Rusty Nail: A Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels Mystery [BARGAIN PRICE] (Audio CD)

by J. A. Konrath (Author), Susie Breck and Dick Hill (Reader)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
Konrath's third outing to feature Chicago police lieutenant Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels, like its predecessors, Whiskey Sour and Bloody Mary, offers violent thrills peppered with hilarious one-liners. Jack's receipt of an anonymous snuff video that looks like the work of a serial killer called the Gingerbread Man, who was recently brought to justice, marks the start of a cat-and-mouse game with the killer, who plucks victims from the periphery of Jack's world—both professional and private. When Jack shakes the Gingerbread Man's twisted family tree, she unearths an unspeakable history of depravity and awakens sleeping dogs better left alone. A wedding in the woods turns sinister after a poison-laced champagne toast renders everyone in the wedding party unconscious, and Jack must race to save her friends from the surprise demon spawn that has outwitted her—though perhaps not the reader. Some may find that the surfeit of gore detracts from the engaging characters, true guffaws and tightly knit subplots.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Review
"Excellent smart-mouth thrills . . . my advice: Take a long sip." -- Lee Child

"Snappy dialogue. Powerful action. A fabulous character to spend time with." -- David Morrell

"This is a solid and successful sophomore effort that demands the next drink -- er, installment -- and soon" -- M.J. Rose --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged; Unabridged edition (July 5, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593554966
• ASIN: B00127SJFS
• Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,149,259 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Genuinely Original Entertainment, October 18, 2007

By	M. Wilhite (Springfield, IL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Rusty Nail (Jack Daniels Mysteries) (Hardcover)

Just wanted to write and say thank you to Mr Konrath for entertaining me for the last few years. Jack Daniels is one of the freshest characters to hit print in a long time. Until Whiskey Sour, in order to get mystery in the same package as humor, you had to settle for Evanovich. Don't get me wrong -- I still love Evanovich when I'm in the mood for some brain candy, but it is a bit unfulfilling.

Jack brings me the suspense and terror of Thomas Harris with the intelligent, twisted humor of the Farrelly Brothers. On top of it all, being an ex-Chicagoan, I get to visit home with Jack. Also in favor of the books, my wife, the lifelong South Side Chicagoan, actually got physically ill during one of the scenes in Rusty Nail. Now THAT is good entertainment.

If you haven't already done it, do yourself a favor and buy all of Konrath's work. You won't be disappointed . . . unless, of course, you are a no-humor stiff. Even then, at least Konrath will have a bit more money to go towards entertaining me.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent Jack Daniels police procedural, July 12, 2006

By	Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews (#1 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Rusty Nail (Jack Daniels Mysteries) (Hardcover)

Chicago police lieutenant Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels receives an anonymous snuff video that appears to be the classic work of serial killer the Gingerbread Man, Charles Kork. The only problem with holding the Gingerbread Man culpable is that he is already a guest of the state. Jack assumes it is copy cat with insider information. Since her partner Herb Benedict is hospitalized, she decides to go it alone looking closely at Kork's relatives and friends.

However, though she finds perversion, insanity, criminality and worse as the norm, Jack fails to get any closer to identifying and catching the killer. Instead the unknown murderer seems to target those related to the beleaguered cop who leaves taunting clues like toes in the cookie jar for Jack insisting he is back. Jack knows she must stop this brilliant but psychopath copy cat killer before he toasts the deaths of her loved ones because he seems to be fixated on her.

The killer ironically is obvious to the reader early on while Jack remains clueless as the culprit outplays her at every turn in their cat and mouse encounter. As always with a Jack Daniels police procedural (see WHISKEY SOUR and BLOODY MARY) gore and humor are mixed together often in the same scene. Fans will laugh and groan as Jack battles against a diabolical lethal lunatic, who seems always one step, make that multiple steps, ahead of her.

Harriet Klausner

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars over the top, March 25, 2007

By	Beverly Bell (Vista, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Rusty Nail (Jack Daniels Mysteries) (Hardcover)

J.A. Konrath needs to trust his writing more and not feel that he needs to always have a horrific crime playing counterpoint to his storyline. His characters are well fleshed-out and we like and enjoy them. The crime story and characters are so over the top I just began to skim them, boring.
It is dissapointing to see such good talent wasted.