Sweetpea's Secret [Paperback]

Renay Jackson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 2008

Renay Jackson’s previous books in this series introduced the curious character of Sweetpea, who’s not exactly what he seems. By day he’s Horace Boudreaux, mortgage broker and sometime playboy who likes nothing better than getting down with his girlfriend Harriette. Other times, he’s one of Oaktown’s more successful hitmen. He doesn’t kill only for pleasure, though he’s sadistic enough to smile while doing it; in Sweetpea’s Secret he kills for revenge. Oaktown’s notorious gangster Big Ed Tatum is one of his clients and so normally immune from Sweetpea’s wrath. But Big Ed crosses the line when he courts Sweetpea’s older sister Crystal, and worse, his henchman almost kills Sweetpea’s little sister Peanut. The hitman is happy to slash Big Ed’s throat in a Vegas parking lot. But the dead don’t always stay dead, as Sweetpea learns. Back on Oaktown’s mean streets, more adventures await as he takes on a trio of ruthlessly amoral, baby-faced thugs working the City Center. Renay Jackson’s raw style, streetwise characters, and uncensored images of “living just enough for the city” make Sweetpea’s Secret a memorable addition to the growing canon of important urban lit.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Jackson [is] an underground phenomenon in and around Oakland, the city he writes about with an insider’s eye for the mean and mystical streets.”
—San Francisco Chronicle

“Jackson’s display of true-to-life dialogue and down and dirty storyline brings you back to the city’s underbelly, where the have-nots struggle to survive in an attempt to achieve positions of power, money, and prestige.”
—Blogcritics magazine

"Sweetpea's Secret is an action packed page-turner that will leave you begging for more books by Renay Jackson."
—Urban-Reviews.com

About the Author

Renay Jackson is a former rapper and the self-proclaimed godfather of urban lit. The author of five previous books in this series—Oaktown Devil, Shakey’s Loose, Turf War, Peanut’s Revenge, and Crack City—he received the prestigious Chester Himes Black Mystery Writer Award in 2002. He lives in Oakland, CA.

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Frog Books (July 15, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1583942246
• ISBN-13: 978-1583942246
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 0.8 x 8.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,283,808 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Riveting Novel!, March 1, 2009

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This review is from: Sweetpea's Secret (Paperback)

Sweetpea is a mortgage broker by day and a successful hitman by night. But one of his jobs hit too close to home when Sweetpea finds out that a long time gangster named Big Ed Tatum has two sons that are alive and well. Sweetpea thought that he was done with Big Ed after he killed him, but now his sons are picking up where he left off. Sweetpea has to get rid of these two drug-dealing gangsters...but at what cost? With bodies piling up and the police breathing down his neck, Sweetpea has to finish this last job fast or risk going to jail or death.

Sweetpea's Secret is a riveting novel by Renay Jackson. Jackson expertly pulls the reader into the life of Sweetpea. Although the main character has a dubious profession, you will find yourself rooting for Sweetpea throughout this book. Jackson does such a good job of painting the picture of each scene that you'll feel like you're there. This story is filled with heart-stopping action and emotional family drama that will keep readers glued to the pages. Sweetpea's Secret is an action packed page-turner that will leave you begging for more books by Renay Jackson.

Reviewed by Radiah Hubbert
for Urban Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wicked Sweetpea (token), September 30, 2008

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token (ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sweetpea's Secret (Paperback)

There's mysterious deaths that keep popping up and noone feels safe because everyone is a victime for a hitman named Sweetpea. Big Ed Tatum, one of Sweetpea's clients, thought he was safe from the wrath because he dated Sweetpea's oldest Sister Crystal until he almost killed Sweetpea's youngest sister Peanut, and then it becomes deadly consequences. Eventually, Sweetpea will meet his fate from the start of the killings and the hunter now becomes the hunted. I would say I enjoyed this read, there was alot of suspense and humor, Eventhough, I didn't care too much for Renay Jackson's last book "Peanut's Revenge", I have to say in Sweetpea's Secret the author comes back bigger and harder in this one. An enjoyment for everyone to read.

5.0 out of 5 stars SWEETPEA'S SECRET, May 4, 2010

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D. Williams "Chaven56" (Syracuse, New York United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sweetpea's Secret (Paperback)

Now that was a book to read. I enjoyed Sweetpea's secret more than I did the last four books. This book was on and poppin. How could an uncle kill his nephew is beyond me, but I guess you kill first or be killed. This book was tight. Im about to read the last book. I hope there will be more to come. Boy was these books a great read.