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Jay Desmarteaux series

The Boy from County Hell by Thomas Pluck: Cover Reveal and Excerpt

By Thomas Pluck

September 30, 2021

Jay Desmarteaux raised a whole lot of hell in New Jersey after he was released from prison after 25 years for the murder of a rapist bully at his school. Now he’s on the run in his home state of Louisiana, where he traces his roots to an evil family tree that’s grown large and…

DISCOUNT: Bad Boy Boogie by Thomas Pluck

By Crime HQ

July 30, 2018

Bad Boy Boogie by Thomas Pluck is the first book in the new Jay Desmarteaux Crime Thriller series. Get a digital copy of Bad Boy Boogie for only $2.99 through the month of August! When Jay Desmarteaux steps out of from prison after serving 25 years for murdering a vicious school bully, he tries to follow his convict mentor’s…

A Dangerous Dance: A Conversation with Alex Segura & Thomas Pluck

By Alex Segura

April 12, 2017

You’d be hard-pressed to find crime-fiction protagonists more different than Jay Desmarteaux and Pete Fernandez. One is a grizzled ex-con, the other a washed up ex-journalist struggling to be a PI. And while they’re not really running in the same social circles, both come from the minds of two crime-fiction contemporaries in Thomas Pluck and…

Review: Bad Boy Boogie by Thomas Pluck

By Neliza Drew

March 22, 2017

Bad Boy Boogie by Thomas Pluck is the 1st book in the new Jay Desmarteaux Crime Thriller series. Jay Desmarteaux walks out of prison after 25 years with a new set of rules learned from mentors inside, survival skills he’s adopted to stay alive, and every mechanics certification they offered. He’s also got some ideas about…

Bad Boy Boogie: New Excerpt

By Thomas Pluck

March 15, 2017

Bad Boy Boogie by Thomas Pluck is the 1st book in the new Jay Desmarteaux Crime Thriller series (available March 20, 2017). Read an excerpt from Bad Boy Boogie, then make sure to sign in and comment below for a chance to win a copy of the 1st Jay Desmarteaux Crime Thriller! When Jay Desmarteaux steps out…

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