Jack Wakes Up: A Novel
by Seth Harwood
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Author: Seth HarwoodEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-05-05
ISBN: 0307454355
Number of pages: 293
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
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Book Review: Action packed thrill ride
Summary: 5 Stars
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 serious drug habit. Now all he has to look forward to is his rationed one cigarette per day, a bowl of cereal and working out at the gym.
When one of his old friends, Ralph Anderino, calls upon him for a favor it's a no-brainer for Jack who's fending off the creditors and he accepts. Ralph offers him $2,000 to take some Czech businessmen out on the town to use Jack's celebrity to open VIP doors for the group. The only catch is that Jack also has to be the go between for a drug deal that will get the Czech's foot in the door to start dealing big time. After a night of partying and drugs Jack amazingly was able to stay clean and he was proud of himself for it. When he goes Ralph's house the next day to initiate the drug trade he finds Ralph dead.
Partnering up with the Czech businessmen Jack hunts down Ralph's killer but soon he's pulled right into the middle of an all out drug war that includes dueling drug lords, a prominent local businessman and both dirty and clean cops.
I sincerely hope that Jack Wakes Up is made into a movie. This was an action packed thrill ride that I didn't want to end. I could totally see Johnny Depp speeding along in the '66 Mustang Fastback that Jack drives. The characters were as endearing as thugs and drug dealers can be and I was sincerely rooting for them throughout the book.
Visit author Seth Harwood's website to listen to the entire book free! I had finished about 2/3 of the book when I found the podcast version and I listened to all but the last few chapters online. It was so much more action packed with music and sound effects. I can't wait for Harwood's next book Young Junius. This is a highly recommended read for all action and crime fiction lovers.
Summary of Jack Wakes Up: A Novel
Washed-up movie star Jack Palms is knee-deep in a Bay Area drug war and it ll take the performance of a lifetime to get him through it alive.In the three years since Jack Palms left Hollywood and kicked his drug habit, he s added fourteen pounds of muscle, read eighty-three books, and played it as straight as anyone could reasonably ask. But the residual checks are drying up, and the ascetic lifestyle s starting to wear thin, so Jack s happy to cash in on his former celebrity by showing some out-of-town high rollers around San Francisco s club scene.
Then people start turning up dead, and Jack realizes he s been playing tour guide to a pack of former KGB agents turned coke dealers. Soon he s got too many gunmen after him to count including a South American drug cartel, a mountain-sized Samoan enforcer, and a mobbed-up strip-club owner with an army of thugs. That s not to mention the gorgeous bartender who may be planning on shooting him in the back and the homicide cop who s just given Jack twenty-four hours to bring down the Bay Area s biggest drug dealer.
But the thing that scares Jack the most? He s starting to enjoy himself.
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