A Force To Be Reckoned With: A Tom Padgett Mystery

A Force To Be Reckoned With, is the second book in the Tom Padgett Mystery series. It continues the story of the tension and conflict between Tom Padgett and Sheriff Bill Wilson. Sheriff Wilson is fixated on busting Tom Padgett for a series of murders and crimes that he believes Tom is involved in. His relentless pursuit of Padgett keeps him from solving much of anything, let alone bringing anyone to justice for the series of events that plague his county. He questions Tom’s ex-wife, Darlene, and thinks he’s found the key to Padgett’s state of mind. Certain that this new information will unlock the mystery surrounding Padgett, Wilson devises a trap for him, positive that he will finally prove that Padgett has had a hand in everything bad that has happened in Nicholas County. Tom faces new challenges to his sought-after peaceful retirement. His rural trailer is burned to the ground in a robbery gone awry. Faced with the prospect of building a new home and Sheriff Bill Wilson’s constant harassment, the pressure on Tom takes its toll in unsuspected ways. The final surprising and violent ending pits Padgett and Wilson in a deadly confrontation with a former local drug dealer. The outcome propels them into new territory. Will the hunter now become the hunted?