The Girl in the Motel - Paperback - SECONDS
The Girl in the Motel - Paperback - SECONDS
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Detective Mary Joe Court sleeps with a shotgun beside her bed and a loveable bullmastiff at her feet. For the past twelve years, she's hidden from a nightmarish past, but with every passing day, her scars fade, and her heart grows lighter. Now, for the first time in her life, she looks forward to her future. She's happy.
Then she finds the body.
Someone shot the victim in her chest and left her to die in a cheap motel. Joe knew her well. She grew up with her. They were sisters, of a sort.
Twelve years ago, the victim put a gangster in prison. Now that gangster's out, and he's looking to settle scores—Joe included.
Joe has fought to leave her past behind. Now, she has to face it or lose everything she cares about. Because the killer hunting her will tear apart her carefully constructed life piece by piece until there's nothing left.
Unless Joe gets him first.
New York Times' bestselling author Chris Culver's riveting Joe Court series has suspense that will keep you awake at night, mysteries that will keep you guessing until the last page, and a hero you'll love.
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ℹ️THESE CHEAP PAPERBACKS ARE SECONDS!ℹ️
What is a second? It's a new, perfectly readable book, but it has a cosmetic problem. Sometimes, the cover has a fold. Sometimes the edges are rough. Occasionally, it has a bulge due to excess glue on the spine. I can't sell them for full price, and I'd hate to send them back to the print ship because they'd rather destroy them. Instead, I sell them CHEAPLY so you can get a deal, and I can get them out of my warehouse.
I don't always have a ton of these, so they're first-come, first-serve.
🔥Come see Beautiful St. Augustine! Survival not guaranteed!🔥
As I waited for my coffee, my phone buzzed. Even in bucolic St. Augustine, early-morning phone calls never boded well. I sighed before answering.
“It’s Joe. Yeah?”
“Morning, Joe. Hear you got into a fist fight last night. You doing okay?”
The voice belonged to Sheriff Travis Kosen. I had met him twelve years ago when he had been a detective in St. Louis. He gave me my first job years later after I finished college.
“I’m fine, and it wasn’t a fist fight. A drunk guy took a swing at me, missed, and fell down. I put cuffs on him before he could stand up again.”
“So you won.”
My lips curled into a tight smile. “If that’s your definition of winning, I guess I did. I’m on my way in. What do you need?”
The boss grunted. “We’ve got a murder at the Wayfair Motel.”
I rubbed sleep out of my eyes and groaned.
“I haven’t even had my coffee yet. It’s too early for a body.”
Two or three tourists looked at me askance, but I ignored them.
“Death pays little mind to our creature comforts,” said Travis. “You’ve got a job to do.”
👉FROM: The Girl in the Motel, the first book in the Joe Court series. 😋
WHAT’S THE JOE COURT SERIES ABOUT?
Joe Court is a young detective in fictional tourist town and county of St Augustine, Missouri. The streets are well-swept, the surroundings are gorgeous, and the people are friendly—except for the murderers, of course.
Beneath its beautiful exterior, St. Augustine is a county built on poison and lies. Its murder rate is astronomical, its government is corrupt, and drug use is out of control.
Joe’s there to clean the place up. It’s not going to be easy, but she’s exactly the right person or the job.
The books are gripping, gritty murder mysteries. In each book, Joe Court investigates a crime—usually a murder, but not always—and takes that crime to a thrilling conclusion. I don’t like cliffhangers. The main story is resolved in each book. You’re going to find out what happened to the bad guys in each story. That said, there are side stories that continue from one book to another. A rumor in one book might turn out to be a far bigger deal than anyone anticipated in later books. Because of that, it’s best to read the story in order.
