Fuzzy Navel (Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels Mysteries) [Mass Market Paperback]

J. A. Konrath (Author)

Book Description

Series: Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels Mysteries | Publication Date: May 26, 2009

Things are going well for Lieutenant Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels of the Chicago Police Department. She has solved some of the city’s toughest and most high-profile homicides. Her personal life is finally in order. Her friends and family are safe and happy. And she just got a call that eased her mind like nothing else could: Alex Kork, one of the most dangerous criminals Jack ever arrested, killed herself while in jail. But things sour quickly when a group of vigilantes on a murderous spree decide to take down a cop and the people she cares about…and they turn downright awful when Jack discovers that Kork may not be dead after all. The next eight hours will be the worst of Jack’s life. And that’s saying something. Fuzzy Navel is perfect for listeners who like their mysteries with a shot of humor. “A particularly potent mix of equal parts mirth and mayhem with a dash of sex and a twist (or two) of plot...Konrath’s latest should be taken straight, no chaser needed.” – Publishers Weekly “A well-shaken mix of action, humor, suspense, and sharp dialogue.” – Newsday “A phenomenal thriller that never disappoints.” – Lloyd Woodall, Borders Group, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan “J.A. Konrath has done it again. I’ve read every book, and I still want more.” – Norman Goldman, Barnes & Noble, Encino, California

--This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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About the Author

J.A. Konrath is the author of the Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels series that includes “Whiskey Sour,” “Bloody Mary,” “Rusty Nail,” “Dirty Martini,” “Fuzzy Navel” and “Cherry Bomb.” --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Hyperion; Reprint edition (May 26, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786891297
• ISBN-13: 978-0786891290
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #586,852 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FAST PACED AND FUNNY, July 18, 2008

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Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fuzzy Navel (Jacqueline) (Hardcover)

Fast-paced and funny aptly describes the Lieutenant Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels stories so well crafted by J. A. Konrath. With this, the fifth in the series following Dirty Martini, he ups both suspense and danger.

What begins has an investigation of sniper shootings ends in the worst nightmare Daniels could imagine. Earlier, she received word that her psychopathic enemy Alex Kork has committed suicide. It's a relief to have such an amoral, pitiless person gone forever. Not so.

As Jack is pondering the shootings, the work of some weirdo vigilantes who loathe sex offenders and cops, she receives a call from her mother asking her to come home. Jack knows something isn't right and she races home after telling her partner that she'll be back in a few hours.

Home isn't what it once was - she finds her mother and Latham, her fiancé, held prisoner by Kork, quite alive and deadlier than ever. As Jack is largely responsible for Kork's imprisonment, the demented diva is set on revenge in spades. Further the wacky snipers have managed to track Jack's car and they want to join the fun of offing Jack.

How she can combat the bloodthirsty Kork and the snipers is the key question.

Author Konrath has been quoted as saying he wanted to create a series with "laugh out loud humor and enough chills to make the reader lock all the doors." He certainly has!

- Gail Cooke

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mayhem, September 26, 2008

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Ted Feit (Long Beach, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fuzzy Navel (Jacqueline) (Hardcover)

If you like unadulterated, non-stop violence, this novel is for you. It is the latest in the Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels series, and begins with three vigilantes conducting simultaneous sniping murders of three sex offenders. Jack is on the scene and one of the shooters thinks she saw him so he gets his confederates to join him in following her home to eliminate her as a witness.

At the same time, Jack's old nemesis Alex Kork escapes from the facility where she is incarcerated and invades Jack's home with the intent of torturing and killing Jack and others responsible for her capture. She begins a game of Russian roulette, asking Jack all sorts of questions. If an answer is incorrect, Alex pulls the trigger, giving the selected victims---Jack's mom and fiancé--a one-in-six chance of survival. Then the snipers show up and all kinds of mayhem occurs.

The story is a continuous series of gruesome murders, maiming, fighting, wounds and other misfortunes. If that's your cup of tea, fine, but it might not appeal to everyone.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars FAST PACE ACTION, April 23, 2010

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Barbara Lane "Audio Books only" (Sydney Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fuzzy Navel (Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the first book I have listened to by K.A.Konrath (even though its no 5 in the series). I had no problem following the characters and their connections with each other.


Lt.Jack Daniels is trapped in her own home with those she loves, with a psycho bent on killing them all inside with them. But there is also a band of crazed snipers outside wanting the same. It is quick and enjoyable read.

It is a genuinely, nail-bitingly thrilling, while, at the same time, being laugh-out-loud funny.

The villains are colourful, plentiful and bloodthirsty. Even the cat vicously attacks someone right at the wrong time while bullets are flying. Jack and her posse find themselves besieged on every side and its unimaginable how they'll get out of this one.

Worth a read or an audible listen.