Fire Trap: A T.J. Peterson Mystery

“If you like urban grit and slick action, you won’t want to miss this one.” — Globe and MailThe third and final installment of the T.J. Peterson mysteriesThings have gone from bad to worse for T.J. Peterson. The cops have kicked him off the force, his girlfriend called it quits, his best friend and former partner won’t speak to him, and his estranged 20-year-old daughter, Katy, continues to torment him with photos of the hellholes she is living in. Add in a shrink’s diagnosis of PTSD, and Peterson is barely holding it together.When he receives an anonymous text message with an online link to a video of a young journalist being tortured, Peterson does the only thing he knows how to do — he sets out to save her. Using psychological warfare, a maniac of savage cruelty lures Peterson into a brutal labyrinth of hard-core porn and the vicious depravity of the Dark Web, and Peterson finds himself in a race to find the girl before the torment breaks him for good. Pitch to book trade publications (Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Kirkus, Booklist, Quill & Quire).Submit for review by mystery publications (Ellery Queen’s, Mystery Scene, The Strand).Pitch to major dailies in North America (New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, National Post).Pitch to Halifax and Maritime publications (Atlantic Books Today, Chronicle Herald, New Glasgow News, Telegraph Journal, The Coast, etc.; author has contacts at CBC Halifax and News 95.7FM, and has previously done interviews on CTV Halifax Live at 5).Organize a mystery blog tour and pitch to mystery blogs for review.Participate in mystery writing groups, such as Noir @ the Bar. Short DescriptionIn the third and final installment of the series, retired detective T.J. Peterson’s investigation into an anonymous text message drags him into the sleazy world of hard-core porn and the vicious depravity of the Dark Web.Sales and Market BulletsThe third and final installment in the T.J. Peterson Mystery series has the retired detective up against the vicious depravity of the Dark Web.Bob Kroll worked with an RCMP contact during research for this book, who told him that the Dark Web changes you.“A solid crime thriller that leaves the reader wanting more.” — Atlantic Books Today on The Hell of It All.AudienceReaders of Ian Rankin, Peter Robinson.Noir mystery readers.