Author: H.L. LeRoy
Series: A LT. Jack Daniels/Jillian Varela Mystery (A loosely tied together series. But any of the stories can be read as a standalone.)
Genre: Thriller/Mystery
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Release Date: Mar 2, 2015
Edition/Formats Available In: eBook
Blurb/Synopsis:
In the world of serial killer hunters, Lieutenant Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels is a legend and well known in every cop shop in America. But when one gruesomely posed body after another are discovered in the middle of Chicago, ambitious politicians and an aggressive press are threatening to derail Jack’s investigation.
And with her partner Herb on an extended second honeymoon in Mexico, it doesn’t look like help is on the horizon.
Then a friend from California, P.I. Jillian Varela, shows up on a job that parallels Jack’s case. Together they pursue the killer into a nightmare world of obsession, torture, and murder where no one may survive.
A dark follow up to the first Jack Daniels/Jillian Varela mystery, ONE EIGHT SEVEN.
Excerpt
Ashley looked in
the mirror while she brushed on the finishing touches of her smoky night face.
Cat eyes and high gloss nude lips. She worked a small round brush and a hair
dryer through her blue streaked pixie cut. With a pair of nail scissors, she
snipped away a straggle dangling on her forehead. Blowing on her black-painted
nails, she spent a minute or two deciding on glitter or rhinestones for the
tips.
Rhinestones.
Drenched in a
fragrance that smelled like sex, she tugged on an expensive pair of tight-ass
jeans and buttoned her silver see-through top. Stepping into a pair of red
spikes, she turned in front of the mirror.
Hot.
She slipped on a
fur lined bomber jacket and looked out the window. The cab was already waiting.
The ride to Chicago from Lake Forest was going to be expensive, but she didn’t
care. Daddy was going to pay for it whether he knew it or not.
“Where to?”
“Pink Paradise,
but I need to stop first.” She gave him an address in Uptown.
“Your funeral,”
the cabby said.
He dropped her on
the corner and waited.
The wind had
started whipping across the lake, specks of ice picking at her face. Going to snow, she thought. Fortunately,
it didn’t take her long to find the same sketchy asshole she’d dealt with
before. She bought an eight and rubbed a little on her gums, as she hurried
back to the cab.
The cab hissed
through the Chicago streets to West Addison where the Pink Paradise sat, gaudy
and loud. A wet snow had come, still thin, it spattered the windshield. Puddles
in the road reflected the blues, pinks, and purples of neon lights and oil
sheen. Slush drizzled off the awning edges, sheeting into the gutter.
She paid the
cover, slipped past the crowd, heading straight to the lady’s room where she
did a couple of lines on the toilet tank lid.
A little more on
her gums, and she took another look in the mirror.
I hope he’s here.
The dance floor writhed with bodies, the rave in full swing.
While a shirtless, tatted up DJ worked a constant, steady assault of nosebleed techno, Ashley wove into the
crowd.
After an hour, she broke away and headed back to the
bathroom for a recharge. On the way out, she felt a light touch on the back of
her neck. Turning, she slipped her arms around the man standing there, lights
playing across his face.
“You came.”
“Told you I would.” He slipped a blue pill between her lips.
“A little helper.”
They danced for a long time, finally taking a moment to grab
a beer.
He slipped another pill in her mouth. “Let’s leave.”
Ashley swallowed. “I’m not ready.”
He frowned and reached for her arm.
H. L. (Holly) LeRoy
is an award winning, American short story writer and novelist. Born in San
Jose, California, LeRoy currently resides in the Sierra Nevada Mountains with
his family.
When J. A. Konrath approached me with the opportunity to
write in Lieutenant Jack Daniels’ world, I jumped at the chance. Since my other
works are in the mystery/thriller/action/adventure genres and tell the stories
of strong female protagonists confronting impossible situations, I knew it was
a perfect fit.
Amazon Publishing has secured licenses from Warner Bros.
Television Group's Alloy Entertainment for Gossip
Girl, Pretty Little Liars, and The
Vampire Diaries; Valiant Entertainment for Archer & Armstrong, Bloodshot, Harbinger, Shadowman, and X-O Manowar; J. A. Konrath's Jack
Daniels series, Hugh Howey's Silo Saga; Barry Eisler's John Rain novels; Blake
Crouch's Wayward Pines series; and The Foreworld Saga by Neal Stephenson, Greg
Bear, Mark Teppo, Eric Bear, Joseph Brassey, Nicole Galland, and Cooper Moo.
Licenses for more Worlds are on the way.
Places to find H.L.
Blog Random
Thoughts
Places to find Remember the Dead
Other Works by
H.L. LeRoy
Kindle Worlds
(A LT. Jack
Daniels/Jillian Varela Mystery)
One
Eight Seven (1)
Can Be Read As a
Stand Alone
Can Be Read As a
Stand Alone
Pooled
Blood (3)
Can Be Read As a
Stand Alone
The Fountain
of the Earth Series
Sudden
End (Prequel)
The
Fountain of the Earth (Book 1)
Heralds of Juno (Book
2) Coming 2015
Mysteries
Hollow Point (Coming
Soon)
Malibu Blues (Coming
Soon)
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