GUNBARREL HIGHWAY

By Sean Bridges

Suspense / Thriller

Wild Rose Press

Pages: 264

Publication Date: November 20, 2024

Synopsis

Texas trophy wife Claudia Grant, dies after she causes an early morning car accident. In the other vehicle, Daniel Morrison, an attorney struggling with a pending divorce and pill addiction, panics and leaves the scene.

The victim’s husband, congressional candidate Hayden Grant, is a corrupt politician who seizes the opportunity and places a million-dollar reward on Morrison’s capture. Dead or alive.

Daniel is on the run. Roya Navarro, a determined San Antonio police detective, is hot on his trail with local law enforcement, county sheriffs, a hungry journalist, and trigger-happy citizens all across the Lone Star state out on the hunt for the bounty.

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Review

Daniel Morrison’s guardian angel worked overtime that day as he avoided dying multiple times due to a misunderstanding.

This book starts with a collision, but what follows is an action-packed and fast-paced thriller novel. It also reflects the seedy underbelly of politics. We all know it is there, but corruption runs rampant as we follow Daniel around South Texas in his quest to save his life and reveal the truth. Not only do we have a corrupt politician, but there is also a journalist who likes to stir the pot and sensationalize the facts of a story. We don’t like either of those characters, but they added the right amount of tension to the story.

At first, it is hard to feel bad for Daniel. He has gotten himself into a mess at home and with the accident. He doesn’t have the best past. However, the results of the crash and the death of the politician’s life shouldn’t mean that he has to look over his shoulder every step of the way. It doesn’t help that he now has a bounty on his head, and this prevents others from helping him. There are a few surprises, but it isn’t surprising that greed overrules rational thought. But along comes Tricia. She was driving along when Daniel got into her car and forced her to drive him away from the police. While she could have reacted differently, I think she realized that Daniel was in a tough spot and took pity on him, at least a little bit.

Throughout the book, Daniel is evading those trying to capture him, dead or alive, for the bounty on his head. He has many narrow escapes, and I know I was glued to my chair wondering what would happen next.

I will say the way the book opens doesn’t seem very realistic. However, as I read further, it made a little more sense, at least considering the character and her thought process, or lack thereof.

I loved this book and read it in one sitting. That doesn’t happen too often because of life, but it was the perfect night to enjoy this novel.

We give this book 5 paws up.

About the Author

Sean Bridges is an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Nicholl award-winning screenwriter and author. He’s a Stephen King Dollar Baby with his festival winning audio production of One for the Road.

His Audible Parade Productions created a serial audio thriller, Triple Six and are currently at work on their next horror/suspense audio series, Parasite Zero.

His latest screenplay, Beginner’s Luck is a 2024 award-winner at the SAFILM-San Antonio Film Festival and Austin Film Festival. He’s also worked on a number of projects for Troublemaker Studios out of Austin, TX. He lives and works in the Texas Hill Country.

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