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Jonna Turner (Author)
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May 10, 2002
Revised Second Edition. Set in modern day, but with haunting flashbacks to the mid-1900s, The Desk is a film-noir of a novel whose heroine, Jeagan Christensen, is forced by visions to become one gutsy gal in quest of answers. A desk, which comes into her possession as an antique, also brings with it the antiquity of an unrequited murder. It is the murder of an innocent, as Jeagan discovers in her quest, that was covered up to retain the honor of a class-conscious family. Against odds, which would daunt even the seasoned professional, Jeagan rushes forth oblivious to her amateur stature to put meat on the bones of an old skeleton that refuses to remain in the closet.
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About the Author

Jonna Turner is an award-winning author of four novels, short stories, motivational radio scripts, and feature articles for newspapers and magazines. She lives on the northern edge of the Palmer Divide in Colorado with her husband and golden retriever. She welcomes reader e-mail on her Facebook page and at her website: www.jonnaturner.com --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 180 pages
  • Publisher: 1st Book Library (May 10, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0759682151
  • ISBN-13: 978-0759682153
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,918,919 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Jonna Turner is an award-winning author of five novels, short stories, motivational radio scripts for Art Linkletter's The ART of Positive Thinking and feature articles for Positive Living Magazine, Buy Colorado newspaper, Miss Kitty's Journal, Prairie Times, YourHub.com, and Southern Writers Magazine.

She lives (teeters actually) on the northern edge of the Palmer Divide in Colorado with her husband (A retired FedEx pilot who is building his own airplane. Watch out!) and their golden retriever (an adorable fuzzbucket named Shiloh).

She welcomes reader and golden retriever lover e-mail on her Facebook page and at her website: www.jonnaturner.com.

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Desk---A MUST read..., November 19, 2005
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I must commend the talents of Jonna Turner!!!! I just completed THE DESK and found myself unable to put it down. I liked it so much that I had to purchase her next book, NEW PICTURES OF AN OLD MURDER, right away and can't wait to start reading it. The Desk is an easy read and goes at a fast pace from start to the edge-of-your-seat end!!!! A+++
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3.0 out of 5 stars Fresh and Promising, February 12, 2003
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Jonna Turner's book combines the style of Nancy Drew, the angst of afternoon television soaps, the fantasy of a bored traveller in Memphis, and a good but incredulous plot to provide a couple hours of fast read entertainment. Her main character Jeagan is refreshingly unpretentious and so naive, that an aspiring Agathe Christie or Nancy Drew will find him or herself at home in her shoes. Here is a character more concerned about matching her outfits than analyzing her clues. Still Jonna Turner is a fresh and promising author.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Touch of Memphis, October 22, 2002
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I very much enjoyed this book I think in part because of the setting in Memphis. The Memphis backdrop really made the book come to life for me having lived in Memphis for years.

The storyline of the desk actually being the catalist to set the story in motion was very interesting. It was a book I read from start to finish in one sitting, not just because it was less than 200 pages, but because it was intriguing and I had to find out how it ended.

It's a great book to sit down on a rainy Sunday afternoon and enjoy.

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Lieutenant Freshour, Isabel Lloyd, Miss Christensen, Jeagan Christensen, Agnes Harraway, Ken Rockwell, Edward Coffey, Peabody Hotel, Union Avenue, Jane Koehler, Memphis Police Department, Beale Street, Miss Lloyd, Sergeant Fields, Mississippi River, Darrell Hannah, Miz Harraway, Miz Isabel, Bryan Yust, Front Street, Geoff Christensen, Miz Christensen, New Orleans, Robert Lloyd, Sergeant Jim Hylton
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