A Jimmy McSwain/Todd Gleason Mystery
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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TWO MEN WHO WORK TWO SIDES OF THE MORAL CODE OF CRIME COME TOGTHER? TODD GLEASON, CON MAN, MEETS JIMMY McSWAIN, PRIVATE DETECTIVE, IN A GAME OF WITS THAT CHALLENGES THEIR OWN TAKE ON JUSTICE.
For Todd Gleason, there was something alluring about Jersey-born Angela Delvecchio that caught his attention. They had a fun night, but that’s all, right?
On his train ride back to the city, Todd overhears two men of questionable repute discussing the death of a friend of theirs—and the money she left behind. Sounds like an opportunity for an intrepid con man.
Fresh off a case of dueling cheating spouses, Jimmy McSwain sees two locals arrive at his uncle’s pub. Known in Hell’s Kitchen as usually up to no good, Jimmy finds himself more intrigued by the man following them. But their chance meeting may force the two of them to work together on a spiraling conspiracy. Kerry-Anne Conklin was rich, beautiful, young--too young to die. Did she have more enemies than money?
It’s a tough world out there. New York has its villains. New Jersey has its scams. Both have their bodies.
Told in alternating chapters, JERSEY SCORE is fun, dangerous, suspenseful, and fast-paced. It’s a story that could only come from the singular mind of Adam Carpenter and Joseph Pittman.
Publisher: JMS Books, LLC
Genres:
Pairings: M-F, M-M
Heat Level: 5
Romantic Content: 2
Ending: Click here to reveal
Character Identities: Gay, Straight
Protagonist 1 Age: 26-35
Protagonist 2 Age: 26-35
Tropes: Antihero
Word Count: 85,000
Setting: Manhattan, Jersey Shore
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Same Universe / Various Characters
AUTHOR’S NOTE
I had a dilemma. Or should I say, we had one.
Should Joseph write the next novel in the Todd Gleason crime series? Or should Adam write another book in the Jimmy McSwain Files? We couldn’t decide, so, instead, we took a short detour and decided to write a mash-up of what would happen if these two characters worked a case together.
One is in it for the money (um, that would be Todd), and one would be seeking his brand of justice (Jimmy, of course}.
Could two men with disparate approaches to solving a crime really find common ground? It was fun to imagine putting that theory to the test, even more fun to write. Hope you enjoy the ride.
Adam Carpenter
