{"product_id":"the-last-casualty-the-roscoe-benteen-mysteries-book-2","title":"The Last Casualty: The Roscoe Benteen Mysteries Book 2","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-end=\"117\" data-start=\"37\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreorder Now • Releases November 20th • Buy Direct and Save\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-end=\"117\" data-start=\"37\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-end=\"117\" data-start=\"37\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e$5.99 eBook\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"117\" data-start=\"37\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe dead man on the Cravens House lawn is posed like a Civil War casualty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHamilton County Sheriff's Lieutenant Roscoe Benteen recognizes the staging for what it is. He also recognizes the body.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"117\" data-start=\"37\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eColonel Hayden Marsh called him twice in the three weeks before he died. Benteen never called back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"117\" data-start=\"37\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow four bodies have turned up inside the national military park, each one arranged to recreate a battlefield photograph from 1863. The press is chasing a history-obsessed lunatic through the fog on Lookout Mountain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"117\" data-start=\"37\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBenteen knows better. The poses are a screen. The murders were never about the war.\u003cbr\u003eThey're about land. Five holdouts. One corridor worth a fortune. And a killer who is almost finished.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"117\" data-start=\"37\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe final name on his list belongs to a twenty-six-year-old woman who has no idea her father's church property is the last piece of the map. She's the only holdout still breathing, and the man hunting her is methodical, local, and nearly done.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"117\" data-start=\"37\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBenteen has a case built from financial records, a witness ready to flip, and a debt to a dead man he can never repay. What he doesn't have is time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"117\" data-start=\"37\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Last Casualty is the second novel in the Roscoe Benteen Mysteries, a hard-edged Southern crime series set in the hills and battlefields of southeast Tennessee. For readers who like their detectives quiet, their procedure sharp, and their killers hiding in plain sight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-end=\"1106\" data-start=\"1017\"\u003eAlso Available on \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"The Last Casualty: The Roscoe Benteen Mysteries Book 2 on Amazon\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3SXEUXi\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAmazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Dead Reckoning (The Roscoe Benteen Mysteries Book 1) on Amazon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0GYMMB4HR\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-end=\"1106\" data-start=\"1017\"\u003eReleases Amazon November 30, 2026 at $6.99\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-end=\"1106\" data-start=\"1017\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlease note: If you are waiting for the eBook to be available in Kindle Unlimited, it will be added to the Kindle Select program 7 days after the Amazon release date, and on that date the eBook version will be removed from Blair Howard Books. Paperbacks will always be available for purchase.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-end=\"1106\" data-start=\"1017\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003ePlease allow up to an additional 3 weeks for printing, handling, and Shipping for paperback.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Blair Howard Books","offers":[{"title":"eBook","offer_id":48312046977177,"sku":"LastCasualtyeBook2","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48312047009945,"sku":"LastCasualtyPaperback","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5409\/7305\/files\/LastCasualty.jpg?v=1783966263","url":"https:\/\/blairhowardbooks.com\/products\/the-last-casualty-the-roscoe-benteen-mysteries-book-2","provider":"Blair Howard Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}