Between a Smile and a Tear (A Crime Thriller)

A blackmailing stripper.

A self-help preaching hit man.

A gangster with a penchant for leeches.

Jack Waters wakes up naked, alone, and stinking of alcohol in a seaside dive with no idea where he is or how he got there.

And this is just the beginning of the terrifying journey that is thrust upon him.

The streets of San Francisco have never been so twisty and terrifying as Jack struggles with powerful and mysterious forces attempting to destroy his family, his sanity, his life.

Soon he’s tangled up with a swarm of mysterious and treacherous characters including a harmonica playing stripper, a self-help preaching hit man, and a gangster with a  penchant for leeches. 

Between a Smile and A Tear is an edgy, sprawling, suspense thriller by the author of the Max Plank mystery series.