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"...will make you laugh out loud and wish for more." -- Linda Huntley Wills, Rockwall Texas Success
"Boyd's characters are eccentric and her situations outrageous. The dialog is terrific and the plot exciting. Highly recommended." -- Sally Powers, I Love a Mystery
"If you love Janet Evanovich or Joan Hess, then you will loooove Texas' own Jolene Jackson." -- Cozies, Capers & Crimes
"Jolene's rich wit as she describes her corner of Texas and its inhabitants is downright hilarious." -- Margaret Baker, Baldwin Ledger
"Paula Boyd has a way with Texas humor, weaving a great mystery that's ingeniously plotted." -- Pam Stone, MyShelf.com
"Boyd's characters are eccentric and her situations outrageous. The dialog is terrific and the plot exciting. Highly recommended." -- Sally Powers, I Love a Mystery
"If you love Janet Evanovich or Joan Hess, then you will loooove Texas' own Jolene Jackson." -- Cozies, Capers & Crimes
"Jolene's rich wit as she describes her corner of Texas and its inhabitants is downright hilarious." -- Margaret Baker, Baldwin Ledger
"Paula Boyd has a way with Texas humor, weaving a great mystery that's ingeniously plotted." -- Pam Stone, MyShelf.com
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The Jolene Jackson Mystery Series includes Hot Enough to Kill, Dead Man Falls, and Turkey Ranch Road Rage, coming Fall 2002.
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Paula Boyd is the author of the Turkey Ranch Road Rage, the Third Jolene Jackson Mystery series, which features the mother-daughter anti-team of Lucille and Jolene.
Paula grew up in a small town in Texas that some would say was not unlike the fictional Kickapoo, which is just down the road from a bigger town that might, in some small ways, resemble the also fictional Redwater Falls. Paula also, coincidentally, lived in Colorado for about 20 years, but unlike her alter ego Jolene, she now resides happily in Arkansas.
An excerpt from the first Jolene Jackson Mystery, Hot Enough to Kill, is featured in the University of Texas Press' Lone Star Sleuths: An Anthology of Texas Crime Fiction. The second in the series, Dead Man Falls, won the WILLA Literary Award Winner for Best Original Paperback.
Paula's books have been featured in national and regional magazines and she has appeared on local and national television, including CSPAN's Book TV.
Paula grew up in a small town in Texas that some would say was not unlike the fictional Kickapoo, which is just down the road from a bigger town that might, in some small ways, resemble the also fictional Redwater Falls. Paula also, coincidentally, lived in Colorado for about 20 years, but unlike her alter ego Jolene, she now resides happily in Arkansas.
An excerpt from the first Jolene Jackson Mystery, Hot Enough to Kill, is featured in the University of Texas Press' Lone Star Sleuths: An Anthology of Texas Crime Fiction. The second in the series, Dead Man Falls, won the WILLA Literary Award Winner for Best Original Paperback.
Paula's books have been featured in national and regional magazines and she has appeared on local and national television, including CSPAN's Book TV.
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Paula Boyd is a new, and welcome!, entry into the female amateur sleuth genre. She has a great ear for dialog, and her mother/daughter combo is really funny. She keeps a lively pace, and spins a good story. I'm looking forward to more!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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A first rate original Mystery! You'll love it.,
By Joan Hall Hovey "Author & book lover" (New Brunswick Canada) - See all my reviews
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Paula Boyd has been compared to Joan Hess,Janet Evanovich and others who are leaders in this genre. The comparison is more than deserved. If you like a classy mystery with lots of laughs, you will love Paula Boyd's Jolene Jackson mysteries. Boyd's writing is tight, well-crafted and her dialogue purely sparkles with wit and humor. Here's a blurb from the back cover:"Jolene's back in Kickapoo, Texas, for her mother's annual birthday bash at the DQ, which is trouble enough in its own right, but when her checkered high school past comes back to haunt her, the problems turn decidedly Thanks to her old sweetheart, Sheriff Jerry Don Parker, high school wasn't that bad for Jolene - if you don't count the scandal with the non-teaching English teacher, the daily death threats from a jealous rival or the cocky come-ons from the perverted principal. Okay, maybe things weren't all that great back then after all, but with bodies turning up faster than beer cans in the river, they're a darned sight worse now. And it doesn't help matters that Rhonda The-Lying-Slut Davenport is telling anyone who will listen that Jolene ought to be the one showing up dead." Great fun and a terrific mystery! Treat yourself; order Dead Man Falls. Joan Hall Hovey
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Dead Man Falls,
By "allvol" (Knoxville, TN USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dead Man Falls (Jolene Jackson Mysteries) (Paperback)
This is truly one of my favorite authors. Just regret that she doesn't turn out more books and is not really recognizable. If you haven't read about her, then by all means I recommend her with highest praise. Her books are a real joy, right up there with Evanovich, Jance, and Grafton.
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I can't be sure, of course, but I suspect that for most folks, their mother's birthday is neither an earth-shaking event nor a life-altering one. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Redwater Falls, Red White, Calvin Holt, Jerry Don Parker, Sharon Addleman, Willard Pollock, Russell Clements, Sheriff Parker, Dairy Queen, Miz Jackson, Bowman County, Leroy Harper, Rhonda Davenport, Fritz Harper, Harley Junior, Harley Senior, Lucille Jackson, Surfer Dude, Detective Rick, Nathan Irwin, Jolene Jackson, Nadine Irwin, Bowman City, Deputy Harper, Harley Danvers New!
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I can't be sure, of course, but I suspect that for most folks, their mother's birthday is neither an earth-shaking event nor a life-altering one. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Redwater Falls, Red White, Calvin Holt, Jerry Don Parker, Sharon Addleman, Willard Pollock, Russell Clements, Sheriff Parker, Dairy Queen, Miz Jackson, Bowman County, Leroy Harper, Rhonda Davenport, Fritz Harper, Harley Junior, Harley Senior, Lucille Jackson, Surfer Dude, Detective Rick, Nathan Irwin, Jolene Jackson, Nadine Irwin, Bowman City, Deputy Harper, Harley Danvers New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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