Download or read book DEFCON Darcy written by A. J. Lape and published by A.J. Lape. This book was released on 2015-02-14 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One evening at a nightclub leads Darcy Walker to the most dangerous caper of her life… Fisher Stanton, Valley High School’s Nantucket wannabe, has a cheating girlfriend. When he hires Darcy to chase her to a local club, in true Darcy fashion she stumbles upon a dead body. This body has secrets, and Darcy’s mysterious friend, Jaws, and the reporter, Tito Westbrook, have a vested interest. Both enlist Darcy to find the person responsible, but Darcy doesn’t solve crimes for free anymore. Knowing Darcy’s Achilles heel, Jaws blackmails her into working for him. In a true test of wills, Darcy and Jaws battle head-to-head—Jaws needs Darcy to help him end a bitter grudge war; Darcy needs Jaws to divulge the mystery surrounding her mother’s death. Haunted by a past that shapes her present, Darcy will stop at nothing. She wants answers. Even if it means breaking the law and being disloyal to her new boyfriend in the process. DEFCON DARCY is the fourth novel in the Darcy Walker Teenage Sleuth Thrillers. If you enjoy action-packed fights, soulless villains, with mind-blowing-didn’t-see-that-coming twists, then you’ll love this series where the underdog saves the day. Get this intensely twisted. Insane. Didn't-see-that-coming read now!

Download or read book 100 Proof Stud written by A. J. Lape and published by A.J. Lape. This book was released on 2014-05-17 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes crime smacks you right in the kisser with a whole lot of ohhhcraaaap. Ask Darcy Walker…or the guys trying to date her… Murder isn’t Darcy Walker’s only problem. All of a sudden it’s raining men, and the teenager heroine’s personal life turns her inside out. Before she can sort out her feelings, she’s after a spray-painting vandal and stumbles upon a case of identity theft…chasing the reward money. Tapping her band of misfit friends to play sidekick, a new guy surfaces with a hard-to-resist British accent. Combined with Dylan and the school bad boy, Darcy finds herself knee-deep in a troubling testosterone…especially with the Brit. He knows too much, and Darcy can’t tell if he’s a friend or the mastermind behind one of the crimes. 100 PROOF STUD is the third novel in the Darcy Teenage Sleuth Thrillers. If you enjoy witty banter, nerds and jocks, all set in the trauma called high school, then you’ll love this series where the underdog saves the day.

Download or read book Heist Seek written by A. J. Lape and published by A. J. Lape. This book was released on 2022-03-07 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A flash mob. And bounty hunters after her head. Can Darcy Walker outthink them both? Darcy Walker is benched after an off-duty incident and finds herself behind a desk as a 911 dispatch operator. But when a caller tells her a high-end smash-and-grab is being committed a few miles away, she’s left helpless when no units are available to respond. Taking matters into her own hands, she walks off the job to confront the thieves herself. But the flash mob is highly organized, and she’s soon dodging their threats like she’s dodging the bounty Fat Tony Falco placed on her head. Can she evade her enemies, or are they safer than her peers who begin to question when she goes rogue? Heist & Seek is the heart-racing sixth book in the Darcy Walker Crime Thriller series. If you like page-turning action with a side of humor, then you’ll love AJ Lape's nail-biting mystery. Buy Heist & Seek for a front row seat to the action today!

