Johnny-Boy

A serial killer wreaks havoc in a declining industrial town on the brink of transformation in Carter’s fourth installment in the Delia Mariola series (following Boomtown). Hit man Johnny-Boy thrives on the excitement of the hunt and the exhilaration of the kill. When he arrives in the struggling town of Baxter, his goal is to maintain a low profile. However, he soon realizes that the streets are full of mobsters and drug activity—an appealing prospect for him, as he is known to mix his penchant for killing with his professional work. Delia, Baxter’s chief of detectives, has devoted her life to cleaning up the town’s criminal underbelly. The discovery of the tortured body of a teenager elevates the urgency of her mission, and she enlists her top detective, Blanche Weber, on a mission to identify the killer. Narrator Amy McFadden provides a gripping performance, conveying Delia and Blanche’s formidable determination as they navigate local resistance to the investigation and try to track down the killer.