Midnight in Hell

by Jackson Andrews, Farah Bazzrea (Editor), Franco Accornero (Illustrations)

"A superb example of a paranormal romance and suspense thriller, author Jackson Andrews' 'Midnight in Hell' grabs the reader's total and rapt attention from beginning to end and documents the author as a first-class novelist and wordsmith. Of special note is Andrews' ability to create narrative dialogues with an authentic Southern Oklahoma tone and cadence. 'Midnight in Hell' is a wonderfully entertaining read and highly recommended for personal and community library collections. It should also be noted that 'Midnight in Hell' is available in a Kindle edition ($3.99)."--Jack Mason, Midwest Book Review A former Navy SEAL, Deputy Jake Hunter and his partner flush a scumbag holed up in a Lake Thunderbird cabin after gunning down two Oklahoma City police officers. Later convicted of seven counts of cold-blooded murder, the Goth psychotic killer is sprung just before sentencing. Jake is badly hurt in a wild car chase and ends up in Southern Oklahoma after nine months rehab. Just as he is settling into his new laid-back life, troubles begin: local ranchers' cattle are mysteriously slaughtered in their fields and a blind date shows up uninvited. With lingering feelings about a former high school sweetheart, he's confused even more by a hot Goth chick in a Dallas nightclub. From here, it gets interesting... an illegal falls to his death, evil red eyes peer through the darkness and Jake's past returns to haunt him and his family. Far Stone Books' newest release, "Midnight in Hell" by Jackson Andrews, opens this exciting supernatural adventure trilogy with a down-to-earth hero. A bit cynical, Jake Hunter takes on enemies with the efficiency of a military-trained killer; he doesn't do quite so well with the women. Exploding with action and suspense, Andrews' authentic dialogue, down-home folks and the supernatural are seamlessly blended in this genre-defying Southern paranormal action adventure-romantic suspense thriller. Cover Design by Franco Accornero

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First published June 11, 2013

Reviews

[Michael Dally · Rating 1 out of 5]

Winning this book through goodreads I felt I owed it to get through this book, otherwise I don't believe I would of. Though the main characters are fleshed out fairly well, the antagonists seemed little more than generic evil murdering goth guys with some underworldly evil counterparts that make few appearances in this novel. The characters decisions throughout the book left me scratching my head as quite often they made little sense. Overall the writting style was probably the biggest issue I had with this book. Instead of pulling me into the story it left me feeling outside, reading like a report more than a story much of the time. It often felt like we're given brief synopsies of what's going on, but not given enough to actually feel like we're experiencing it. Sometimes it became confusing too when two or three people would be speaking within the same paragraph or when scenes would jump from one scene in one paragraph to a completely different scene the next.

I would say that the fight scenes were propaply where probably the part of this book I liked the most. As opposed to most of the book where the experience wasn't really there, the authors descriptions during those scenes really seemed to come to life and actually pulled me in for the short periods where they occured. Since this book is the first book of a trilogy it wasn't until the later part of the book that these scenes really occured, and I could see them being more prominent in the later books and helping them out.

[Sue · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed the book, I usually don't pick this kind of book, but when I read the back of it, it intrigued me. Could not put it down. I tried
to figure out the ending but, when I would get to that part of the chapter it took another direction. A lot of twists and turns it keeps you guessing till the very end. Not sure the persons died, that I would of chosen but it made the book more interesting. the author has great vision. I hope he does more of the same, small town, good fighting evil, good guy wins.

[Ali Colvin]

I really wanted to like this book, but truthfully it was hard to get through. It read like a very rough draft. I could see potential but it needs a lot of work to smooth it out. Storyline inconsistencies, does not transition well from one scene to the next and lots of editing issues with grammar and word choice. I passed this book on to a coworker without saying anything about my opinion. I was thinking maybe I was too picky; they gave it back after reading 20 pages and said they had a hard time reading it and mentioned some of the same issues I had.

[Sue · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is definitely not the kind of book that I would have read but so glad I did. It has historical and geographical significance, good vs. evil, inner conflicts with God, stigmas on differing groups of people within society and true love.

If I don't like I book, I will not get past the second chapter and this one definitely had me hooked! Can't wait until the sequel because I got so involved with the characters in this one.