Download or read book 5 Pounds of Pressure written by A. J. Lape and published by A. J. Lape. This book was released on 2021-07-11 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being the hero is her job. It also comes at a price. Darcy Walker is settling into life walking a beat. But when she delivers a warrant off the clock, her life changes in an instant, giving her a deadly lesson she won’t soon forget. Going back to her roots for a temporary change of scenery, she can’t escape the reality that life has gone on without her—her father might have a girlfriend, her aunt has secrets, and her little sister dresses like a stripper in her prime. Choking on a pang of guilt that she followed her dreams, one thing that hasn’t changed is the relationship between her and her mentor, Kellan Sutherland, AKA, Jaws—king of the underbelly of Cincinnati. Six years later, Darcy still doesn’t know the real man behind the proverbial mask...and she’s tired of the subterfuge. Determined to uncover the mystery, she discovers information that leaves her gobsmacked. Sucker-punched. And doubting her skills as an investigator. When she gets involved with a case involving a missing YouTuber while dodging the antics of a mobster who's placed a bounty on her head, she and her loved ones just could pay the ultimate price. 5 Pounds of Pressure is the electrifying fifth novel in the Darcy Walker Crime Thriller series. If you like shock-a-minute twists and heroines who won't quit, then you’ll love AJ Lape's intense mystery. Buy 5 Pounds of Pressure for a front row seat to the action today!

Download or read book Foolproof written by A. J. Lape and published by A. J. Lape. This book was released on 2016-03-12 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hormonal teenage guy + speed dating x Darcy Walker = murder Jon Bradshaw needs a girlfriend stat. When he convinces Darcy Walker to be his wingman at a speed-dating event, one debacle leads to another, and before you know it, they're the proud new owners of a dead body. Problem is, the body has a tie to Darcy...making her a person of interest in the murder. Things quickly jump from bad to worse when someone hijacks the name of Darcy's alter ego, framing "Jester" in a Hitchcock-like blend of crimes that leaves her head spinning. Darcy battles an adversary who tests her IQ while she navigates the daunting worries of a high school senior. Add on the emotional fallout of her latest caper, a cop breathing down her neck, and a hot but stubborn boyfriend, and she's at her wit's end. Can she find her zen and unmask the real murderer? Or get used to a life of prison orange? FOOLPROOF is the fifth novel in the Darcy Walker Teenage Sleuth Thrillers. If you enjoy edge-of-your-seat thrills in a coming of age story that hits all high school seniors, then you’ll love A.J. Lape’s conclusion to Darcy Walker's high school years.

Download or read book Vice written by A. J. Lape and published by A. J. Lape. This book was released on 2021-01-10 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An action-packed series starter: Ruthless criminals. Sordid covers. And a vice operative who's very good at being bad. Ruby Rivera has come a long way from running guns for a motorcycle club in Las Vegas. She’s now a vice detective in the LAPD, spearheading an op to dismantle a sex trafficking ring led by Chauncey Ford. With her cover as Crush, Rivera’s mission is to capture Ford’s attention and snag a job as a prostitute in his organization. She’s got two things going for her—great legs and she’s a great liar. Alejandro Gutierrez is haunted by demons—one tattooed on his back and the memory of the young woman he couldn’t save. As a leader to an organized crime syndicate, he’s supposed to be all-machine. But he can’t convince his heart to stop feeling. When a chance encounter with Ruby Rivera draws him into the middle of a sting, he finds himself attracted and offering his expertise. Problem is, their day-jobs put them on opposing sides of the law. When stakes are high and bullets start flying, will they work together as a team? Or will that opposites-attract thing blow up in their faces? For fans of James Patterson, Michael Connelly, Willow Rose, and thrillers with strong female leads, Ruby Rivera and her missions are keep-you-up-at-night action-fiction that will make you get up and lock your doors.

Download or read book Ride or Die written by A. J. Lape and published by A. J. Lape. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel is the third book in A.J. Lape’s hilarious and action-packed new Darcy Walker Investigations series—an evolution of teenage heroine to pizza delivery driver to police officer on the streets of LA. Darcy Walker is a rookie police officer working the nightshift in the Los Angeles Police Department. A job tailor-made for adrenaline junkie Darcy, but one thing her new position entails is following the rules. Barely thirty days in and she fights the itch to go rogue when a Vegas mobster named Fat Tony sends someone to kidnap her and a reality television star winds up dead on her watch. Against orders, Darcy bloodhounds Fat Tony behind her sergeant’s back and secretly runs her own vice op inside a TV series to find a murderer. But what she sees as going above and beyond the call of duty, detectives take as interference in their cases. She’s on thin ice, and they let her know she's about to get wet. Can Darcy stay in her lane and leave investigations to those in the suits, or will Fat Tony kidnap her and it won’t even matter? For fans of Stephanie Plum, Veronica Mars, Fortune Redding, and other mystery-thriller heroines, Ride or Die will leave you laughing one minute…then hiding under your bed the next.

