Chasing the Dragon

**The sequel to "Dark Side of Paradise."** Louis "Mac" McMurphy is an enigma—a cross between Mitch Hedberg and an eccentric Sam Spade. And as editor of the "Spruce Run Bugler," he's stone-cold quirky. In this second installment of the Spruce Run Mystery series, McMurphy discovers something rotten in his part of New Jersey: a perplexing mystery that has people locking their doors at night. When a middle school student is discovered unconscious and unresponsive on the sidewalk in front of his newspaper's office, McMurphy soon connects a rash of similar incidents across Hunterdon County, New Jersey, and becomes determined to discover an explanation for the outbreak. What he stumbles upon is nothing less than shocking: a dangerous, illegal, cross-county enterprise operated by an individual only known as "Catfish." With his goofy sense of humor, one-liners, and a propensity for trouble, McMurphy is on the job once again. And with the help of his best friend, a detective with the county sheriff's office, McMurphy puts his life on the line to stop the Catfish and to protect his young family.