Divine justice by David Baldacci

This narrative follows Oliver Stone, a former government assassin once known as John Carr, as he flees Washington, D.C., after being implicated in high-profile murders. While hiding in the small mining town of Divine, Virginia, Stone becomes entangled in a dangerous local conspiracy involving a corrupt drug-trafficking ring led by the town’s warden and judge. Meanwhile, federal investigator Joe Knox relentlessly tracks Stone, eventually discovering the tragic history of betrayal and state-ordered hits that destroyed the fugitive’s family. The two men are eventually captured and imprisoned at the brutal Dead Rock facility, forcing them into an unlikely alliance to survive. Supported by the Camel Club, Stone ultimately exposes the criminal enterprise and confronts the treacherous official, Macklin Hayes, who orchestrated his downfall decades earlier. The story concludes with Stone seeking ultimate justice by presenting the truth of his past to the President before facing his fate.