"True crime and murder mystery readers alike will find Bakersfield Boys Club a riveting winner." --Midwest Book Review "Because of the fantastic plot, amazing writing style, and phenomenal characters, I rate Bakersfield Boys Club 4 out of 4." --Online Book Club Prize-winning author Anne Da Vigo returns with an addictive novel of psychological suspense about one woman's battle against a sinister clique of powerful men who've corrupted her son. It's 1978 in Bakersfield, California, where oil is king and country music rules. Suzanne, a widow struggling to raise her teenage son Danny, discovers the stabbed and beaten body of her neighbor, Reggie. Early on, Danny is a suspect, but police back off when The Club, a secretive group of powerful men, shields the boy. As Danny is drawn ever more tightly into The Club's coils, Suzanne is blocked at every turn in her fight to free him. But even her steamy affair with Pete, father of a murdered teen, can't divert Suzanne as she risks everything--home, job, and a second chance at love--to save her son. Based on a series of real-life California murders, Bakersfield Boys Club will keep you reading long after the clock strikes midnight! "True crime and murder mystery readers alike will find Bakersfield Boys Club a riveting winner" -Midwest Book Review Anne Da Vigo is an award-winning feature writer and crime reporter who worked at newspapers throughout California. Bakersfield Boys Club was inspired by a real California crime series in the 1970s and 1980s known as the Lords of Bakersfield. She covered the trial in the first of the Lords murders. Another thriller, Thread of Gold, was released in 2017.She loves mysteries of all kinds, especially thrillers. Some of her favorite mystery writers are Laura Lippman, Jane Harper, and Tana French.