SMFS list member Alan Orloff’s new book, Sanctuary
Motel: A Mess Hopkins Novel is now out. Published by Level Best Books,
this first read in a new series is available in digital and print formats. The
read can be purchased at Amazon
and other vendors.
Amazon Description:
Mess Hopkins, proprietor of the seen-better-days
Fairfax Manor Inn, never met a person in need who couldn't use a helping
hand-his helping hand. So he's thrown open the doors of the motel to the
homeless, victims of abuse, or anyone else who could benefit from a comfy bed
with clean sheets and a roof overhead. This rankles his parents and uncle, who
technically still own the place and are more concerned with profits than
philanthropy.
When a mother and her teenage boy seek refuge from an
abusive husband, Mess takes them in until they can get back on their feet.
Shortly after arriving, the mom goes missing and some very bad people come
sniffing around, searching for some money they claim belongs to them. Mess
tries to pump the boy for helpful information, but he's in full uncooperative
teen mode-grunts, shrugs, and monosyllabic answers. From what he does learn,
Mess can tell he's not getting the straight scoop. It's not long before the boy
vanishes too. Abducted? Run away? Something worse? And who took the missing
money? Mess, along with his friend Vell Jackson and local news reporter Lia
Katsaros, take to the streets to locate the missing mother and son-and the
elusive, abusive husband-before the kneecapping loansharks find them first.
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