Broken Empires — Chris Culver

Some debts, you pay in cash. Others cost considerably more.Javon French built his business the hard way—through sweat, grit, and deals you don't talk about in polite company. Today, his body shop does more than just repair cars; it hides secrets. But when a job goes bad, and a client comes knocking for a half-million dollars he doesn't have, Javon's empire teeters on the edge of collapse.Homer Watson was once a very good homicide detective. Now he's been shoved behind a desk, a forgotten officer in a department riven with petty rivalries and politics. But when a young man is shot dead on the interstate, Homer gets the case—handed down like a punishment. The murder looks like a road rage incident, but it isn't. The victim was into something big.As Homer follows the trail of violence and money, it leads him straight to an obscure auto body shop —and to a reckoning that neither he nor Javon French can escape. Because in a city where power is built on fear, and debts are settled with blood, justice isn't about right or wrong. It's about who pulls the trigger first.Fast-paced, razor-sharp, and packed with twists, Broken Empires is crime fiction at its finest. Buy it today. You're going to like it.