Seven Out — Kevin Moore

When a gun goes off on board the steamboat DeSoto's Glory, adventurous fugitive and ex- World War I pilot Wil Driscoll abandons his plans for buying information on a priceless artifact to make a quick getaway. A bootlegger turned treasure hunter, Wil had booked passage down the Mississippi River in order to learn the whereabouts of a century-old pistol used by President Andrew Jackson to kill an opponent in a duel. Wil and his partner have made a lucrative career during the Prohibition years of the 1920s and 1930s, not by smuggling booze to gangsters but by finding historical artifacts and selling them to the highest bidder. In this adventure, they discover their informant shot and dying in a pool of his own blood. With an armed killer on the loose, the riverboat sets course for port to rendezvous with the Louisiana State Police. With less than an hour to jump ship, they must track down the pistol's murderous thief and dodge the law.

Seven Out: A Wil Driscoll Adventure is a thriller that delivers the action fans of pulp fiction, noir and all things gangster have come to expect. and This piece of historical fiction will appeal to readers of short stories, action/adventure and history alike.