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Jack West #3
Vicious Vendetta: A Jack West Novel
Cyrus Shelton has spent the last twenty-three years locked up in the Huntsville State Penitentiary with only one thing on his mind - revenge on the arresting detective, Frank Windom, and his lousy defense attorney, Jonell Simone. Now paroled and having learned Windom had the nerve to die, he sets his sights on Windom's former partner, Jack West.
When a cryptic letter addressed to him AND Frank arrives, Jack is curious but dismisses it; he is deeply involved with a triple homicide. The Attorney General’s Office steps in ordering Jack to stand down from his investigation and he knows his case goes deeper than just a homicide.
With no murder case to work, he turns his attention to the cryptic letter and finds out Jonell received a similar letter. Cyrus Shelton is on his murder rampage and the gloves come off.
Jack wants revenge.
Now it is personal.
When a cryptic letter addressed to him AND Frank arrives, Jack is curious but dismisses it; he is deeply involved with a triple homicide. The Attorney General’s Office steps in ordering Jack to stand down from his investigation and he knows his case goes deeper than just a homicide.
With no murder case to work, he turns his attention to the cryptic letter and finds out Jonell received a similar letter. Cyrus Shelton is on his murder rampage and the gloves come off.
Jack wants revenge.
Now it is personal.
253 pages, Paperback
Published October 28, 2021
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About the author
Deanna King
7 books59 followersI was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, however, did not grow up in the corn husker state. My father was in the Air Force, and that was how he ended up from Texas to Nebraska to meet my mom. Military families move around, as most of you know, so I have lived in many places. The most exciting place was Japan; unfortunately, I was too young to enjoy or remember the experience. Living in Texas for a huge portion of my life means I consider myself a good ole Texas gal.
Moving from place to place, I was always the new kid so I couldn’t be shy, and people who know me will tell you that being shy is not a problem for me in the slightest. I love meeting people and making new friends wherever I go. My aunt introduced me to the classics, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, Black Beauty, Heidi, Charlotte’s Webb and Alice in Wonderland, to name a few. Reading took me to a new place and with my vivid imagination drawing me into the book, I was part of the story. From the classics, I moved to mysteries, Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys, graduating to the love stories of Harlequin and Silhouette.
Before the Internet and personal computers, I either typed or wrote longhand. However, my handwriting stinks (perhaps I should have been a physician) and I had problems reading it myself. I know you are laughing and so am I. So, yes; I used an old fashion typewriter.
I finally had enough of a manuscript to work with and a query. I was ready to send it by snail mail to Harlequin. Despite all the slush piles, I hoped at least my work would be reviewed before they trashed it, sending me the obligatory “thank you but no thank you” reply. Snail mail takes forever and replies even longer. So I went about my life, and I kept writing when I found the time.
I received an unexpected phone call from New York months later. A representative from Harlequin was calling. My heart was racing. It excited me that maybe my dream of being a published author was about to come true. No. My dream was still a dream. I was disappointed and exhilarated, but I would not give up.
Years later a chain of events happened, giving me ample time to write, and I pounded the keyboard, publishing my first children’s book. Afterward, I was given an opportunity to have my first crime novel published, and since then I have finished the second and third Jack West Novels, and have been working on the fourth. Lest I forget, I also have a soon-to-be-published fantasy/romance, and the second book is in the works.
My life over the years has brought me full circle to a dream that began years ago. I am now a published author and excited that I get to entertain readers!
Moving from place to place, I was always the new kid so I couldn’t be shy, and people who know me will tell you that being shy is not a problem for me in the slightest. I love meeting people and making new friends wherever I go. My aunt introduced me to the classics, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, Black Beauty, Heidi, Charlotte’s Webb and Alice in Wonderland, to name a few. Reading took me to a new place and with my vivid imagination drawing me into the book, I was part of the story. From the classics, I moved to mysteries, Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys, graduating to the love stories of Harlequin and Silhouette.
Before the Internet and personal computers, I either typed or wrote longhand. However, my handwriting stinks (perhaps I should have been a physician) and I had problems reading it myself. I know you are laughing and so am I. So, yes; I used an old fashion typewriter.
I finally had enough of a manuscript to work with and a query. I was ready to send it by snail mail to Harlequin. Despite all the slush piles, I hoped at least my work would be reviewed before they trashed it, sending me the obligatory “thank you but no thank you” reply. Snail mail takes forever and replies even longer. So I went about my life, and I kept writing when I found the time.
I received an unexpected phone call from New York months later. A representative from Harlequin was calling. My heart was racing. It excited me that maybe my dream of being a published author was about to come true. No. My dream was still a dream. I was disappointed and exhilarated, but I would not give up.
Years later a chain of events happened, giving me ample time to write, and I pounded the keyboard, publishing my first children’s book. Afterward, I was given an opportunity to have my first crime novel published, and since then I have finished the second and third Jack West Novels, and have been working on the fourth. Lest I forget, I also have a soon-to-be-published fantasy/romance, and the second book is in the works.
My life over the years has brought me full circle to a dream that began years ago. I am now a published author and excited that I get to entertain readers!
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April 7, 2023
Amazing
Good book, very detailed and great descriptions. instead of one basic FBI case she has written this book more real life,the agents have multiple case its very interesting
Good book, very detailed and great descriptions. instead of one basic FBI case she has written this book more real life,the agents have multiple case its very interesting
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