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Dead Eye

by Alyssa Day · 2015

Alternate cover edition of ASIN B06XBY7F6Z For Jack Shepherd, tiger shape-shifter and former soldier, life is heading for a dead end. Dead End, Florida, to be exact. When he learns that he inherited a combination pawn… more

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You can shoot a gun. You just can't hit anything you aim at.
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A tiger, an alligator, and a redneck walked into my pawnshop.
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Tess, someone just dumped a dead body at your back door." "Not again," I moaned. He whirled around. "Not again? What the hell does that mean?" My knees gave out, and I collapsed back against the counter. "That's how I found Jeremiah.
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Jeremiah had said Dead End was like New York, but with fewer naked cowboys. I'd responded that New York was like Dead End, but with fewer gator wranglers.
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You don't actually know much about tigers, do you?" "Orange and white stripes, long tails, and an excessive love for frosted cereal.
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two mismatched eyes, its mouth open in a half
The secret about tigers,” he said, blinking owlishly, “is that tigers bounce.” Before I could even process the ridiculousness of that, he leaned forward and kissed me. Jack was a champion kisser, even while drunk. I threw my arms around his neck, because my brain started to melt into my shoes. That’s when the universe exploded around us…
Did you read that study that says thinking about exercise is almost as good as actually exercising? We really, really believe in that study.
Everybody knows you can dispose of a body in the swamp and it will never be found until somebody cuts open a gator one day and sees bones.
There’s just not a huge market in used skulls these days.

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Alternate cover edition of ASIN B06XBY7F6Z

For Jack Shepherd, tiger shape-shifter and former soldier, life is heading for a dead end. Dead End, Florida, to be exact. When he learns that he inherited a combination pawn shop/private investigation agency from his favorite uncle, Jack’s first job is to solve his uncle’s murder. Because sometimes it takes a tiger’s eye to see the truth. This novel is a paranormal mystery with magic, shape shifters, humor, vampires, a taxidermied alligator, witches, gunshots, bad singing, Crazy Hormonal Town, terrible parking, the FBI, swamp commandos, tigers, special agents, flirting, belly laughs, comedy, humor, and a pawn shop.

Book details

First published
2015
Genre
Mystery
Goodreads rating
4.17 (3k ratings)

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