Download or read book No Brainer written by A. J. Lape and published by A.J. Lape. This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After surviving an attempt on her life, Darcy’s summer break brings more of the same crazy. Can she solve a kidnapping case that’s been dead for six months? Two weeks before junior year, Darcy Walker hops a plane to Florida for a little R&R with her best friend, Dylan Taylor, and his family. Even before her feet hit Orlando soil, the disappearance of a five-year-old boy catches her in its snare. Convinced she can bring him home, she joins forces with a local reporter, but they soon discover those closest to the boy are hiding something. With Darcy’s inner-verb in beast mode, she’s determined to ferret out the lies, but the more she follows the clues, the more secrets she uncovers. Add a separate murder investigation, a severed head, and a mysterious businessman who seems to know everything, and it’s one too many mysteries to unravel. Thing is, as the cloak-and-dagger heats up, Darcy’s shocked to find Dylan and their boiling flirtationship just might hold more secrets than anything. As confusion charges from all angles, can she sort things out or will she drown in the sea of lies? NO BRAINER is the second novel in the Darcy Walker Teenage Sleuth Thrillers. If you enjoy laugh-out-loud humor, nail-biting suspense, with a touch of are-they-or-aren’t-they romance, then you’ll love A.J. Lape’s story. One-click this fast-paced, humorous #1 Amazon bestseller readers call Veronica Mars meets Stephanie Plum meets Pretty Little Liars today!

Download or read book Of Vice and Men written by A. J. Lape and published by A. J. Lape. This book was released on 2023-08-23 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trust no one. Suspect everyone. Gutierrez's organization is in turmoil. A mysterious figure is inciting AVO soldiers to carry out unsanctioned hits, and despite his best efforts, he’s unable to uncover the mastermind behind it. In the midst of the chaos, Rivera draws him into a counterfeiting sting. As they delve deeper, they uncover a dangerous link that might leave them both underground. Will they eliminate the threat and keep their partnership concealed, or will they be exposed before they can take action?

Download or read book Gut Check written by A. J. Lape and published by A. J. Lape. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darcy Walker is back delivering pizzas, fighting Los Angeles crime, and attending the police academy. People and experiences may be more glittery than what this midwestern sleuth is accustomed to, but one thing still rings true—living life like a verb comes with a price. Clyde Sargent is rude. Egotistical. And a bad tipper. Delivering a fourteen-inch Rollo's Revenge pizza should be an in-and-out job. Until he drops a bombshell he might've committed murder. Then Darcy Walker can't let it go. Days from the police academy, Darcy's conscience reinds her it's not her job to solve the mystery. No matter how appealing the challenge may be. Struggling with coloring between the lines, the more she tries to conform, the more crime the universe throws her way. A dead body appears. A hit is placed on her friends. And someone from the academy has a Star Wars moment and goes to the dark side. A new day is on the horizon. Darcy's dream is within reach. Will she pump the brakes on her personality and let others take her cases? Or will she get kicked out before she even earns her badge? Readers call the Darcy Walker Series Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars. One-click this humorous, nail-biting mystery today!

