The Man in the Meth Lab - eBook

🔥The job should have been easy, but the bad guys screwed up. Now Joe has to pick up the pieces.🔥

I inhaled deep lungfuls of the cool, moist air and walked around the side of my old farmhouse, intending to get my spare key so I could get ready for the day. Instead, I stopped in my tracks and groaned as soon as I turned the corner.

My mom’s SUV was parked in the driveway. I closed my eyes and swore beneath my breath.

“Hey, Joe,” she called from the front porch. “Thought you might have spent the night at a friend’s house.”

“Hey, Mom,” I said, jogging toward the porch, where I kept my spare key. “Sorry. I forgot you were coming this morning. I’ll get changed. Give me a minute.”

Julia Green, my adoptive mother, sat on one of my two rocking chairs. Physically, Mom and I had almost nothing in common. She had a petite, wiry build, high cheekbones, and bright green eyes. At five-seven, I towered over her and had at least thirty pounds on her. Despite that, I knew without a doubt she could kick my ass from one end of the street to the other without breaking a sweat.

“That’s okay,” she said. “We just got here.”

Only when she said we did I notice the dog sitting at her feet. He had a sleek brown coat, enormous paws, and a block-shaped head. His yellow eyes had a lively light, and his tongue stuck out of his mouth as he panted. His tail thumped against the ground as I walked toward them.

“Who’s this guy?”

“Roy,” she said, glancing up at me. “Hold on a minute. I’m texting your dad to let him know I made it.”

I stood and plucked a tennis ball from the terra cotta pot beside my front door. Roy fixated on it, as I suspected he would. After checking to make sure there weren’t any cars nearby, I threw it as hard as I could to the woods across the street from my house.

My old dog used to love retrieving tennis balls from those woods. Roy, however, watched the ball sail away and then seemed to nod before lowering his massive head between his paws and yawning.

“You don’t want the ball?” I asked, patting him on the shoulder. He yawned again. I had never seen a dog shrug before, but I could swear that his shoulders heaved for just a second. I furrowed my brow and petted him once more before sitting on the chair beside my mom.

“Roy doesn’t exercise,” Mom said as she slipped her phone into her purse. “It’s one of his little quirks. He’ll enjoy living here.”

I gave her a bemused smile.

“He’s going to live here?”

“Yep,” said Mom, nodding. “Roy’s a great dog, and he needs a home. You’re a great human, and you need a dog. It’s perfect.”

👉FROM: The Man in the Meth Lab, the fourth book in the Joe Court series. 😋

WHAT’S THE JOE COURT SERIES ABOUT?

Joe Court is a young detective in fictional tourist town and county of St Augustine, Missouri. The streets are well-swept, the surroundings are gorgeous, and the people are friendly—except for the murderers, of course.

Beneath its beautiful exterior, St. Augustine is a county built on poison and lies. Its murder rate is astronomical, its government is corrupt, and drug use is out of control.
Joe’s there to clean the place up. It’s not going to be easy, but she’s exactly the right person or the job. 


The books are gripping, gritty murder mysteries. In each book, Joe Court investigates a crime—usually a murder, but not always—and takes that crime to a thrilling conclusion. I don’t like cliffhangers. The main story is resolved in each book. You’re going to find out what happened to the bad guys in each story. That said, there are side stories that continue from one book to another. A rumor in one book might turn out to be a far bigger deal than anyone anticipated in later books. Because of that, it’s best to read the story in order.

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