Tessa Goes Down

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Tessa Rae Jayne is gunnin’ for the border. Ain’t nothin’ gonna stop her, not after what she did for her brother Terrell, back home in Decatur, Illinois. A half hour from Mexico, though, she slams into good ol’ boy Floyd Tillman Weathers, a man with his own criminal secrets—not to mention a duffel bag full of stolen cash. Before long, the unlikely mismatched duo have embarked on a wild, reckless trek across the southwest in search of a shared fever dream. But forces from each of their immediate pasts are in hot pursuit, and Tessa and Floyd will face a series of brutal challenges before they can find redemption and freedom.

TESSA GOES DOWN begins as a breakneck border noir and becomes a sweaty, sexy, chaotic road trip through Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico—a ferocious ride punctuated by kidnappings, close calls, cliffhangers, and hell-for-leather sleuthing. Sit back as Tessa and Floyd tell their respective tales—and hurtle toward a soul-shattering shock ending.

"A fresh new voice in noir!"
—Wallace Stroby, author of the Crissa Stone series

“Jason Bovberg knows how to write a go-for-broke crime novel! TESSA GOES DOWN is brutal, breathless, and black as night. Doomed lovers on the run, racing headlong from the bleached white Texas heat to the dark alley of true noir. Grungy as a truck stop bathroom and darker than midnight.”
—Eric Beetner, author of ALL THE WAY DOWN

“In TESSA GOES DOWN, Jason Bovberg builds on the breakout triumph of LOSER BABY with the lyrical voice of an alt-country singer and the leathery wisdom of a longtime street hustler. This book is a double-barreled barnstormer of sun-blasted darkness up and down the back highways of forgotten America. It’s got the gleeful nihilism, grindhouse heart, and narcotic poetry of a 1970s drive-in-movie classic.”
—Jim Thomsen, crime fiction author and reviewer