Novels by Jay Brodell
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An
Unsettling Place to Settle:
A Novel of Small Town Corruption
By James J. Brodell
A new house in a new town is the legacy for
wounded veteran Tim Fitzgerald. But as he becomes
more deeply involved with his new community, he is
shocked by the depths of corruption and
criminality. The Chamber of Commerce said
Wellborough, Colorado, had it all. He doubted they
really meant murder, drug and human trafficking,
systemic political corruption and fraud.
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The Dark Side of Pura Vida: Murder,
Betrayal, Abduction and Revenge in the Vacation Paradise (a novel)
Retired baseball player Jack Patterson becomes
suspicious after his younger sister dies in a Pacific
Ocean rip tide while on vacation in Costa Rica. Jack has
to go there to find answers to troubling questions. But
soon he is hijacked by a gang of self-described justice
avengers led by a young and icy Costa Rican-American
woman who carries twin pistols strapped to her chest and
does not balk at using a car battery and cables to get
the answers she needs. Jack soon helps uncover
corruption and greed that runs counter to the country’s
laid-back slogan of Pura Vida, the pure life.
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When Love Ignites: Five Stories of
Beginnings (short
stories)
Why love? In five different situations in as
many stories love strikes, sometimes in an unusual way.
What happens next remains uncertain, but the couples may
have a foundation for the future.
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Six Short Heresies . . . Just for You
Life is full of untested assumptions:
Prostitution exploits women, bloody religious ceremonies
are of the past, Santa is jolly, there is one God,
suburban life requires a great lawn. The six stories here,
some drawn from life and some tongue-in-cheek, suggest
otherwise. Humans justify their existence in many ways in
many cultures. The concepts of god and sin are not
universal.
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A Riddle
from the Depths:
Who Were These Mysterious People?
Sarah
Goodnight, 27 and an ancient language expert, is
underemployed and longs for a professorship and
regular paycheck. She translates ancient Sumerian
and Akkadian tablets long-distance for the British
Museum from her Chicago home. In a rare outing a
handsome man surprises her saying he has a box of
ancient clay chunks. Can she find fame and love
wrestling with the unknown language and danger?
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