The Jacq of Spades (Red Dog Conspiracy) - Softcover

Loofbourrow, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1944223002 ISBN 13: 9781944223007

Publisher: Red Dog Press, LLC, 2015

Synopsis

A boy vanishes. But not just any boy.

1899 years after the Catastrophe, Bridges is owned by the Mob. As the city's steam-driven infrastructure fails, a new faction rises: the Red Dogs.

Jacqueline Spadros is haunted by her best friend Air's death, killed as he tried to stop her sale to the Spadros crime syndicate ten years ago. Now in an unwilling marriage to the city's biggest drug lord, she secretly runs a small-time private eye business to earn enough money to escape.

Air's little brother disappears from his back porch. And now someone is following Jacqui.

Dark, gritty, psychological, multi-layered Victorian-inspired far future detective noir that keeps the reader guessing to the very end.

From the author:

The Jacq of Spades is the first chapter of the Red Dog Conspiracy steampunk crime family saga.

My vision for Red Dog Conspiracy is that there is a yet undiscovered gender-flipped detective noir miniseries set in a future world - a steampunk dystopia under a dome in the heart of the former US. This series tells that story.

Lovers of Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, Bosch, or the Sherlock Holmes mysteries will enjoy this debut novel of the Red Dog Conspiracy series from "The Queen of Steampunk Noir" ....

What readers say about The Jacq of Spades:

"... a world of family intrigue combined with feuding households across the four quadrants of Bridges..." June Lorraine Roberts, Murder In Common

"This was the first steampunk book that I've read that I actually really loved." Gabby's Honest Book Reviews

"For rich pageantry and a complex culture navigated by a character who feels she’s balanced on the edge between the slums of the Pot and the extravagance of the families, The Jacq of Spades is a hands-down success." Margaret Fisk, Tales To Tide You Over

"... good read for anyone who likes mystery and suspense mixed with science fiction." The Beautyful Word

The Jacq of Spades is part 1 of a 13-part serial novel:

• The Jacq of Spades <- you are here

• The Queen of Diamonds

• The Ace of Clubs

• The King of Hearts
  

• The Ten of Spades (coming October 2019)
  

Warning: with child abduction, gangstalking, a corrupt government, domestic violence, suicide, and murder, The Jacq of Spades is not for the faint of heart.

Whether this is your cup of tea or not, you might like one of the Red Dog Conspiracy companion stories ...

• Gutshot: The Catastrophe (survival apocalypse)
  
• The Alcatraz Coup (paramilitary SF)
  
• Vulnerable (sweet romantic suspense)
  

The Jacq of Spades was part of the first edition of the Dark Humanity science fiction and fantasy box set, which made #8 on the USA Today bestseller list for February 5, 2017, and #5 on the NY Times bestseller list for February 12, 2017.

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About the Author

Patricia Loofbourrow, MD is an SFF and non-fiction writer, PC gamer, ornamental food gardener, fiber artist, and wildcrafter who loves power tools, dancing, genetics and anything to do with outer space. She was born in southern California and has lived in Chicago and Tokyo. She currently lives in Oklahoma with her husband and three grown children.

Review

"Strong world-building drives this tale of organized crime families, differentiated by the suits of a card deck: Spadros, Diamond, Hart, and Clubb. To slip out of the stringent social order, Jacqueline Spadros spends time with her dressmaker, supposedly having gowns created -- but in reality she slips into other disguises to move freely and solve crimes, such as the disappearance of a young boy named David Bryce. David's disappearance is connected to a much wider web of intrigue, reaching into Jacqueline's past. World-building, setting, and touches of steampunk help a sometimes convoluted plot and a few dangling story lines that might be developed in upcoming volumes of the series. An intriguing start and interesting premise." - BookLife Prize for Fiction

About this edition

• Publisher: Red Dog Press, LLC
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1944223002
• ISBN 13: 9781944223007
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 243