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The Jury Series (Four Complete Novels) [Kindle Edition]

Lee Goldberg
2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)

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Book Description

An All-New, totally reformatted, updated, and repackaged edition! 

From Lee Goldberg, the bestselling author of THE WALK, comes all four of his acclaimed JURY novels..collected into one mega-sized, pulse-pounding, thrill-ride that will leave you breathless:

JUDGMENT * ADJOURNED * PAYBACK * GUILTY

The complete saga of Brett Macklin, a one-man judge, jury, and executioner, fighting a war on terror on the streets of Los Angeles in the mid-1980s. Over 160,000 words/550 pages of non-stop action, wildly erotic sex, and wicked humor.

The series, published in 1985, under the title ".357 Vigilante," was written by Ian Ludlow... a pseudonym for Lee Goldberg, who wrote the books while he was a UCLA student, under the supervision of his professor, novelist Lewis Perdue ("The DaVinci Legacy," "The Queensgate Reckoning," "Daughter of God," etc). Goldberg would later go on to write and/or produce such TV shows as "Monk," "Diagnosis Murder," "SeaQuest," and "The Glades" and write many more novels, including THE WALK and the best-selling "Monk" series of original mysteries. 

This compendium includes "Guilty," the long-lost fourth and final book in the series, which was caught up in the bankruptcy of Pinnacle Books, the original publisher, and was never published in print. For decades, it was considered "lost" and coveted by fans of the men's action adventure genre...before it was finally found and, at long last, published as an ebook.

And as a special bonus, this edition includes "Hot Sex and Gory Violence," Lee Goldberg's Newsweek essay about the writing of the series.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR LEE GOLDBERG:

"A high-octane mystery that moves like a bullet-train!" New York Times Bestselling author Janet Evanovich

"Can books be better than television? You bet they can -- when Lee Goldberg's writing them," New York Times bestselling author Lee Child

"Leaves you guessing right up until the heart-stopping ending," New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner

"Lee Goldberg can plot and write with the best of them," Mystery Scene Magazine

"Entertaining and ruefully funny," Honolulu Star Bulletin

"THE WALK is a magnificent novel -- by turns hilarious, scary, sad, witty and ultimately wise on its judgments about the way so many of us live these days. And it's one hell of a page-turner, too," Author Ed Gorman, founder of Mystery Scene Magazine

"Harrowing and funny..." -Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

"With books this good, who needs TV?" Chicago Sun Times

"You'd be hard-pressed to find another recent work that provides so many hip and humorous moments," Bookgasm

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"This four-book collection is straight-up men's adventure material [and] recharged my love for the genre," Bruce Grossman, Bookgasm

"As stunning as the report of a .357 Magnum, a dynamic premiere effort [...] The Best New Paperback Series of the year!"
 
--West Coast Review of Books

"Generous helpings of sex and violent action [...] if you're a fan of Robert B. Parker, Dirty Harry, early Lawrence Block, or the Die Hard movies, you'll have a very good time," --J.A. Konrath, bestselling author of THE LIST and ORIGIN

"Judgment has an amped-up, neon-bright,'burning rubber down the main drag doing sixty while blaring Motley Crue so loud you can't even think' sort of quality. And that's how I like it."   --Post-Modern Pulps

"Lee Goldberg's The Jury Series serves vengeance hot with loads of action and plenty of suspense to keep you turning the e-pages. Vigilante justice was never so much fun," --Joel Goldman, bestselling author of "Motion to Kill" 

"This gritty, action-packed escapist yarn explodes straight out of the freewheeling 1980's...sharp writing, wicked wit, wall-to-wall action, and over-the-top sex."   --Paul Levine, bestselling author of "Soloman & Lord" 

About the Author

The series, published in 1985, under the title ".357 Vigilante," was written by Ian Ludlow... a pseudonym for Lee Goldberg, who wrote the books while he was a UCLA student under the supervision of his professor, novelist Lewis Perdue ("The DaVinci Legacy," "The Queensgate Reckoning," "Daughter of God," etc). Goldberg would later go on to write and/or produce such TV shows as "Monk," "Diagnosis Murder," "SeaQuest," and "The Glades" and many more novels, including THE WALK, KING CITY, and the best-selling "Monk" series of original mysteries.

Product Details

  • File Size: 639 KB
  • Print Length: 551 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1461083915
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Publisher: Adventures in Television; 3 edition (April 15, 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B002OL1XCW
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Enabled
  • Lending: Enabled
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,106 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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Problem with Kindle is that you cannot send the books back. rick baratta  |  3 reviewers made a similar statement
The typos and grammatical errors were just too distracting. A. Smith  |  4 reviewers made a similar statement
I can't remember the last time I didn't finish a book. John E. Craib  |  2 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Newly-Formatted Badass Fun May 6, 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
Lee Goldberg cut his storytelling teeth with these gritty and violent tales of 1980s L.A., but these books don't read like the work of a beginner. Far from it. These are the early works of a master, and the dark pulse-pounding tension starts on page 1 and never lets up.

