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The Bastille

Mickey Parsons Mysteries
by Victor Methos
The Bastille (Mickey Parsons Mysteries) by Victor Methos
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UNEXPLAINABLE EVIL...When Zain Tamora, the worst mass murderer in Nevada's history, escapes from state custody, it sends shockwaves through the community. Leaving a trail of bodies in his wake, Tamora is a mute killing machine. Special Agent Angela Listz with the Federal Bureau of Investigation is attacked and left for dead by Tamora. When her mentor and legendary special agent Mickey Parsons learns of the attack, he decides he must enter the mouth of madness again and find Tamora before he can kill anyone else. But Tamora is remorseless and brutal. Mickey knows Tamora had the chance to disappear but instead goes on a killing spree. Concluding Tamora is searching for someone, Mickey is on his trail. And as Tamora's motivations become clearer, Mickey knows one of them will not make it out of this alive.

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Release date: January 10, 2014

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Victor Methos

Victor Methos

Few writers of legal thrillers have lived the stories they tell as closely as Victor Methos. Born in Kabul and raised in the United States from the age of nine, he grew up with an outsider’s eye, watching, questioning, and writing. By ten, he was already crafting short stories in English, sensing that the written word could carry both truth and danger. That instinct would follow him into adulthood, shaping a career that straddled the courtroom and the page.

Before turning to fiction full time, Methos built his reputation in the legal world. He studied philosophy at the University of Utah, then shifted course to law school, where his fascination with justice became something far sharper. Over the next decade, he tried more than a hundred cases ranging from capital murder to high-stakes civil rights battles. Each trial demanded not just intellect but moral clarity, and many of those experiences left their imprint on his novels.

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His fiction blends the taut pacing of a thriller with the moral unease of real life. The Neon Lawyer, the first in his Brigham Theodore series, drew on his courtroom past to deliver a story at once gritty and compassionate. The Jon Stanton thrillers followed, expanding his reach into darker investigative territory. The Desert Plains novels, including A Killer’s Wife and Crimson Lake Road, probe the shadows where justice, loyalty, and betrayal collide. Methos is also the mind behind the Shepard & Gray series and the newer Vegas Shadows books, including The Silent Watcher and the forthcoming The Night Collector.

Recognition soon matched his output. A Gambler’s Jury earned an Edgar Award nomination, and The Hallows won the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction in 2020, underscoring his ability to turn the intricacies of law into stories that feel both urgent and timeless. Yet his acclaim comes as much from readers as from critics, with his books regularly topping bestseller charts in the United States and abroad.

Influenced by thinkers as varied as Hemingway, Nietzsche, and Camus, Methos writes with a style that is lean yet layered, philosophical yet visceral. His novels ask what happens when the law is bent, when truth slips through the cracks, and when ordinary people are forced to confront extraordinary choices.

Today, he lives between southern Utah and Las Vegas, landscapes that echo the stark contrasts of his fiction, the quiet stillness of desert cliffs, and the restless energy of neon nights. Away from the page, he is drawn to adventure, even setting his sights on climbing the Seven Summits.

For readers who crave thrillers that cut closer to reality, Victor Methos offers more than plot twists. He delivers the haunting question behind every case: what is justice worth, and who pays the price for it?

Mickey Parsons Mysteries

Mickey Parsons Mysteries consists of one primary book, and includes one additional book that complement the series but is not considered mandatory reads. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

The Murder of Janessa Hennley (Mickey Parsons Mysteries #1)
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The Bastille (Mickey Parsons Mysteries)
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