Racing the Devil

by Jaden Terrell

Overview

Nashville private investigator Jared McKean has a son with Down's Syndrome, a best friend with AIDS, an ex-wife he can't seem to fall out of love with, and a weakness for women in jeopardy - until one frames him for muder.

His DNA and fingerprints are found at the murder scene. His voice is on the victim's answering machine, and the victim was killed with a bullet from his gun. To make matters worse, his teen-aged nephew comes out of the closet and runs away to join a dangerous fringe of the Goth subculture.

Now Jared must find a way to clear his name, hold his family together, and solve a case that could cost him his life.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013744523
Publisher:	The Permanent Press
Publication date:	01/09/2012
Series:	Jared McKean Mysteries , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	264
File size:	780 KB

About the Author

Jaden Terrell is a Shamus Award finalist and the internationally published author of the Nashville-based Jared McKean mysteries. Terrell is a recipient of the 2009 Magnolia Award for service to the Southeast Chapter of Mystery Writers of America and the 2017 Killer Nashville Builder Award. An active member of Mystery Writers of America, Private Eye Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and International Thriller Writers, Terrell is also a graduate of the Citizen Police Academy and the FBI/TBI Citizen Academy. The former special education teacher has a red belt in Tae Kwan Do and is certified in Equine Sports Massage Therapy.

Editorial Reviews

Terrell s promising debut introduces Nashville PI Jared McKean, who finds himself caught in an almost perfect frame for murder. A day or two after the theft of Jared s pickup truck, his old partner in Metro Homicide, Frank Campanella, informs him that all the evidence suggests that he killed Amy Hartwell, a woman he s never met, in a motel room. Jared s fingerprints are at the crime scene; the victim was shot with his gun and kiddie-porn photos of her daughter are stashed under the seat of his p

Review - Publishers Weekly

It sounds like a nightmare, but it happens to Nashville PI Jared McKean: he wakes up from a drugged sleep and learns he's the prime suspect in a woman's murder. Now he must clear his name, and thankfully, a few people still believe in him. Once he is released, Jared discovers that he is being targeted because of a child abuse case he worked on when he was still a cop. Vengeance runs deep, and some folks won't stop until they believe all voices have been silenced. During...

Review - Library Journal

When Jared McKean, a Nashville cop turned private eye, meets a woman in a bar, his immediate thought is that she needs protection: her bruises are clear evidence of an abusive relationship. When the woman takes him up on his offer and then suggests they seal the deal in a motel room, Jared still hurting from a busted marriage puts his better judgment aside. Later, he wishes he hadn t. When he awakens, he finds he s wanted for murder, and he knows two things: he didn t kill the victim didn t even

Review - Book List

Page-turning mystery and enthralling family drama combine to make Racing the Devil a perfect mix. Dark and light blend into the confusion of modern life with wholly believable characters, real-world dilemmas, and a captivating mix of ethical challenge and genuine human kindness. The result is a book that s seriously hard to put down with a protagonist the reader will be eager to meet again, wanting to know how he solves his life as well as his mysteries.

Review - Cafe Libri