Publisher Description
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Jack Palms starred in one hit Hollywood action flick. Now everyone thinks he’s still that guy. If he tries to lead the life, will he get burned? Or will he find out he can still act the part?
An old friend from LA calls with a proposition—to show some Czech high rollers a VIP time—and Jack goes in for the payday. When his friend is murdered, Jack dives straight into the heart of San Francisco’s drug and prostitution underbelly to follow the trail of clues.
Will he find his friend’s killer and broker the VIP experience his fans want? Does Maxine, the beautiful bartender who falls for him, still work for her shady boss? AND can Jack run this game through to its end, or will it be his final screen test before that big casting call in the sky?
Jack Wakes Up is the first novel in Seth Harwood’s bestselling Detective Jack Palms Crime Thriller Series. If you like fast-paced reads, hard-boiled detective mysteries, and cinematic action, you’ll love these books!
Buy Jack Wakes Up to begin this exciting series today!
What Critics Say About Jack Palms:
“Jack Wakes Up rocks! It's a fast, smooth ride on a highway not found on any map.” —Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"Readers who like their hard-boiled crime fiction violent and gritty will cheer Harwood's debut... taut prose and fast pacing." —Publisher's Weekly
“Exhilarating . . . reads like a long-lost Mickey Spillane tale as directed by Robert Rodriguez.” —Megan Abbott, award-winning author of Dare Me
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About Seth Harwood
Seth Harwood, a
graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, was born in Boston and has lived in
Cambridge, New York, St. Louis, and Iowa City. He currently lives in San
Francisco, where he teaches writing at Stanford and CCSF. Author of three
previous works of fiction, Seth has also written for publication in the Cambridge
Chronicle & TAB, contributed to the Open Culture blog, and
written for the San Francisco Chronicle, where he regularly
reviews crime fiction. Marilyn Stasio, reviewing Seth’s debut, Jack Wakes Up,
for the New York Times, praised its “vitality and a spirit of
rebellion.” George Pelecanos, author and contributor to HBO’s The Wire,
named Seth’s second novel, Young Junius, one of the best books of 2010.
When he’s not writing or teaching, Seth swims, boxes, and occasionally haunts
the basketball courts of San Francisco.