a few whispers about the macho coach. That creeps social worker Duffy Dombrowski out enough, but not nearly as much as the fact that the kid he's counseling said he wanted to slit the coach’s throat the day before.
Now Duffy is assigned to the high school as a grief counselor, and before he can confront his client, the kid gets beaten into a coma by the captain of the football team. As the rumors of a high school sex club run rampant, murder becomes routine in Crawford---until a victim is someone close to Duffy. Everything points to the coach, his sex life, his players, and maybe to the coach leading the team into a different arena. Duffy is not so sure.
Add in a new love affair with TJ Dunn (from GETTING DUNN), a concussion that might drive Duff out of the boxing game, and the daily challenges of Al the basset hound and you have the fastest paced, most complex and culturally challenging Duffy mystery yet.
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"Duffy is a fighter and a man through and through, but with none of the overwhelming machismo that usually comes in such a package. He is emotional and smart. It makes him the perfect hero and the perfect read.
From the opening bell, the reader is pummeled with action, thrills, and sex. Occasionally Schreck rings the bell and lets us catch our breath in our corner with his brilliant wit and cunning humor. Then its right back into the ring with action-packed jabs and twists that hit like an upper cut to the jaw. It has all the adrenaline of a prize fight and the thrill of a ring side seat.
It is a brilliant book with a hero you will not be able to get enough of. "
Bryan VanMeter, CRIMESPREE MAGAZINE
Now Duffy is assigned to the high school as a grief counselor, and before he can confront his client, the kid gets beaten into a coma by the captain of the football team. As the rumors of a high school sex club run rampant, murder becomes routine in Crawford---until a victim is someone close to Duffy. Everything points to the coach, his sex life, his players, and maybe to the coach leading the team into a different arena. Duffy is not so sure.
Add in a new love affair with TJ Dunn (from GETTING DUNN), a concussion that might drive Duff out of the boxing game, and the daily challenges of Al the basset hound and you have the fastest paced, most complex and culturally challenging Duffy mystery yet.
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"Duffy is a fighter and a man through and through, but with none of the overwhelming machismo that usually comes in such a package. He is emotional and smart. It makes him the perfect hero and the perfect read.
From the opening bell, the reader is pummeled with action, thrills, and sex. Occasionally Schreck rings the bell and lets us catch our breath in our corner with his brilliant wit and cunning humor. Then its right back into the ring with action-packed jabs and twists that hit like an upper cut to the jaw. It has all the adrenaline of a prize fight and the thrill of a ring side seat.
It is a brilliant book with a hero you will not be able to get enough of. "
Bryan VanMeter, CRIMESPREE MAGAZINE
