Welcome Back Jack: 1 (Jack Leclere)

When Jack was six years old his parents were brutally slain by a serial killer. The police later found drifter Clyde Colsen driving a stolen car his clothes soaked in blood. He was tried convicted and executed. Jack grew up knowing the police got their man. Now a decorated homicide detective in New Rhodes Jack arrives at the third crime scene of the South End Killer murders and finds his name. He will soon find out something else: thirty years ago they got the wrong guy. And now the right guys come back to pay Jack and New Rhodes his bloody respects. As Jack struggles to stay on the case his cat-and-mouse game with the killer makes him wonder if hes the cat or the mouse. His family and everyone in his life is fair game. As the killer escalates and threatens the entire city Jack has a question he must answer in his desperation: can he stop the monster without becoming one? Praise for WELCOME BACK JACK: Ive been following Liam Sweenys writing career for several years. He started out pretty good and now--with Welcome Back Jack --hes become smokin good! I predict this novel will propel him to the highest ranks of novelists writing police procedurals. That may look like Im climbing out on a limb and if so its an extremely stout and solid limb. This ranks with the best of the genre and Sweeny is poised to become a writer of the highest rank. Remember his name--youre going to be seeing it a lot. --Les Edgerton author of The Genuine Imitation Plastic Kidnapping The Rapist The Bitch and others A new dark very dark star has appeared in the noir spectrum and what a star it is. Welcome Back Jack is the real deal as down and deliciously dirty as it gets but with a wonderful fresh style and artistry that is as compelling as it is addictive. This is one hell of a start to what promises to be a unique series. --Ken Bruen author of the Jack Taylor series When a triple homicide in New Rhodes bears worrisome similarities to one from police officer Jack LeCleres childhood nothing can stop him from following the sinewy clues to their horrific conclusion. As long as writers like Liam Sweeny can work the police procedural to such great affect readers will follow Jack back to the gritty streets of New Rhodes gladly. Sweenys writes beautifully and Welcome Back Jack is full of memorable characters. Claustrophobics beware! --Patricia Abbot author of Concrete Angel Equal parts police procedural and psycho-thriller Liam Sweeny reinvents a genre with Welcome Back Jack. When serial killing gets personal Jack LeClere is dragged underground into the past. Literally. With crisp taut dialogue fast-paced action and more plot twists than the subterranean tunnels Jack must navigate to earn redemption Sweeny taps into modern-day urban paranoia mining the best of Ellroy Cain and Westlake. Sweeny pays homage while tearing up some serious new ground. --Joe Clifford author of Lamentation and December Boys Do yourself a favor: Before you start reading Welcome Back Jack clear your schedule. Youre not going to be able to stop until youve seen it through to the explosive finale. --Rob Hart author of New Yorked