The Jade and Sage Thriller Relaunched with new covers

THE JADE AND SAGE THRILLER SERIES BEING RELAUNCHED WITH NEW COVERS

DEALER’S CHILD

Jade Thyme must delve into her mother’s freespirited past if she wants to prove her father was murdered and hadn’t died from a cocaine overdose.

Legislative Clerk Adam Younghusband gives Jade damning evidence linking her to the island’s once feared drug dealer, Jade locates a once prominent and respected lawyer, now known as Noxzema Man, homeless and panhandling in Fan Tan Alley. He warns Jade. Judges, lawyers and police make up the Society. Trust no one. The MotoCityDolls, her sister’s all-female motorcycle gang, save Jade from a Society assassin. Forced to take a leave of absence, Jade packs up her office, but not before coming face-toface with Jules’s murderer.

Joanna Vander Vlugt

Joanna Vander Vlugt is an author and illustrator. Her motorcycle illustrations have been purchased world-wide and her Woman Empowered motorcycle art series has been featured in on-line art and motorcycle magazines. In 2006 her short mysteries Egyptian Queen and The Parrot and Wild Mushroom Stuffing were published in the Crime Writers of Canada mystery

Oscar Cooper. Immediately Jade and her sister Sage are targets as they uncover generations of drug dealers, while hiding from an arsonist determined to destroy them. Is it all connected? From her mother's ghost appearing on the picnic table to a possessed typewriter tapping a warning, 1968 clashes with the present as Jade uncovers a deadly secret while trying to stay one step ahead of a murderer hellbent on revenge.

THE UNRAVELLING

Jade Thyme celebrates successfully defending her ex-husband Jules Cranbury on a murder charge. Her celebration is short-lived when she finds Jules murdered. Jade investigates and uncovers a secret justice society whose members hide behind white tabs and black robes while delivering their own vigilante justice. anthologies. Her personal essay, No Beatles Reunion was published in the Dropped Threads 3: Beyond the Small Circle anthology.

The Unravelling, her debut novel, featuring the sister duo, Jade and Sage, was a Canadian Book Club Awards finalist as well as its sequel, Dealer’s Child. She is currently working on book three in the series. Joanna is proud of her podcast JCV Art Studio and the many artists and authors she’s interviewed. Joanna’s novels, art and podcast can be found at jcvartstudio.net.

GOLD IN GLOBAL BOOK AWARDS - MYSTERY CRIME FICTION

WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT ROBERT P. FRENCH’S NOVEL CAPTIVE WON THE GOLD MEDAL IN THE MYSTERY CRIME FICTION CATAGORY IN THE 2022 GLOBAL BOOK AWARDS!

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Robert French is a software developer, turned actor, turned author. He is the writer of the seven (so far) Cal Rogan Mysteries crime-thrillers about a drug-addicted ex-cop who fights his way from living rough on the streets to being a muchsought-after PI. The series, set in Vancouver, Canada, reflects the best and worst of the city. He is passionate about having the right words on the page and with every new book, his goal is to make it better than the previous one.

His loves are his family, science, language, certain elements of philosophy and craft beer.