Java Joint

Ron Wick

Someone wants to kill Jade Nader, 20, homeless, living in a car since 16, part-time prostitute, full-time student – a survivor. Can she be saved from street life? Jill Santiago, swimsuit model and new CD counselor asked to work with her by Levi Quinn, owner of Java Joint. Michell Santiago, ex-cop, security operative and PI enters when Jade’s lover, Pat Dawson, is murdered. Jade becomes a dangerous loose end to his criminal life.

Brad Crane, ex-Army Ranger with PTSD, and homeless without VA help, is an aspiring writer and entertainer caught in a web of lust by Tyra Turner. Levi, works with him and Jade.

Java Joint is Mesa’s bohemian art hangout café where artists, writers, musicians, and actors gather. The patrons and their followers are a spectrum of rich and poor, good and evil, those with estates and the homeless.

In one week’s time a murder, attempted murder, the theft of a valuable antique guitar, and a beat-down all take place involving Jade, Brad, and their friends around Java Joint.

The surprise ending is oh so scary, but fitting.

Java Joint, a fast-paced thriller about a young woman trying to save herself from a world of drugs, sex, and violence. Brad Crane is a homeless vet suffering PTSD, a realistic survivor.

395 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 20, 2022