Hot. Wet. Wild. If this erotic thriller had a mood gauge, itd read redline scorch and the mercury just keeps soaring as this torrid summer mind-bender scrapes nerves raw and hormones ragged. Its peak vacation season on the beautiful, fifteen-mile stretch of the warm Colorado River, better known as Parker Strip, where short-tempered sheriff JIMMY WITCHITAW suddenly wakes up with a mysteriously brutal homicide on his hands. Unfortunately his only leads are a bloody, four-way trail of morbid retribution splayed out by... ...vengeful crime boss NICK SARVINO... ...loose-cannon FBI agent RICHARD CANAVERAL... ...the beautiful, lust-filled mob lawyer CLARITY CARLYSLE... ...and a viscous pack of heavily-armed tribal ghostriders known as THE HELLHAWK FREEDOM FIGHTERS... ...all of whom drive this normally peaceful resort town into a twisted labyrinth of high-voltage vengeance, power-driven greed and brain-scorching seduction. Inspired by true events, Parker Strip is an explosive, thought-provoking confrontation of ultimate human deception on the level of Body Heat, L.A. Confidential and Two Days In The Valley. KIRKUS REVIEWS Osterhage excels at making the various storylines fall into step... An endlessly diverting crime story featuring a wide array of characters and subplots. ...thoroughly detailed... ...wonderful interplay... ...shocking turns. ...continually teases an inevitable confrontation before delivering a blistering coda.