TAMPA, Fla. - s4story -- Down & Out Books is pleased to announce that THE SHUFFLE, the 8^th Duffy Mystery by Tom Schreck, has been published on July 15, 2024 in trade paperback and ebook formats.

About THE SHUFFLE …

When Duffy helps a young city girl get treatment for her addiction in a Florida rehab he thinks he did good, that is, until he finds out she's caught up in "The Shuffle"—a sick, diabolical exploitation of addicted women. When she realizes she's not there to get help but to be forced into prostitution, kept on drugs and coerced into financially exploiting the system for her captures, she splits. Then when a mass shooting destroys the rehab and the evidence points to her, Duffy knows she's been set up.

Add in the governor of the state with an eye toward the White House taking more than a casual interest in her and Duffy knows something is rotten. It is time to head south.

This edition of The Shuffle also includes an extended preview of the first book in this series, On The Ropes.

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Meet the author …

TOM SCHRECK is the author of Amazon's number-one hard-boiled mystery, The Vegas Knockout. He counts Robert B. Parker, John D. MacDonald, J.A. Konrath, Reed Farrel Coleman, Ken Bruen and Michael Connelly among his favorite crime fiction authors and his Duffy Dombrowski series has been referred to as "As good or better as the early Spenser." He is a columnist with Westchester Magazine and a frequent contributor to Crimespree Magazine, Referee, and other publications.

In its fourteenth year as an independent publisher of award-winning literary and crime fiction, Down & Out Books (https://downandoutbooks.com) is based in Tampa, Florida. For more information about the book, to request a review copy of the book, or to inquire about an interview with the author, contact info@downandoutbooks.com.