He was supposed to tow a past-due Bronco and call it a night. Instead, he finds a duffel bag stuffed with millions in cash—and blood on the back seat. Within hours, he’s wanted by both the police and the cartel, his pregnant wife is missing, and his face is flashing across every phone in Texas.

As Austin burns in the summer heat—its skyline crowned in violet dusk, its ambition outpacing its soul—he races to save his family before the city’s corruption swallows them whole.

Blood in the Violet Crown is a gritty, cinematic thriller that explores what happens when ordinary people get caught between power and desperation—when the dream of a better life meets the violence beneath the surface.

For fans of Taylor Sheridan, Michael Mann’s Heat, and Dennis Lehane’s Gone Baby Gone.

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