Download or read book Medusa Effect written by A. J. Lape and published by A. J. Lape. This book was released on 2021-06-23 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A birthday death and a church with secrets are a nightmare in the making for LAPD rookie Darcy Walker in this nail-biting crime thriller by A.J. Lape. Darcy Walker isn’t making enough bank to pay her bills. But delivering pizzas as a side hustle hits a snag when she finds her customer without a pulse. Problem is, the victim is Ugly Pizza’s biggest competitor, and her boss, Rollo, becomes a prime suspect. Determined to clear his name when crimes from his past surface, life as a rookie soon goes high octane when she dodges gunfire in an active shooter incident at the Church to the Stars. Going against direct orders to leave the interrogation to the suits, Darcy uncovers shocking revelations that unearth a Hollywood scoop that is anything but holy. While chasing the truth in both investigations, she fends off a bounty on her own head, and the feeling somebody is trying to kill her too. Is it someone connected to Rollo’s case? The church seeking payback? Or does a third party have an end game she doesn’t yet understand? For fans of Stephanie Plum, Veronica Mars, Fortune Redding, and other mystery-thriller heroines, Medusa Effect will leave you laughing one minute…then hiding under your bed the next.

Download or read book Grade A Stupid written by A. J. Lape and published by A.J. Lape. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A murderer thinks it was the perfect kill. A teenage sleuth vows to have the last word. Meet Darcy Walker: Practical joker. Adrenaline junkie. With an allergic reaction to schoolwork. In Darcy’s world, the best parts of the day are lunch, staring at good butts, and when the final bell rings. But everything changes when she discovers a dead body near Valley High. It jumpstarts her inner-sleuth and she vows to catch the murderer. Teaming up with an out of shape jock and the school bad boy to unravel the clues, Darcy soon realizes chasing the sins of a killer can come with a price. Danger spikes the deeper she digs as she uncovers a startling connection between the corpse, a fellow nerd, and a gang infiltrating the school. When a stalker begins to shadow her every move, threatening torture and death if she doesn’t stand down, Darcy has a decision to make: concede defeat or go Mach-1 at the truth and pray she comes out alive. GRADE A STUPID is the first novel in the action-packed Darcy Walker Teenage Sleuth Thrillers. If you enjoy humorous dialogue, twisty plots, and gritty heroines who are verbs in a world full of nouns, then you’ll love this novel where the underdog saves the day. Dive into this bestselling teen mystery readers call Stephanie Plum meets Veronica Mars meets Pretty Little Liars today!

Download or read book Vice or Consequences written by A. J. Lape and published by AJ Lape. This book was released on 2024-01-31 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The deadliest wounds are often unseen. In the gritty underworld of Los Angeles, mob boss Gutierrez is on a mission to purge his organization of traitors. However, as he inches closer to the truth, a mysterious adversary targets his loyal gang members in a document leaked to the Internet. With the clock ticking and the shadows deepening, newly-benched vice cop, Rivera, extends a lifeline that will get Gutierrez out of town—propelling him into a white-knuckled investigation of an underground Florida fight club. Navigating a web of deceit, they're also tasked with protecting Captain Taylor's grandson. In a high-stakes showdown that tests their loyalty and resilience, Rivera and Gutierrez must leverage their training, cunning, and determination to emerge triumphant. Can they outsmart their foes, or will the shadows of their Los Angeles enemies finally consume them? Uncover the deadliest of secrets in Vice or Consequences, a tale of crime, loyalty, and survival in this fourth thriller in the Rivera and Gutierrez action fiction novellas. A dual POV, it's perfect for fans of Bosch, Ballard, Reacher, and other action fiction thrillers.

Download or read book Side Hustle written by A. J. Lape and published by A. J. Lape. This book was released on 2018-06-25 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dead body and cold pizza. Can an aspiring detective solve the case without falling into the hands of a killer? Los Angeles. Darcy Walker loathes crime, and murder tops her list. So to keep from going mad with boredom before she enters the Police Academy, she kicks butt delivering savory deep-dish favorites to adoring clientele. But when her latest drop-off reveals a customer chilling in a pool of his own blood, she can’t resist gathering clues while she waits for the cops. Annoyed when the investigators spurn her offer to help, Darcy keeps a vital piece of evidence to herself. And though she risks getting blackballed from her dream career, she’s determined to find the culprit first… even if it means reaching out to the seedy underworld. Can this stubborn sleuth nail the murderer before she becomes Most Wanted? Side Hustle is the roller coaster first book in the Darcy Walker Crime Thriller series. If you like OCD-driven heroines, eye-popping twists, and a dose of humor, then you’ll love AJ Lape's pulse-pounding mystery. Buy Side Hustle to get a slice of the action today!

