Overview
Funeral for a Grifter - Book One of Blood Orange Moonrise (A QuarterCut Panel Prose Serial)
In Mercy Flats, Texas, the truth wears a preacher's suit and carries a switchblade. Ex-conman Arlo Delgado comes home to bury his brother-a DEA agent with too many enemies-and leaves the cemetery in a stolen reverend's Cadillac. Inside the trunk: a preacher's ledger, a burner phone, and a message that reads, You're late. Don't forget the hymn.
Across the desert, former gospel singer turned bounty hunter Cricket Duarte hunts a rumor: her sister Luz might be alive. The trail points to a pop-up revival where faith is performance and sins are tallied like debts. Arlo and Cricket don't trust each other-but the same ghosts keep calling, and the music won't stop.
What you'll find inside
- Neo-noir, Southern Gothic pulse-grit, lyric heat, and razor-edged dialogue.
- Alternating POVs (Arlo & Cricket) with present-tense interludes that hum like a hymn.
- Cemetery eulogy, the Dead Hallelujah bar, a Cadillac "miracle," and the first breadcrumb on the revival circuit.
- A tight, bingeable episode ( 20,000 words) ending on a ruthless cliffhanger.
Perfect for fans of True Detective (S1), Elmore Leonard's sharp talk, the Coens' fatalism, Gillian Flynn's tension, and Tarantino-esque pulp swagger.
Content notes: language, violence, criminal activity, religious themes, trauma recovery.
Series order: 1) Funeral for a Grifter - 2) The Gospel According to Luz - 3) Mercy Flats ... through 10) Blood Orange Moonrise.
Start the legend here. The hymn's already begun.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9798299313345
- ISBN-10: 9798299313345
- Publisher: Independently Published
- Publish Date: August 2025
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.31 pounds
- Page Count: 96
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