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J.J. Cagney

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Born

October 26

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Mystery, Thriller, Suspense

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March 2019

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J. J. Cagney is the mystery/thriller pen name of USA Today bestselling author Alexa Padgett. Her debut mystery, A Pilgrimage of Death, was named to Kirkus Reviews’ 100 Best Books of 2018 and Goodreads Best Mysteries of the 2010s.

Cagney holds a bachelor’s in international marketing and spent part of her twenties as the marketing director for an elite sports management firm. And, yes, she did her requisite stint with a dotcom back in the early 2000s, first as a marketing coordinator and then as a content manager. She’s penned work for a variety of websites and magazines, and she worked as a literary agent for Irene Webb Literary.

She lives in northern New Mexico with her husband, children, about a million fish, and their Great Pyrenees, Ash. ...more

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Average rating: 4.1 · 1,419 ratings · 367 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Pilgrimage to Death (Reverend Cici Gurule Mysteries, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 415 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Identical Death (Reverend Cici Gurule Mysteries, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 385 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead and Gone by Tina Glasneck (Goodreads Author), Fiona Quinn (Goodreads Author), Judith Lucci (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Heritage of Death (Reverend Cici Gurule Mysteries, #3) 4.47 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Artifact of Death (Reverend Cici Gurule Mysteries, #4) 4.46 avg rating — 76 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Facing the Past 4.30 avg rating — 70 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Revelation of Death (Reverend Cici Gurule, #5) 4.53 avg rating — 66 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bayou Venom 4.38 avg rating — 32 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kill Line 4.42 avg rating — 31 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Counsel of Death (Reverend Cici Gurule Mysteries, #6) 4.53 avg rating — 30 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Reverend Cici Gurule Mysteries (6 books)
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J.J. Cagney liked Thinker Mindset's review of The Kill Line: "I picked up this thriller looking for an exciting mystery and I was not disappointed. The plot moves quickly. Just when I thought the characters might get a chance to catch their breath, another twist raised the tension. I could feel the dangerous si" Read more of this review »
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J.J. Cagney liked Rita Childers's review of The Kill Line: "This story had me hooked. The tension between the characters is what really drove the story for me. I loved going back and forth between Colm and Jane's perspectives until it all ties together. Yellowstone itself felt like part of the danger: the snow" Read more of this review »
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J.J. Cagney liked Michael Lartey's review of The Kill Line: "A blend of suspense, tragedy, and adrenaline-fuelled action, this epic thriller focuses on Jane Sorenson, who loses her father in a cold-blooded murder and gets stranded with a stranger in the stormy wilderness of Yellowstone. Left to fend against hu" Read more of this review »
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