20 Miles 2 Empty

About the Book

Kenny, a fifteen-year-old momma’s boy—he and mom share a special bond. Having no male figure around, all he knows is his mother’s love. One day his whole life changes, and he is forced to grow up faster than expected. Kenny is dealt a hand that most adults couldn’t handle. With a chip on his shoulder, he is ready for the world. He befriends a city bus driver (Tom), and the two create a bond almost as strong as his bond with his mother—or so he thought. Tom allows Kenny to sleep on the back of the bus all night every night. Months passed and Tom finally agrees to let Kenny move in with him. One evening while Tom is away, Kenny snoops through Tom’s things and stumbles into an old box that contained old notes and pictures. What he sees excites him: Tom is a serial killer. Instead of calling the police, Kenny did just the opposite. Kenny, who is very intrigued by this, begs Tom to teach him how to be a perfect killing machine. Tom eventually shows Kenny everything he knows and they team up on victims together. Seven years passed and Kenny is kind of bored with killing at this time. He needed something fresh, something that put the spark back into killing. He finds out that Tom, his mentor, killed his mother that afternoon while he was in school. Kenny decides to kill Tom but in the process has an accident that cost him months of his life. He is in a coma for six months—when he finally wakes up, he has completely lost his memory. Kenny, not knowing his evil past, becomes a detective and starts a family. Within no time, Kenny is a top cop. As a top cop, the mayor assigns a special case to him. This case has plagued the streets for over two decades. Kenny vows to catch his man. Determined to solve this case, Kenny slowly uncovers clues that lead him right to the killer, but what he finds may come back to haunt him.

About the Author

Reese Raymond is an American author, born and raised in North Philadelphia. Mr. Raymond wasted many years chasing a dream that was bigger than him. Reese pursued the dream of becoming a rapper. Although there wasn’t anything wrong with being a rapper, he knew from his heart he needed more. After the dream of rapping came to a halt, Mr. Raymond became deeply depressed. Reese didn’t overcome life’s challenges until his first son was born and he knew things had to change. Years of paying to be a rapper- hustling backwards- Reese decided to take a job with the government. Mr. Raymond realized he needed to tackle life in another way if he wanted to become a mentor to his son. lnstead of creating lyrics to a rhyming beat, Mr. Raymond decided to write a rap-like book. After trying and failing, Reese combined the two and began writing a short story. As the story grew his imagination followed and Mr. Raymond went from having a short story to having 5 books ready to be published. 20 Miles 2 Empty is the first of many more. The author invites you to take this journey with Kenny on this up and down roller coaster thriller; you will be thoroughly entertained. Enjoy and Peace.