"Cordero"

by Eric Weiss

A gritty coming-of-age California noir about loyalty, escape, and violence spiraling out of control
A lean noir—35,000 words—tight, focused, and character-driven
# Crime
# Noir
# Coming of Age
# Small Town

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April 1980. The dusty backroads of a Southern California town are about to explode. Tony Gonzalez never planned on raising his younger brother. But when Joey has nowhere else to go, Tony takes him in — and drags Joey into the orbit of Nate, whose desert compound thrives on guns, weed, and apocalyptic dreams. Just down the street, Katie Harrison wants out of Cordero as badly as Tony does. Together, they might have one chance at escape — if Tony can keep Joey alive long enough to take it. For readers who enjoy the raw coming-of-age tension of S.E. Hinton and the hard-edged crime sensibility of Elmore Leonard. “Reads like a movie — lots of action.” — Goodreads Reviewer