Slippage

by Tambo Jones, J A Stone (Illustrator)

Corporate fixer Huey Rawlins gets paid a lot of money to solve problems, especially problems that require a busted knee or a bullet to the brain. On a chilly dawn a couple of days before Christmas, Huey arrives in a run-down neighborhood to find his latest problem has fled, disappearing into the snowstorm and leaving a corpse behind. His clients don’t care that the cops are investigating the death, they only want teenage telepath Jake Adamson, and they want him alive. Detective Lester Fawkes has solved his share of murders, but this time two kids are missing—fifteen-year-old Jake and his younger sister Meg—and something about the case is screwy. Maybe it’s the brutal murder of a convenience store cashier in her bed, the foil coating Jake’s room, or the victim’s brother not playing straight with them. Or, maybe, it’s the hitman for hire who’s also trying to find the missing kids.

322 pages, Paperback

Published December 1, 2020

About the author

Tambo Jones is also known as Tamara Jones.

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first not quite half of Slippage was a lot of running and hiding without much story or insight. I was considering dnfing, even though it’s by Tamara Jones, but then things started happening and characters started revealing themselves and it ended up being a pretty good tale. I’m a fan of the Dubric Byerly and Lars stories. Slippage doesn’t have nearly that depth but, considering the slow start, I give it three and a half stars and say it’s a worthy read for fans of Jones.