Joan Mauch

Leon's Wall Joan Mauch

Leon Donatello, a human trafficker, betrayed his Mob boss to the feds and is in witness protection operating a rundown gas station in South Dakota. Tanya Miller is a spoiled rich girl whose wealth suddenly evaporated and is desperate to regain her former status. An expert marksman, she's hired by the local Mafia to hunt Leon down and assassinate him. Jimmy Sanchez, an Oglala Lakota Sioux teen, is living in his car to avoid the V's, a vicious Pine Ridge gang that recruited him and won't take no for an answer. When their worlds collide, Leon's confronted with a choice: resume his criminal activities or choose a different path. Tanya must decide if the money is worth taking a life and whether she can live with the guilt if she does. Jimmy's torn between two worlds-the one on the Rez where his future is bleak-and a growing loyalty to a white man with an unsavory past. LEON'S WALL is a companion novel to ESCAPE FROM AMBERGRIS CAYE published in 2016.