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When Johnny Richardson returns to Oakridge he has one thing on his mind--correcting a terrible mistake that caused him to flee his hometown eight years ago. Revisiting the past, though, is a dark and dangerous game in small-town America. When a careless sexual episode leads to the suicide of the town’s first lady, Johnny finds himself the target of a revenge campaign that threatens to tear apart the fragile world he’s built among the gold-bearing mountains of Northern California.

Left an unexplained piece of land when his father mysteriously disappears, Johnny must unravel its secrets in a desperate bid to protect those he loves. But his efforts to do this have deadly consequences and will ultimately force him to confront not only his own failings, but the very nature of guilt.

A searing meditation on the futility of trying to right the wrongs of the past, Empty Mile blends elements of thrilling urban noir with the wide-open spaces of outdoor adventure in a story that reflects America’s contemporary uncertainty about itself.

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?Like the best noir, Empty Mile is rife with desire, desperation, and despair. Matthew Stokoe’s people have dubious motives, ugly secrets, crushing guilt, and suffer dire consequences. But they’re redeemed by the rarest gold in contemporary crime fiction--an author’s genuine empathy."
--Eddie Muller, author of Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir

?No point in turning up the ?brightness’ on your set. Empty Mile is a failed-brakes careen of guilt and payback, a Lynchian labyrinth of obsession, secrets, and revenge in small-town America.”
--Janet Fitch, author of Paint It Black

?The tension builds unbearably in this magnificent ?Sierras Noir’ novel. Stokoe writes damaged people worthy of James M. Cain and Jim Thompson. His star-crossed lovers and broken families will steal your heart, even as Stokoe drives the knife home. I couldn’t stop reading.”
Denise Hamilton, author of the best-selling Eve Diamond series

?Matthew Stokoe’s Empty Mile exemplifies everything that makes good noir so gut-strumming. Surprising, edgy, dangerous, nihilistic, and totally bad-ass.”
--Tom Piccirilli, author of Shadow Season