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The Jolene Jackson Mystery Series #3
Turkey Ranch Road Rage
No matter how hard she tries to escape her Texas roots, and her mother, Jolene Jackson finds herself back in Kickapoo to deal with both. This time, there's an RV park going in behind her mother's house and they want Lucille's property too. She's not selling and joins up with a dubious group that just rolled into town to save lizards to try and stop the park. Lucille's assault on a county truck gets her hauled to jail just in time for the horny toad rally, complete with protestors, anti-protestors, a slogan-painted camper and a caged naked lizard girl. The would-be-park land owner goes missing, the head lizard turns up dead, rabbit chow is raining down on Main Street, and quicker than you can say "I'll have an iced tea with that chicken basket," Jolene realizes that something much bigger than horny toads is at stake. And when her own family skeletons pop out of closet, she's got to find out who's after money, who's after blood, and who has a deadly case of Turkey Ranch Road Rage.
294 pages, Paperback
First published May 10, 2010
About the author
Paula Boyd
6 books13 followersPaula Boyd grew up in a small town in Texas that some would say is not unlike her fictional Kickapoo. She attended Midwestern State University where she was news editor for the university newspaper and co-editor of the yearbook until she was stricken with the tragic urge to get married.
After a decade of being away from writing to have three children, the creative side came bursting out and she began writing her first novel in 1993. Paula hit her stride in the mystery genre in 1999 when Jolene and Lucille found their way into her life.
Hot Enough to Kill, the first in the Jolene Jackson Mystery Series, is included in the University of Texas Press' Lone Star Sleuths: An Anthology of Texas Crime Fiction. The second title in the series, Dead Man Falls, won the 2001 WILLA Literary Award for Best Original Paperback and the third, Turkey Ranch Road Rage, was published in 2010. Killer Moves continues the adventures and will be coming soon!
Paula Boyd and the Jolene Jackson Mystery Books have been featured in magazines such as Redbook, Mountain Living, San Antonio Woman, Romantic Times and Colorado Homes and Living, and in newspapers across the country.
In 2011, Paula turned her attention to the self-help genre, which makes perfect sense, having had to deal with Lucille and her antics.
Writing as Paula Renaye, her acclaimed self-improvement guide, The Hardline Self Help Handbook, has won four National Book Awards. Her next title, Living the Life You Love--The No-Nonsense Guide to Total Transformation will be in bookstores September 2012.
Paula is a life transformation speaker, certified professional coach and frequent "tough love" expert on talk radio shows. She writes regular columns for relationship sites, international online magazines, personal development ezines, and is featured in trade and specialty blogs. Visit http://paularenaye.com to learn more.
After a decade of being away from writing to have three children, the creative side came bursting out and she began writing her first novel in 1993. Paula hit her stride in the mystery genre in 1999 when Jolene and Lucille found their way into her life.
Hot Enough to Kill, the first in the Jolene Jackson Mystery Series, is included in the University of Texas Press' Lone Star Sleuths: An Anthology of Texas Crime Fiction. The second title in the series, Dead Man Falls, won the 2001 WILLA Literary Award for Best Original Paperback and the third, Turkey Ranch Road Rage, was published in 2010. Killer Moves continues the adventures and will be coming soon!
Paula Boyd and the Jolene Jackson Mystery Books have been featured in magazines such as Redbook, Mountain Living, San Antonio Woman, Romantic Times and Colorado Homes and Living, and in newspapers across the country.
In 2011, Paula turned her attention to the self-help genre, which makes perfect sense, having had to deal with Lucille and her antics.
Writing as Paula Renaye, her acclaimed self-improvement guide, The Hardline Self Help Handbook, has won four National Book Awards. Her next title, Living the Life You Love--The No-Nonsense Guide to Total Transformation will be in bookstores September 2012.
Paula is a life transformation speaker, certified professional coach and frequent "tough love" expert on talk radio shows. She writes regular columns for relationship sites, international online magazines, personal development ezines, and is featured in trade and specialty blogs. Visit http://paularenaye.com to learn more.
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December 16, 2022
Jolene is back in Kickapoo, Texas to once again bail her mother out of jail. This time for trying to stop a camper/rv park being built behind her back fence.
But once again, there is much more at work here in Kickapoo .. for example kidnappings, murder/suicide, and a bombing. Jolene and Sheriff Jerry Don Parker once more combine forces to solve these mysteries.
But once again, there is much more at work here in Kickapoo .. for example kidnappings, murder/suicide, and a bombing. Jolene and Sheriff Jerry Don Parker once more combine forces to solve these mysteries.
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December 31, 2024Family antics and intrigue
Ms. Boyd pens an engaging cozy with humorous family antics and mysterious happenings. Jolene returns home at her mother's request and is having a hard time figuring out just what her eccentric mother's up to. Well plotted with intrigue, humor and romance.
Ms. Boyd pens an engaging cozy with humorous family antics and mysterious happenings. Jolene returns home at her mother's request and is having a hard time figuring out just what her eccentric mother's up to. Well plotted with intrigue, humor and romance.
March 17, 2013
I liked parts of this book more than others. The reviews said that there would be funny parts but I just couldn't find the humor in it. Poor Jolene has escaped her difficult childhood and irascible mother in the scrubby badlands of northwest Texas in the fictional town of Kickapoo for the serenity and beauty of Colorado. However, things related to her mother keep dragging her back to Kickapoo. There were few to no surprises in this rather predictable book and I doubt that I will read more books written by this author.
December 9, 2019
3 star read
Apparently I read this some years ago but never put review up. In terms of stand-alone reading, the beginning feels a bit slow because it relies on the characters to create suspense, so if you aren't feeling connected already, it's a while before more happens. Some awkward spots and one oddity about credit card only then using cash, but nothing important to annoy me. Would read more.
Apparently I read this some years ago but never put review up. In terms of stand-alone reading, the beginning feels a bit slow because it relies on the characters to create suspense, so if you aren't feeling connected already, it's a while before more happens. Some awkward spots and one oddity about credit card only then using cash, but nothing important to annoy me. Would read more.
February 28, 2016
Good story, easy and quick read, not a book that I couldn't put down but I was interested in the ending and the story was entertaining. The depiction of Lucille's stubbornness got a little ridiculous in the repetitiveness of it.
December 12, 2016
A highly entertaining and fascinating read with twists, turns, and surprises that really kept me on my toes and turning the page even when I knew I should be taking myself to sleep land. I would definitely recommend this book at anyone and everyone for an entertaining escape from the daily grind
May 15, 2013
Not to well developed for a mystery. Shallow characters.
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