The Witch of Sonora

By Johnnie Bernhard

Evil rides the borderlands--and it knows your name.

Haunted by a witch only he can see, Nocona Ketemoczy, a battle-scarred Marine turned border agent, investigates the disappearance of girls in West Texas. The Witch of Sonora by Johnnie Bernhard is a thriller/suspense novel set against flash floods, hidden ranch land, and violence in the Texas borderlands

As the bodies begin to show signs of ritual killings linked to the Afro-Cuban syncretic religion of Palo Mayombe, Ketemoczy teams up with Hannah Durand, an elderly ranch widow who shelters trafficked girls at Casa de Katia near Rocksprings. A half-starved migrant named Ava arrives with a black cauldron and bones inked down her arm, and the threat grows more dangerous as violence closes in from both human and supernatural forces.

The Witch of Sonora blends crime, supernatural suspense, and spiritual warfare as it wrestles with trauma, rescue, love, and the cost of confronting evil when the victims cannot protect themselves.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1965766714
• ISBN13: 9781965766712
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Stoney Creek Publishing Group
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"