Hard Exit

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Private investigator Jack Drake has everything a man is supposed to want.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A Malibu beach mansion</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A glamorous movie star girlfriend</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A lucrative career and supportive friends</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>But he hates his life.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Jack still loves his dead wife Jami-and can't free himself from the relationship that feels like an anchor dragging him under. He worries too much sleeps too little and pines for his gorgeous neighbor who has quietly loved him for years.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Then a wounded sixteen-year-old enters his life.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As a favor to an old friend Jack sequesters Game-a street-smart kid caught in the crossfire of an inner-city shooting-inside the mansion Jack shares with his famous girlfriend. What begins as an act of obligation becomes something deeper: a fragile alliance between two damaged people who recognize each other's grief.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When that shooting leads to a series of murders stretching from the streets of Oakville to the sunlit ostentation of Malibu Jack dives into the dangerous case and confronts the demons he's held at bay. Going to battle for others has always come easily to him but the prospect of new love inspires him finally to fight for himself.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Hard Exit</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a romantic mystery about love after loss emotional courage and a man torn between the life he has and the life he can't let go of.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Perfect for readers who enjoy:</span></p><p></p><ul><li><ul><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Character-driven mysteries</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Emotionally complex male protagonists</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Stories where love matters as much as the crime</span></li></ul></li></ul><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This is a smart edgy state-of-the-art L.A. noir with heart. Jack Drake is a private eye with grit a few demons and a semi-glamorous life on the beach in Malibu. This series is a terrific addition to the modern hard-boiled genre. </span></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>                                                -New York Times</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz</span></p>