In the gritty underbelly of South Carolina meet an unlikely duo: Dizzie, a young trans drug trafficker, and Smoak, an aspiring hitman. Together they are given a seemingly simple task: deliver a bag of drugs in exchange for cash. but the truth of their mission is far from simple, and they find themselves on a treacherous road trip marked by deceit and betrayal, where shootouts punctuate their path, double-crosses wait around every corner, and survival becomes their only motivation.
A novella of drug running and crime with a vein of Southern noir from seasoned writer Connor de Bruler. If you love the classic crime thrillers of Cormac McCarthy, Joe R. Lansdale, and Barry Gifford, get ready to try a new and exciting twist on the genre with Cigarette Lemonade.