Jack Wakes Up

An Amazon Charts bestseller.

Jack knows he can play it tough on the silver screen. Can he play it tough in the cold streets?

Jack Palms. The one hit wonder who hit the drugs too hard and lost it all. Now he just wants to stay sober and pay the bills. But when an easy job ends in murder, he gets sucked into the wrong kind of drug deal. The deadly kind.

It was supposed to be quick cash for a washed-up action movie star. But this time, the blood is real and the bullets aren't blanks.

Jack Wakes Up is the gripping introduction to the Jack Palms Crime Thrillers by bestselling author Seth Harwood. If you like the breakneck pace of Lee Child, the gritty action of Denis Lehane and the snappy dialogue of Elmore Leonard, jump into Jack's Mustang Fastback today!

What Critics Say About Jack Palms:

"Jack Wakes Up rocks! It's a fast, smooth ride on a highway not found on any map." --Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Readers who like their hard-boiled crime fiction violent and gritty will cheer Harwood's debut... taut prose and fast pacing." --Publisher's Weekly

"Exhilarating . . . reads like a long-lost Mickey Spillane tale as directed by Robert Rodriguez." --Megan Abbott, award-winning author of Dare Me

What Readers Say About Jack Palms:

★★★★★ "Keeps you on your toes with hundreds of little surprises."

★★★★★ "Hook-a-minute hardboiled dialogue and relentless action."

★★★★★ "I could not put this book down!"

★★★★★ "Nothing short of excellent!"

★★★★★ "Freak'n Awesome Book!"

★★★★★ "This is a DO NOT MISS BOOK, pick it up today!"

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Release date

Audiobook: 7 January 2025