Jack Wakes Up, Seth Harwood
Jack Wakes Up, Seth Harwood
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Jack Wakes Up

Author: Seth Harwood

Narrator: Seth Harwood

Unabridged: 7 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Scribl

Published: 11/13/2023


Synopsis

This book has been a bestseller on the Amazon Charts.
Jack Palms starred in one hit Hollywood action flick. Now everyone thinks he’s still that guy. If he tries to lead the life, will he get burned? Or will he find out he can still act the part?
An old friend from LA calls with a proposition—to show some Czech high rollers a VIP time—and Jack goes in for the payday. When his friend is murdered, Jack dives straight into the heart of San Francisco’s drug and prostitution underbelly to follow the trail of clues.
Will he find his friend’s killer and broker the VIP experience his fans want? Does Maxine, the beautiful bartender who falls for him, still work for her shady boss? AND can Jack run this game through to its end, or will it be his final screen test before that big casting call in the sky?
Jack Wakes Up is the first novel in Seth Harwood’s bestselling Detective Jack Palms Crime Thriller Series. If you like fast-paced reads, hard-boiled detective mysteries, and cinematic action, you’ll love these books!
Buy Jack Wakes Up to begin this exciting series today!
What Critics Say About Jack Palms:
“Jack Wakes Up rocks! It's a fast, smooth ride on a highway not found on any map.” —Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"Readers who like their hard-boiled crime fiction violent and gritty will cheer Harwood's debut... taut prose and fast pacing." —Publisher's Weekly
“Exhilarating . . . reads like a long-lost Mickey Spillane tale as directed by Robert Rodriguez.” —Megan Abbott, award-winning author of Dare Me
What Readers Say About Jack Palms:
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About Seth Harwood

Seth Harwood, a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa, was born in Boston and has lived in Cambridge, New York, St. Louis, and Iowa City. He currently lives in San Francisco, where he teaches writing at Stanford and CCSF. Author of three previous works of fiction, Seth has also written for publication in the Cambridge Chronicle & TAB, contributed to the Open Culture blog, and written for the San Francisco Chronicle, where he regularly reviews crime fiction. Marilyn Stasio, reviewing Seth’s debut, Jack Wakes Up, for The New York Times, praised its “vitality and a spirit of rebellion.” George Pelecanos, author and contributor to HBO’s The Wire, named Seth’s second novel, Young Junius, one of the best books of 2010. When he’s not writing or teaching, Seth swims, boxes, and occasionally haunts the basketball courts of San Francisco.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sam on May 06, 2009

A crime noir thriller that keeps me on the edge of my seat, Jack Wakes Up's engaging protagonist is both likable and despicable. In mythic terms he represents the shapechanger, a mirror man who is what other people think he is. And yet his tale wraps you up, demands your attention, forces you to tak......more

Goodreads review by Michael on March 28, 2011

Jack Palms is a one-hit wonder actor who's climbing his way back from drug addiction and a domestic abuse charge. The financing for the sequel to his hit movie dried up with his arrest, his marriage is long gone, the money is just about gone and Jack is nearly broke, out of work and on the verge of......more

Goodreads review by Anthony on May 14, 2009

I first was exposed to Jack Palms in podiobook form with Seth reading them and I still couldn't wait to pre-order my signed copy when I had the chance. I then won a contest and ordered two more with my winnings. JWU is a great, action packed read with a flawed 'hero' that you can't help but pull for......more

Goodreads review by Monie on July 02, 2009

Three years ago action movie star Jack Palms was arrested in front of several paparazzi and his movie career tanked leaving his chances for a sequel to Shake ‘Em Down at next to nothing. But that was the wake up call he needed. He divorced his troubled wife, left Hollywood and successfully kicked a......more

Goodreads review by Dave on September 02, 2009

"Jack Wakes Up" was an incredibly fun novel. Three authors I really enjoy: Megan Abbott, Duane Swierczynski and Michael Connelly offered up high praise for the book, so I expected to like it and I ended up enjoying it even more than I expected The novel is about Jack Palms, a former actor who made on......more