In every police officer’s career, a time comes to take drastic measures-but how far is too far?
Payden Beck has hit rock bottom before, and in his new precinct he’s the omega dog again, put in a position that can only mean his end. A woman from his past risks her safety to help him, but she has her own score to settle. Can he trust her? More importantly, can he save himself while avenging her?
EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS the fifth novel in the multiple-award-winning "Payden Beck Crime Thriller" series of noir crime thrillers.
"Golvach writes with a significant degree of verisimilitude, a sense of reality that I find essential to any story. His characters are so true to life that readers will likely be able to relate them to people they know or have heard about. Golvach’s ability to weave characters of varied backgrounds, social deficits, and attributes, with an in-depth knowledge of police/detective procedures, and an uncanny sense of psychological disposition for each character, is astonishing. Each book in the series is an exciting stand-alone that provides a decisive conclusion without a steep cliffhanger, simultaneously bringing the story to a satisfactory conclusion. Runt is no different..." ~ Readers’ Favorite Book Reviews, Lex Allen (5 STARS)
"This was an exceptional thriller that kept me on the edge of my seat throughout. I was constantly surprised by what happened next, and I was never let down; there was always an unexpected twist awaiting me." ~ Readers’ Favorite Book Reviews, Alma Boucher (5 STARS)
"Runt is an emotionally rich tale with strong psychological underpinnings. The streams of consciousness, the soliloquies, and the author’s attention to detail are the elements that ground the characters." ~ Readers’ Favorite Book Reviews, Ruffina Oserio (5 STARS)
Ever since I was able to read, I’ve had a book (or a comic book in the early days) in my hands or on my person. I grew up in a non-digital age, in a home with one telephone that everyone shared, one television that no one watched, and in which movies were a luxury. Aside from radio theatre, books were my best non-human friends.
My love of reading never died. When I was 8 years old, I drew my first series of comic books. They were terrible, but I still love them. To me, they represent the moment the wise-old-man inside my little boy’s head finally made me aware that I loved to create.
As it turned out, I enjoyed writing much more than I enjoyed drawing, but I’ve spent most of my life doing some form of creative work. And when not, I’ve worked some boring jobs in very creative ways.
To this day, I love to write and to share my creations with others. I’m the guy who will watch a good movie twenty more times, if it means I get to introduce it to someone else and participate in their joy of discovering something entertaining or valuable. I can’t be quite so intimately participatory with my own writing, but I do love to know that I’ve brightened someone’s day, made them think, feel or—at the very least—provided them with a welcome distraction for a while.