Apparently there were some typos in an earlier edition, but everything looks perfect now. Slick as glass and rough as textured cement, these stories are sure to satisfy even the most discriminating lovers of city noir. Highly recommended.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Cheap, Fast, and Out of Control! May 24, 2011
Format:Paperback
If you like your action hot and your women hotter, look no further: this quartet of mayhem-packed tales delivers the goods in spades. The sun-blistered, drug-drenched streets of '80s LA are rendered in vivid shades of noir-black and blood-red as superpredator Brett Macklin takes the law into his own hands and doles out justice like a not-so-Grim Reaper. Four works by the master at an unbeatable price, and every single one of the fast, cheap... and out of control!
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Shoot the transcriber but try the book November 13, 2010
By Chevmag
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Sack the transcriber immediately! How many errors can be in one series? One part of me was cheering Mack on & thinking we need more of him on our streets whilst another part was becoming increasingly uncomfortable with the escalating violence. I did love the tongue in, er, cheek way Mort was killed! I would read more of his work if there was a guarantee of no errors AMV Melbourne Australia
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars Most unusual series of stories
This series is difficult to rate, explain, or review. Reading these stories is like the old joke about Chinese food, no sooner do you finish a story than your ready for the next... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Bill Swann
4.0 out of 5 stars BIG GUNS
One of the best truck stop books I've read in a while every thing a trucker likes . THANKS again
Published 3 months ago by Jerl Duke Robertson
5.0 out of 5 stars Jury duty
This man takes no prisoners. He is the type of hero that you wish there were more of in the world
Published 4 months ago by patman
3.0 out of 5 stars Blood & Guts
Each book has star being beaten nearly senseless, only to do rapid recovery and become a "winner".
Nice ending, in final recovery. Read on
Published 4 months ago by J. W. Chapman
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
A good collection of vigilante justice. A quick read and hard to put down series. Lee Goldberg does it again.
Published 5 months ago by S. Watson
2.0 out of 5 stars Pass. Not worth Six Bucks
The grammar was choppy. The plots pre-teen. The technologies...erroneous.

I expected much and got little in return. Perhaps Mr. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Boris
4.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Hooked by the characters from beginning. Sad to read last page.
Would recommend this book. Look forward to more by this author.
Published 6 months ago by Mrs LC Truby
1.0 out of 5 stars The Jury Series
I think that I paid $3.99 for this 4 book series and having read through the full series could not wait to delete it from my Kindle. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Roughnutt
1.0 out of 5 stars Too violent for me
I only read about ten pages before I decided this book was too violent for my tastes. I quit reading and deleted the book without going any further.
Published 8 months ago by Imogene
3.0 out of 5 stars readable
This was my first book read on my KINDLE. i found the books readable but the story lines did not grab me to the point that i would rush out to read any other books by Lee... Read more
Published 9 months ago by rich
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More About the Author

Lee Goldberg is an ex-Navy SEAL, freelance Sexual Surrogate and a professional Pierce Brosnan impersonator.

Okay, that's not true. But he wants this biography to be really exciting, so pay attention. If things bog down, I've been instructed to add a car chase or some explicit sex.

Here's the real story. Lee Goldberg writes books and television shows.

His mother wanted him to be a doctor, and his grandfather wanted him to go into the family furniture business. Instead, he put himself through UCLA as a freelance journalist, writing for such publications as American Film, Starlog, Newsweek, The Los Angeles Times Syndicate, The Washington Post and The San Francisco Chronicle (He also wrote erotic letters to the editor for Playgirl at $25-a-letter, but he doesn't tell people about that, he just likes to boast about those "tiffany" credits).

He published his first book ".357 Vigilante" (as "Ian Ludlow," so he'd be on the shelf next to Robert Ludlum) while he was still a UCLA student. The West Coast Review of Books called his debut "as stunning as the report of a .357 Magnum, a dynamic premiere effort," singling the book out as "The Best New Paperback Series" of the year. Naturally, the publisher promptly went bankrupt and he never saw a dime in royalties. (But the books are available on the Kindle as "The Jury Series")

Welcome to publishing, Lee.

His subsequent books include the non-fiction books "Successful Television Writing" and "Unsold Television Pilots" ("The Best Bathroom Reading Ever!" San Francisco Chronicle) as well as the novels "My Gun Has Bullets" ("It will make you cackle like a sitcom laugh track," Entertainment Weekly), "Dead Space" ("Outrageously entertaining," Kirkus Reviews), "Watch Me Die" ("as dark and twisted as anything Hammet or Chandler ever dreamed up," Kirkus Reviews).

"Take me now," she moaned, "you hot writer stud."

She tore off her clothes and tackled him onto the floor, unable to control her raging lust. Nothing excited her more than being around a writer with a big list of books.

Got your attention again? Good. I don't know about you, but I was starting to nod off. Where was I? Oh yes...

Goldberg broke into television with a freelance script sale to "Spenser: For Hire." Since then, his TV writing & producing credits have covered a wide variety of genres, including sci-fi (SeaQuest), cop shows (Hunter, The Glades), martial arts (Martial Law), whodunits (Diagnosis Murder, Nero Wolfe), the occult (She-Wolf of London), kid's shows (R.L. Stine's The Nightmare Room), T&A (Baywatch), comedy (Monk) and utter crap (The Highwayman). His TV work has earned him two Edgar Award nominations from the Mystery Writers of America.

His two careers, novelist and TV writer, merged when he began writing the "Diagnosis Murder" series of original novels, based on the hit CBS TV mystery that he also wrote and produced, and later wrote the 15 bestselling novels based on "Monk," another show that he worked on. He's also the co-creator of Amazon's "The Dead Man" series of monthly horror novellas and the author of the crime thriller "King City." He's currently writing a new series of books with Janet Evanovich.

But perhaps he's best known for his pioneering work mapping the human genome and negotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Goldberg lives in Los Angeles with his wife and his daughter and still sleeps in "Man From UNCLE" pajamas.

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