|
Title:
Jack Wakes Up - A Jack Palms Crime Novel
Author:
Seth Harwood
ISBN:
978-0-9796929-5-6
Genre:
Crime/Thriller
Page
Count:
268
Reading
Level:
16 & up
Content
Rating:
R
Cover
Price:
$14.99
LISTEN TO THE FREE FULL
PODCAST NOVEL!
Four years ago, when his first
action movie, Shake ‘Em Down, came out, Jack Palms had everything
he could want. But after his wife brought him up on false charges of
assault, then filed for a divorce, he bottomed out on drugs and his
sequel got scrapped. No one in Hollywood would return Jack’s calls.
Since
then, in the three years since Jack went clean—no drugs, no drinking, no
life—he’s added seventeen pounds of muscle, read 83 books, and
played it straight down the line. Now he’s bored, has gone through most
of his money and doesn’t know what comes next, but wants to leave his
self-imposed exile.
When an
old friend offers him a chance to work one big score, a single drug
trade that’s going to set them up for life, he finds himself introduced
to a trio of Eastern Europeans looking to score enough coke to settle
down and start their own business. All Jack has to do is keep them
entertained and get them through their purchase. But when people start
turning up dead, and an old nemesis on the police starts calling, Jack
finds himself in danger. With the cop giving him just 24 hours to find
San Francisco’s biggest drug supplier or face charges that will put him
behind bars, Jack has to find out quickly which side of acting and
action he’s really on.
Ad libbing his way through a
minefield of Colombian drug men, San Francisco gangsters and ex-KGB
agents, Jack comes to see that the only way to know exactly what’s
real—who’s doing the killing, what’s actually going on, and where he’s
headed with the beautiful bartender who brought him home—is to see this
thing through to its end, no matter what. He’s waking up to a whole new
version of his life… however long it’s going to last.
|
| |
|
| |
|
“Harwood
sucker-punches crime fiction. It’s not a fair fight, he’s
waiting for you to look the other way, then you get a blackjack
in the back of the head. Then he kicks you in the nuts, and you
actually thank him for it.”
-- Scott Sigler,
bestselling author of ANCESTOR and INFECTED
“If Chandler had
been tapped to write the first DIE HARD, and somewhere along the
way Tarantino had been called in for rewrites à la TRUE ROMANCE,
the result would have been a JACK PALMS tale.
Hook-a-minute hardboiled dialogue and relentless action” --
Shannon Clute, Behind the Black Mask
“A thrilling noir story that pulls the listener
into the dark world of Jack Palms.” --
Kevin Einarson, Spinetingler Magazine
“Seth Harwood has the inventiveness and energy of
ten men and it’s always a treat to see what he comes up with.”
-- Charles Ardai, Hard
Case Crime
“I’m a Palms Daddy!”
-- Allan
Guthrie, author of HARD MAN
“JACK WAKES UP isn't a novel -- it's a force of
nature. Harwood's writing brilliantly blends the brass-knuckled
voice of Raymond Chandler with the slick plot twists of Jeffrey
Deaver. This story goes for the throat, pulling the reader into
a California underworld so seamy and believable, it's a wonder
that Jack Palms, Harwood's unlikely hero, is a fictional
character at all. Rock-solid crime noir that takes no
prisoners.”
-- J.C. Hutchins, author of 7th SON:
DESCENT
“This is the stuff that will keep the PI around
in crime fiction!”
-- Jochem
Steen, Sons of Spade
“It’s like Raymond Chandler, George Pelecanos and
James Ellroy have been put in a blender and out came Seth
Harwood!”
-- Martyn Casserly, Podiobooks listener
“JACK WAKES UP is an action movie between two
covers. It's hard to imagine getting more bang for your buck.”
-- Nathan Cain, The Independent Crime Blog
“First he assaulted your eardrums. Now Seth
Harwood's going to bash you in the eyes with the print version
of his hardboiled podcast hit, JACK WAKES UP. Britney and Paris
are mere pikers compared to fucked-up former celebrity Jack
Palms, who goes sober only to find himself neck-deep in a bigger
drug mess then he ever imagined. This is an awesome debut.”
-- Duane Swierczynski, author of SEVERANCE
PACKAGE
|
|
|
