Stories of justice, vengeance and redemption
B.D. Lawrence writes private detective and crime fiction mysteries with strong heroes who serve justice.
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The last time Jake worked with Jeopardy, she tried to kill him.
Final Jeopardy
Jake Sledge thought he’d seen it all as a detective for River City PD, but nothing prepared him for Jeopardy Dupree. She’s hired him to prove her brother Barker didn’t murder the woman he loved, but Jeopardy has a dangerous alter ego who once tried to kill Jake. As the evidence mounts against Barker and Jake himself becomes a target, he uncovers dark secrets in the Dupree family that someone will kill to protect. With his partner Bobo Johnson watching his back and his girlfriend Allison in danger, Jake races against time to find the real killer before the case costs him everything.
Most Popular Short Stories
Partners in Crime
The new client of Sledge Hammer Detective Agency is being sued by a drunk that hit his car. That is until the drunk is murdered. With the client’s handgun. Sledge and Bobo muck through River City in an attempt to exonerate their client of murder.
Nothing but the Best
Cisco the cat finds a dead body in the school he lives in. Along with the help from the school janitor, the provider of Cisco’s tuna, he investigates the death.
Double Jeopardy
In walks Jeopardy DuPree. She wants Jake Sledge to stop her sister, Connie (short for Concentration) from killing her dad. Jake takes the case and runs into double trouble.
Sitting on a Park Bench
Private Detective Phillip Angelo, finder of lost people, is broadsided with a strong feeling of evil as he watches a man on a park bench who is watching little children.
Recent Reviews / Articles
Book Review of A Tan and Sandy Silence by John D. MacDonald
Justice and vengeance are served in this mid-1980’s mystery novel featuring Travis McGee. It’s the second MacDonald I’ve read. Neither have overly impressed me. He is considered one of the masters of mystery writing, but I’ve yet to find a masterpiece. I have four more of his books as part of this collection, so maybe one of them will be good…
Book Review of Her Last Wish by Blake Pierce
For most authors, I like to give three strikes and then I’m done with that writer. This is strike two out of two for this author. And I’m in no hurry to read a third. This FBI thriller, so it’s subtitled, is about justice. In a way, the killer’s motivation is vengeance, though I struggled with the motivation as being enough to go on a killing spree. No redemption. By the end of the story, I really disliked the main character, Rachel Gift…
Book Review of The New Iberia Blues by James Lee Burke
This dark, disturbing mystery features justice, as all Dave Robicheaux novels do. It also features a twisted version of vengeance. For Detective Robicheaux, redemption is a slow, ongoing process. This mystery is also a psychological suspense story. We get a deep glimpse into the psyche of Robicheaux and how the killer or killers plays with that psyche…
Book Review of The Keeper by Charles Martin
Another fantastic book in the Murphy Shepherd series featuring justice. This is book four and it’s my least favorite of the four. Still an incredible read, but not as good as the other three for one major reason that I’ll highlight below. I suggest if you’ve not read book three, The Record Keeper, you read it first. There are a lot of spoilers in this book about book three…
