The Heathens

Sheriff Quinn Colson and his former deputy Lillie Virgil find themselves on opposite sides of a case for the first time after a woman is found dead and three delinquent teens go on the run. Before he was an Army Ranger who came home to become Tibbehah County Sheriff and take down a corrupt system,Quinn Colson was a kid who got into trouble–a lot of it. So when juvenile delinquent TJ Byrd insists that she doesnΓÇÖt know who killed her motherΓÇöan unreliable addict who has disappearedΓÇöQuinnΓÇÖs inclined to believe her. But no one else does–not the townnot the sheriff in a neighboring countynot her motherΓÇÖs older boyfriendand certainly not QuinnΓÇÖs friend and former deputyU.S. Marshal Lillie Virgil. The Byrd family has always been troubleand sixteen-year-old TJ is known for petty theftfightingand general hellraising. SheΓÇÖs also no fooland when she senses sheΓÇÖs about to take the fall for her motherΓÇÖs murderTJher boyfriendher best friendand her nine-year-old brother go on the run. As Lillie Virgil tracks the kids across a trail of burglariesstolen cars and even a kidnappingintent on bringing TJ to justiceQuinn sets out to find the truth back in Tibbehah. Someone has gone to a lot of violent trouble to make TJ and her friends the logical target of the investigation. ItΓÇÖs easyand who cares about a bunch of lawless kids? As the bloody evidence against TJ piles upQuinn knows someone truly evil is at work here–and that puts TJ and her friends in more danger than they can imagine.