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Jump Cut
Seattle reporter Mimi Raynard is having a bad week. Her ex-husband is now her boss at the TV station and wants her head on a platter. When three prostitutes die of a suspicious heroin overdose Mimi gets the story, but in her nervous enthusiasm, manages to bungle it. The narcotics detective on the case tries to help, but both are outfoxed by the buxom intern.
Desperate for a new job, Mimi takes a friend's advice and dresses up as a Russian Mafia madam for a resume tape she has no intention of sending out. But the lark turns serious and the fallout is deadly.
At the Seattle Police Department, the narcotics detective, Shad Mulgrew, has his own career crisis. He's been framed for stealing drugs from evidence. Are the murdered prostitutes linked to his case? Is he getting too close to the truth? And what is Mimi's father doing working for Eastern Europe's last Communists?
Working together to save their careers, Mimi and Shad look for the truth, from the fishing docks of Puget Sound to the tiny Republic of Moldova.
At turns funny, sexy, and thrilling with an edgy modern voice, Jump Cut depicts Seattle from the inside, from the joys of Seattle single life to its dark underbelly, from the lush islands to the top of the Space Needle, as the cop and the reporter try to salvage their reputations. They end up saving much more in a wild race to rescue the city they love.
Desperate for a new job, Mimi takes a friend's advice and dresses up as a Russian Mafia madam for a resume tape she has no intention of sending out. But the lark turns serious and the fallout is deadly.
At the Seattle Police Department, the narcotics detective, Shad Mulgrew, has his own career crisis. He's been framed for stealing drugs from evidence. Are the murdered prostitutes linked to his case? Is he getting too close to the truth? And what is Mimi's father doing working for Eastern Europe's last Communists?
Working together to save their careers, Mimi and Shad look for the truth, from the fishing docks of Puget Sound to the tiny Republic of Moldova.
At turns funny, sexy, and thrilling with an edgy modern voice, Jump Cut depicts Seattle from the inside, from the joys of Seattle single life to its dark underbelly, from the lush islands to the top of the Space Needle, as the cop and the reporter try to salvage their reputations. They end up saving much more in a wild race to rescue the city they love.
256 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2011
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About the author
Lise McClendon
89 books225 followersLise McClendon is a fiction writer living in the Rocky Mountains of Montana. She has been a film reviewer, a film maker, a journalism professor, and a PR flack. Since her first novel, The Bluejay Shaman, in 1994, she has served on the national board of Mystery Writers of America and the International Association of Crime Writers/North America, as well as on faculty of the Jackson Hole Writers Conference where each year she critiques, speaks, and learns from writers new and old.
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Lise McClendon also writes as Rory Tate in the 2011 thriller, JUMP CUT. Her new novel by Rory Tate is PLAN X, available now. Read her latest novel, Château des Corbeaux, 17th in the Bennett Sisters mystery series that began with Blackbird Fly.
Check out the Lise McClendon Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/LiseMcClendon
Lise McClendon also writes as Rory Tate in the 2011 thriller, JUMP CUT. Her new novel by Rory Tate is PLAN X, available now. Read her latest novel, Château des Corbeaux, 17th in the Bennett Sisters mystery series that began with Blackbird Fly.
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March 23, 2020
i have to confess that my first impression was that this is a kind of superficial story. with all the media fuss and glittering and intrigues going on. but once again i was oh so wrong.
but first things first. meet mimi a tv reporter who struggles in her business as well as mulgrew, a narcotics detective. just dive into their world to find out how the two of them get connected.
this story deals with a very serious topic but still in a not too depressing way.
the characters are very very likeable and go through a strong development.
this was my first book from lise but i am sure going to check out her other works!!
thank you very much #storyorigin #lise mcclendon for the audio copy of this book!
but first things first. meet mimi a tv reporter who struggles in her business as well as mulgrew, a narcotics detective. just dive into their world to find out how the two of them get connected.
this story deals with a very serious topic but still in a not too depressing way.
the characters are very very likeable and go through a strong development.
this was my first book from lise but i am sure going to check out her other works!!
thank you very much #storyorigin #lise mcclendon for the audio copy of this book!
March 20, 2012
"Jump Cut - n., a jarring transition in the temporal flow in film, television, or life, sometimes intentional but rarely without a good deal of second-guessing, hand-wringing, and tears"
So says the epigram at the beginning of Rory Tate's novel, Jump Cut. It's a fitting title and motif for the story of Mimi Raynard, a metaphor for the paradoxes with which she lives. If one can be both hapless and brilliant, emotionally secure and grieving a parentless childhood, independent and longing for connection, then one can be Mimi. A reporter who's had some unfortunate on-air moments, almost certainly because of circumstances beyond her control, Mimi's in search of journalistic vindication. She teams up with Shad Mulgrew, a falsely-accused narcotics detective in search of his own vindication. In the serendipitous world of detective fiction, the reporter and the detective are working the same case, which jumps from Seattle to Moldova and back to Seattle, from hurt to healing, from disconnection to intimacy.
