18 Miles from Town: A Midlife Crisis Thriller (Midlife Crisis Thrillers)

Think Die Hard with a Dadbod-- a writer on an isolated farm sees his retreat interrupted by rekindled romance and a gang of thrill-killers.Mike Dotson used to be an in-demand writer of thrillers and books based on famous TV shows, but he watched his career slip away as he traded it all in for steady work and a family. Now, a workplace shooting leaves the fifty and widowed Mike with time on his hands-- time he intends to use to write his comeback novel on his dilapidated family farm. But a gang of thrill-killers and the reappearance of an old girlfriend throw his plans into disarray and threaten his life. Mike has no choice but to get serious about his own survival-- and get smart about what the killers really want.