Something Wicked This Way Comes

by AG Chacon

A Thriller

In the days before a Dana Point election, love, loyalty, and power collide — and one very perceptive dog is watching.

In the tense days before a high-stakes election in Dana Point, California, the fault lines of a community begin to crack wide open.

Claire, still mourning her husband, is pulled into a storm of political schemes, neighborhood rivalries, and shocking murders. Meanwhile, her ex-husband Eddie — reincarnated as a dog — navigates life on four paws while helping uncover sinister plots that reach further than anyone expected.

Love, loyalty, and power collide as the election draws closer. Ambition turns lethal. Alliances shift. And the line between who can be trusted and who is running the game blurs until it disappears entirely.

Blending suspense, dark humor, and canine wisdom, Something Wicked This Way Comes explores the dangerous cost of ambition and the surprising ways love and justice can prevail. The corruption is the kind that happens in actual coastal California city councils. The grief is real. And the dog is the most honest character in the production.

Who This Book Is For

This book is for readers who want their political thrillers grounded in real places and real stakes — not spy agencies and global conspiracies, but city councils, local elections, and the kind of power plays that happen in your own backyard.

If you enjoy Carl Hiaasen's dark humor, John Grisham's page-turning pace, or the sharp community politics of Richard Russo, you'll find a lot to love here. And if you read Paws and Rewind, you'll recognize some familiar faces — both human and canine.

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