Jack Liffey

"Shannon's long-running series compulsively readable. Keeping up with every new character and twist is challenging but rewarding….A lively private eye caper with a delightfully diverse cast." -KIRKUS REVIEW Jack Liffey's transition to the unexpected vocation of private investigator is complete with a client who desperately begs him to find her runaway teenage son but only under certain conditions such as not involving her estranged husband and accepting her half-truths. Knowing this case will lead to chaos, Jack is nevertheless morally compelled to find the boy. Of course, in short order, calamity ensues. A group of thugs, as ludicrous as they are menacing, break into Jack's condo and handcuff his girlfriend to his bed while covering her in deodorant for reasons passing understanding. This threat leads the private detective to take his precocious twelve-year-old daughter, Maeve, along with him on his search that leads him from a doomsday cult to a toxic chemical threat that looms over the city Los Angeles. The Jack Liffey series takes readers deep into the many Los Angeles ethnic communities, tribal enclaves, and religious cultures that sometimes co-exist, sometimes clash, but always surprise. Fans of Elmore Leonard will fall deep into the fast-paced, unpredictable, and dangerous world John Shannon creates.

"Shannon delivers a tour-de-force climax..." -Publishers Weekly When a bookstore owner's brilliant daughter Phuong Minh vanishes from Little Saigon, Jack Liffey once again finds himself in familiar territory-being in unfamiliar territory. Leaving LA, Jack crosses into Orange County's Vietnamese community, where he crosses paths with a troubled cop whose intentions are unclear, and Billy Gudger, a troubled young man who believes he is cursed by an exotic toadstone lodged in his brain. With the "Sagebrush Killer" on the loose, Jack must face the possibility that Phuong Minh is one of his victims, even as Jack continues to navigate Orange County's gang culture, and the beautiful mentor of the missing girl, Tien Joubert. As Publisher's Weekly wrote of Shannon's fourth installment of the Jack Liffey series, "When the parallel lines meet, Shannon delivers a tour-de-force climax, with the action believably, and beautifully, driven by each character's needs." The Jack Liffey series takes readers deep into the many Los Angeles ethnic communities, tribal enclaves, and religious cultures that sometimes co-exist, sometimes clash, but always surprise. Fans of George Pelecanos will fall deep into the fast-paced, unpredictable, and dangerous world John Shannon creates.

Introduction by David Corbett, Award-Winning Author of The Devil's Redhead Jack Liffey's reputation for finding missing kids has led to an offer from a lawyer to solve another disappearance, that of Hollywood icon Lori Bright's rebellious teenage daughter. Jack accepts the job with the promise of a hefty paycheck, determined to catch up on child support and renew visitation rights with his daughter, Maeve. After all, how hard can it be to find a wayward rich kid with no street smarts? The arrival of a ransom note changes everything and Jack is pushed into the world of violent skinheads, Jamaican gangsters, and, perhaps worst of all, movie studio executives. His increasing attraction to the iconic actress does not improve matters, serving to remind him that you can't trust anything in Los Angeles, even the stability of the ground beneath your feet. The Jack Liffey series takes readers deep into the many unexplored communities, enclaves and cultures of Los Angeles that sometimes co-exist, sometimes clash, but always surprise. Fans of Michael Connelly will fall deep into the fast-paced, unpredictable, and dangerous world John Shannon creates

Introduction by David Corbett, Author of New York Times Notable Book, Done for a Dime After losing his aerospace job-a casualty of the "peace dividend" brought by the end of the Cold War-52-year-old Jack Liffey still fights his personal wars: with the bottle, his ex-wife, and his loneliness after losing custody of his precocious and beloved daughter, Maeve. Before he can surrender to a life of alcoholic cynicism, an unexpected vocation enters his life when a mysterious woman from Mexico hires Jack to find her missing daughter. Suddenly, Jack is dealing with a real estate developer's goons, powerful politicians, and–perhaps most dangerous–his increasing feelings for a former nun who may be the key to the entire case. Armed with a small handgun and unwavering determination, Jack must rescue someone else's daughter so he can redeem his own sense of purpose-and fatherhood. The Jack Liffey series takes readers deep into the many unexplored communities, enclaves and cultures of Los Angeles that sometimes co-exist, sometimes clash, but always surprise. Fans of Michael Connelly will fall deep into the fast-paced, unpredictable, and dangerous world John Shannon creates.

Introduction by George Easter, Editor and Publisher of Deadly Pleasures Magazine Legendary LA sleuth Jack Liffey is back, and facing down a changing world, when his brazen daughter Maeve enlists him to help find Benjy-a gay social justice activist gone missing. Meanwhile, a needless act of violence sets off an urban range war between a group of gun-happy poachers and former Soviet paramilitary soldiers in an unlikely location: West Hollywood. Jack, still recovering from heart surgery and grappling with Maeve's aspirations to follow in his footsteps, must save the day before the entire community goes up in flames. In this latest installment of the Jack Liffey series, John Shannon picks up where he left off, taking readers deep into the many, unexplored communities, enclaves and cultures of Los Angeles that sometimes co-exist, sometimes clash, but always surprise. Fans of Vince Flynn will fall deep into the fast-paced, unpredictable, and dangerous world John Shannon creates. Widely recognized by mystery authors and critics as one of America's most acclaimed crime fiction writers, John Shannon has authored twenty novels beginning in 1972. His revered Jack Liffey books earned praise from every major publication including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and Library Journal.