All the elements are there: prostitutes and drug-running, newsrooms and squad rooms, romance and action. Jump Cut is in turns funny and gritty, cozy and hardboiled, romantic and illusion-shattering. It's also a rollicking good read.
So says the epigram at the beginning of Rory Tate's novel, Jump Cut. It's a fitting title and motif for the story of Mimi Raynard, a metaphor for the paradoxes with which she lives. If one can be both hapless and brilliant, emotionally secure and grieving a parentless childhood, independent and longing for connection, then one can be Mimi. A reporter who's had some unfortunate on-air moments, almost certainly because of circumstances beyond her control, Mimi's in search of journalistic vindication. She teams up with Shad Mulgrew, a falsely-accused narcotics detective in search of his own vindication. In the serendipitous world of detective fiction, the reporter and the detective are working the same case, which jumps from Seattle to Moldova and back to Seattle, from hurt to healing, from disconnection to intimacy.
All the elements are there: prostitutes and drug-running, newsrooms and squad rooms, romance and action. Jump Cut is in turns funny and gritty, cozy and hardboiled, romantic and illusion-shattering. It's also a rollicking good read.
October 10, 2017
This book is very thoroughly "just ok", bordering on not good. Honestly, I could write more, but that sums it up, and I don't feel like taking the time.
October 11, 2017
I really should stop reading books by Lise. I find I can't put them down, I get sucked into them so far that reality falls away and nothing matters. She truly is a phenomenal storyteller. Another awesome offering from her!
September 20, 2023
This mystery is a nice easy read that is entertaining and engaging. The characters are likable, with the exception of the bad guys of course! If you're looking for a fun read, give it a try.
The book gives the reader a peak into the workings of a TV newsroom too.
The book gives the reader a peak into the workings of a TV newsroom too.
December 30, 2019
Killer Thriller!
Quick read and interstellar throughout. Characters are flawed but show great strength. Maintains interest and shows a well webbed story
Quick read and interstellar throughout. Characters are flawed but show great strength. Maintains interest and shows a well webbed story
August 19, 2020
Excellent read!!
December 11, 2022
Good
Wow story with reporters, cops being investigated, and terrorists. Good stuff. They Should make Movie with it. I'd pay to see it
Wow story with reporters, cops being investigated, and terrorists. Good stuff. They Should make Movie with it. I'd pay to see it
February 24, 2020
this book confused me at the beginning and it took me some time to feel comfortable in the story.
In the end, I liked the story and the relationship between the two main characters.
I received a free review copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
In the end, I liked the story and the relationship between the two main characters.
I received a free review copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
October 28, 2020
( Format : Audiobook )
"Time flies, tick tock, tick tock."
Life for TV reporter, Mimi, just keeps getting worse. Her ex has become her boss and wants her out of the station, The young intern, Penny, wants her job and her sister, it seems, is keeping a secret from her: the father who walked out on theme ten years before is sick and needs money. Seattle detective, Chad Mu!grew, has problems of his own, not least fears that his partner might be dirty and he'd be indicted along with him. The couple bump into each other, literally, at the murder scene of three prostitutes...
A omance, yes, but .much more a mystery detection thriller: great stuff, with interesting characters and locations. Narrator Kristi Burns has a clear, pleasant voice, her reading fast with good modulation and expression, adding to the enjoyment of the story.
My thanks to the rights holder of Jump Cut, who, at my request freely gifted me with a complimentary copy via Story Origin. This is a book I would happily recommend to anyone who enjoys unexpected crime thrillers. Don't enjoy romances? No problem: his isn't the usual superficial boy meets girl tale so give it a try.
"Time flies, tick tock, tick tock."
Life for TV reporter, Mimi, just keeps getting worse. Her ex has become her boss and wants her out of the station, The young intern, Penny, wants her job and her sister, it seems, is keeping a secret from her: the father who walked out on theme ten years before is sick and needs money. Seattle detective, Chad Mu!grew, has problems of his own, not least fears that his partner might be dirty and he'd be indicted along with him. The couple bump into each other, literally, at the murder scene of three prostitutes...
A omance, yes, but .much more a mystery detection thriller: great stuff, with interesting characters and locations. Narrator Kristi Burns has a clear, pleasant voice, her reading fast with good modulation and expression, adding to the enjoyment of the story.
My thanks to the rights holder of Jump Cut, who, at my request freely gifted me with a complimentary copy via Story Origin. This is a book I would happily recommend to anyone who enjoys unexpected crime thrillers. Don't enjoy romances? No problem: his isn't the usual superficial boy meets girl tale so give it a try.
January 20, 2015
An unsuccessful news reporter and an unsuccessful police detective find themselves investigating the same crime. Enjoyable thriller.
March 28, 2017
A murder, human trafficking, sex slavery, terrorism in Seattle.
A quick read with engaging characters some a little on the edge of society. Enjoyable.
96
A quick read with engaging characters some a little on the edge of society. Enjoyable.
96
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