Download or read book Quest Biographies Bundle Books 1 5 written by Vladimir Konieczny and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 621 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: Emma Albani, a nineteenth century opera singer from Quebec who became a diva of the musical world; Emily Carr, the artist famous for capturing the essence in her paintings of the Native cultures of the coast of British Columbia; George Grant, a prescient political philosopher and author of Lament for a Nation; star NHL goalie Jacques Plante, the first netminder to don a protective mask; and honest Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, who led Canada in the late fifties and early sixties. Includes Emma Albani Emily Carr George Grant Jacques Plante John Diefenbaker

Download or read book Quest Biographies Bundle Books 1 10 written by Vladimir Konieczny and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 1206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting ten titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: Emma Albani, a nineteenth century opera singer from Quebec who became a diva of the musical world; Emily Carr, the artist famous for capturing the essence in her paintings of the Native cultures of the coast of British Columbia; George Grant, a prescient political philosopher and author of Lament for a Nation; star NHL goalie Jacques Plante, the first netminder to don a protective mask; influential Prime Ministers John Diefenbaker and Sir Wilfrid Laurier; John Franklin, while not a Canadian, an explorer whose demise in the Arctic is an important part of Canada’s historical identity; Marshall McLuhan, the academic who predicted so much of the modern media world we live in today; mountaineer and explorer Phyllis Munday; and early feminist icon Nellie McClung. Includes Emma Albani Emily Carr George Grant Jacques Plante John Diefenbaker John Franklin Marshall McLuhan Phyllis Munday Wilfrid Laurier Nellie McClung

Download or read book Onyx Dragons Boxed Set 2 written by Starla Night and published by Wendy Lynn Clark Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 1597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dragon shifter billionaires from space seek ordinary Earth women to marry, bear their dragonlets, and save them from a fate worse than death in this second boxed set! This second boxed set includes four Onyx Dragons novels plus an exclusive bonus short story. ONYX DRAGONS: AMBER Buttoned-up Amber has to hold in her temper when playboy Darcy flirts with her fire. But when she finally realizes he’s serious, can there be a happy ending between a charming human male and a female dragon shifter? ONYX DRAGONS: JASPER Steadfast Jasper has been keeping the peace around his explosive siblings for so long that when it’s time for him to claim his secret crush, the lovely human mate he’s craved since the moment he arrived on Earth, his rebellion might spark an intergalactic war! ONYX DRAGONS: ALEXANDRITE Cold Alex is the most beautiful dragon shifter, but only sassy barista Nicole can melt his icy heart—and save Earth from the greedy enemies who want to destroy it. ONYX DRAGONS: FLINT Flint has always walked his own path, but when he’s forced back to the dragons’ home planet to marry their empress, the Dragon Empire will never be the same. Each full novel is a linked standalone with no cliffhangers, no cheating, and a fully satisfying happily-ever-after. Contains virgins, abductions, and first-contact fun! It also includes the happily ever after stories "Jasper’s Family," "Alex’s Challenge," and "Flint's Picnic” as well as two bonus stories -- “Darcy’s Surprise” and "Flint’s First Kiss" -- that are exclusive to this boxed set. Let these dragon shifters from space abduct you! Tropes - Virgin, fated mates, marriage of convenience, alpha, alien, shapeshifter, dragon, beast, billionaire, CEO/boss, adventure, college, coworkers, office romance, first love, geeky, instalove, kidnapping, love at first sight, abduction, magical, secret crush, wedding, dragon shifter, alpha female, brother's best friend, evil twin, best friend, virgin hero, strong woman, royal romance, secret romance, romance collection, boxed set