I ADORE this book!! As with everything JJ Holt writes, the writing is gorgeous, but it's the characters I fell in love with most. Can't wait for the next book in this wonderful series!
A real page-turner from the start, Holt touches on the struggles facing young and old. I found myself rooting for Bentley and friends that resulted in a few late nights since I just couldn't put it down.
----------------------------
Elliott Bentley is facing adversaries twice his size, doubly lethal, and half his age. With one already responsible for the death of a friend, they will surely kill him too.
The only thing stronger than Bentley's opponents is his will to live. After all, he's the only thing standing between a young woman and her vicious ex. He also needs to avert gang warfare in Kerbury, Wiltshire, and prevent a mother's final despair in the search for her missing child.
Teaming up with an ex-army engineer and some surprising new friends, Bentley changes everything people thought they knew about aging as he taps into new strengths, retired police skills, and killer wit to overcome impossible odds. Failure means death, for Bentley and his allies, as well as the heart and soul of the people of their town.