Everyone Dies in Youngstown (paperback)
A murdered brother. A ruthless drug lord. A city where justice comes with a body count.
MJ Shea’s making ends meet as a small-time cocaine runner in Rust Belt Youngstown, Ohio. It’s not glamorous, but it’s enough — until his crack-addicted brother turns up dead, his brains blown out in a back-alley execution.
The cops write it off as just another gangland hit. No witnesses. No investigation. And nobody wants to cross Waylay May — the city’s feared drug kingpin.
But MJ isn’t nobody. With his own life on the line, he dives into the city’s underbelly — corrupt cops, desperate dealers, and lies that kill — to hunt down the truth.
What he finds will change everything… and put a target on his back that no one walks away from.
If you like gritty noir crime thrillers, vigilante justice stories, and Rust Belt revenge tales, you’ll burn through Everyone Dies in Youngstown — by James Dain, an Eric Hoffer Award nominee.
Fans of Dennis Lehane, Richard Price, and S. A. Cosby — meet your next obsession.
Eric Hoffer Award nominee · 9/10 BookLife Prize · ★★★★★ Readers’ Favorite