Deep Wicked Freaky

Fast cars. Big money. A ticking clock. And one of the most compelling women in contemporary fiction. The author of ZigZag—“one of the boldest and most original first novels to appear in a long time” (Carl Hiaasen)—is back with an exhilarating thrill ride that reintroduces a character from that acclaimed debut. It’s a man’s, man’s, man’s world, and Jenna Jet is a twenty-something femme fatale on the run—literally. Trying to outrun...
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Fast cars. Big money. A ticking clock. And one of the most compelling women in contemporary fiction. The author of ZigZag—“one of the boldest and most original first novels to appear in a long time” (Carl Hiaasen)—is back with an exhilarating thrill ride that reintroduces a character from that acclaimed debut. It’s a man’s, man’s, man’s world, and Jenna Jet is a twenty-something femme fatale on the run—literally. Trying to outrun the lingering effects of her troubled past, and desperate for cash, Jenna heads west to play a dangerous game: driving stolen exotic imports across the nighttime desert from Phoenix to Los Angeles. She's made the run a harrowing nine times, and the big payout—a cool hundred grand—is on ice until she delivers car number ten. One last ride before she's out of the game for good. But nothing is ever that simple. And everything is about to go wrong, fast. Along the way Jenna must negotiate highway patrol, police choppers, border checkpoints, and a nasty cop who's more interested in her than in the six-figure import she's driving. But the biggest roadblock of all? A family secret that might just slam the brakes on everything. Elmore Leonard meets James Ellroy, with a dash of Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum, in this high-octane road novel told in prose that David S. Goyer calls "gritty, jagged, and full of passion."