Halfway Crook
Jabril Johnson
- Halfway
- CrookKyrese
- Vaughn
- is
- a
- man
- caught
- between
- two
- worlds—the
- legitimate
- empire
- he's
- built
- and
- the
- criminal
- past
- that
- refuses
- to
- let
- him
- go.
- On
- paper,
- he's
- a
- respected
- businessman
- in
- Arlington,
- Texas,
- running
- real
- estate
- ventures,
- nightclubs,
- and
- high-stakes
- investments.
- But
- behind
- the
- scenes,
- his
- empire
- was
- built
- on
- the
- streets,
- and
- the
- past
- doesn't
- just
- fade—it
- waits
- for
- the
- perfect
- moment
- to
- strike.His
- best
- friend,
- Dante
- "D-Rock"
- Williams,
- is
- still
- fully
- in
- the
- game,
- reckless
- and
- loyal,
- but
- always
- dragging
- Kyrese
- back
- into
- the
- fire.
- Meanwhile,
- Vince
- DeLuca,
- a
- ruthless
- rival,
- sees
- Kyrese
- as
- a
- threat
- that
- needs
- eliminating.
- As
- tensions
- rise,
- the
- stakes
- get
- deadly—a
- nightclub
- burns,
- a
- hit
- is
- ordered,
- and
- a
- street
- war
- erupts,
- forcing
- Kyrese
- into
- choices
- he
- swore
- he'd
- never
- make
- again.But
- the
- streets
- aren't
- his
- only
- problem.Ava
- Montgomery,
- an
- investigative
- journalist,
- starts
- digging
- into
- his
- past,
- sensing
- that
- his
- clean
- reputation
- is
- just
- a
- front.
- At
- the
- same
- time,
- Detective
- Elijah
- Cross,
- an
- FBI
- agent,
- watches
- from
- the
- shadows,
- quietly
- building
- a
- case
- against
- him.
- As
- betrayals
- mount
- and
- the
- body
- count
- rises,
- Kyrese
- must
- outthink,
- outmaneuver,
- and
- outlast
- everyone
- trying
- to
- take
- him
- down.When
- a
- failed
- assassination
- attempt
- nearly
- ends
- his
- life,
- Kyrese
- is
- forced
- to
- strike
- first.
- With
- ruthless
- precision,
- he
- manipulates
- events
- to
- pin
- everything
- on
- DeLuca,
- ensuring
- his
- own
- survival.
- By
- the
- time
- the
- dust
- settles,
- Kyrese
- appears
- to
- have
- won—his
- rival
- eliminated,
- his
- businesses
- intact,
- his
- future
- secured.But
- just
- as
- he
- thinks
- he's
- free,
- a
- message
- appears
- on
- his
- burner
- phone:"We
- need
- to
- talk."The
- past
- isn't
- done
- with
- him
- yet.??
- A
- gripping
- crime
- thriller
- packed
- with
- betrayal,
- power
- moves,
- and
- high-stakes
- suspense,
- Halfway
- Crook
- blends
- gritty
- realism,
- dark
- humor,
- and
- relentless
- tension.
- Perfect
- for
- fans
- of
- urban
- crime
- dramas,
- morally
- complex
- antiheroes,
- and
- stories
- where
- survival
- means
- playing
- the
- game
- better
- than
- everyone else.
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