Bøger af Jack Cameron

Who's dead? Who did it? Where's the money?Jason Brinkman's career at a big Los Angeles law firm is over because he refused to sleep with his senior partner. He's moved to sleepy Sea Cliff on California's Central Coast to begin again. He has a struggling solo law practice and a promising romance. When kids discover a body in a storm drain, his new life begins to unravel.Kirkus Reviews: A lawyer leaves Los Angeles for life in a small town but finds it full of thieves, murderers, and too many women in this mystery. Chain-smoking Jason Brinkman, in his mid-30s and once a highly paid associate at an LA law firm, struggles financially after moving to Sea Cliff on the coast. Unknown to him, it's a town nearly everyone is dying to get out of, at least one of them literally. An abundance of intriguing characters doing really bad things moves Cameron's engaging story quickly to the finish line.... Writing can be first rate.... A cesspool of miscreants floods a strong tale of conscience and crime. Kirkus' verdict: Get it!Storeybook Reviews: This mystery has many twists and turns that kept me wondering what could possibly happen next .... The book is peppered with a variety of characters from the despicable to the endearing, but mostly on the former end of the scale. However, all of these characters make the book flow and add dimension to the story line. Plus, it gives you a lot of suspects!

Lifelong friends and recent high school graduates Nick Sullivan, Owen Anderson, Dante Lombardo and Ryan Cunningham were at a party, having some fun, when Nick and Owen found themselves in a fight with two bikers. The fight turned tragic when Nick accidentally killed one of the bikers. To protect Nick's burgeoning pro hockey career, Dante told the cops that he was the one who delivered the fatal blow to the biker. Dante ended up serving some time in prison and Nick went on to play in the NHL. Ten years later, Ryan falls deep into debt with some mob bookies. The mobsters give Ryan an ultimatum - get your friend Nick to throw a game for us or we'll kill you. Ryan approaches Nick, threatening to tell the cops and the press what really happened in that fight ten years earlier if Nick doesn't go along with the plan. Agonizing over the decision, Nick consults his old friend Owen, now a successful businessman. Owen devises a plan to save Nick from possibly throwing away his hockey career. But it's a plan that exposes Owen, Nick and Dante to great risk, from both the law and the mob. Can he pull it off? Read this gripping story, filled with unexpected twists and turns, to find out.