Book Review: Just Watch Me: A Novel by Jeff Lindsay

Just Watch Me: A Novel

by Jeff Lindsay

December 3, 2019
367 pages

ISBN: 1524743941

Publisher: Dutton

A masterful thief plots an impossible crime—stealing the Iranian Crown Jewels.

From the author of the wildly successful Dexter series comes a new, mesmerizing bad guy we can root for: Riley Wolfe. He’s a master thief, expert at disguise, and not averse to violence when it’s needed. It’s no accident, though, that Riley targets the wealthiest 0.1 percent and is willing to kill them when they’re in his way: he despises the degenerate and immoral rich and loves stealing their undeserved and unearned valuables.

In this series launch, Riley aims for an extraordinary target in a heist that will make history. Riley will try to steal the Crown Jewels of Iran. Yes, these jewels are worth billions, but the true attraction for grabbing them comes down to one simple fact: it can’t be done. Stealing these jewels is absolutely impossible. The collection is guarded by space-age electronics and two teams of heavily armed mercenaries. No one could even think of getting past the airtight security and hope to get away alive, let alone with even a single diamond from the Imperial Collection.

No one but Riley Wolfe. He’s always liked a challenge.

But this challenge may be more than even he can handle. Aside from the impenetrable security, Riley is also pursued by a brilliant and relentless cop who is barely a step behind him.

With the aid of his sometime ally, a beautiful woman who is a master art forger, Riley Wolfe goes for the prize that will either make him a legend—or, more likely, leave him dead.

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Where can an author go after the amazing Darkly Dreaming Dexter? A caper to end all capers! Riley Wolfe, thief extraordinaire, sets his sights on the Crown Jewels of Iran. A master of disguise does his due diligence and forms an airtight plan. But aren’t they all?

This is a fun book, fans of the Dexter series will appreciate a character who’s attention to detail borders on the extreme and his commitment to the challenge is phenomenal. The pursuit of Riley adds a great cat and mouse aspect to the story. Fun and quick, great book!

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Jo Dawson

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JEFF LINDSAY is the author of Darkly Dreaming Dexter and Dearly Devoted Dexter. He lives in Florida with his wife and children.

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W.I.P. it Real Good: Urban Fantasy Author Kezzy Sparks + giveaway

First, I would like to say thank you to my host, I Smell Sheep, for allowing me this opportunity to post on their site. It's always a pleasure to talk about upcoming projects and so let me jump right into the matter.

To date, I have a couple ideas I am working on, but something that I can say might come after HEIST is a novel titled HEXED. That book concerns a young woman, Aimie Atkins, who recently has demons freakishly working against her. What happens is that she goes to bed alone, but when she wakes up, she is having sex with a stranger. Needless to say, this isn’t as safe or as thrilling as it sounds, and so Aimie must get help fast or disaster will strike. Who, then, does she turn to: Mel ‘The Breaker’ Perkiss, Buffalo's top witch hunter, and paranormal investigator.

Indeed I have so much hope for this title. The plotline, I think, is just as intriguing as that of HEIST—I mean who wouldn’t want to know what happens next when you have a young woman captured by magic and she is prostituting herself against her will.

The other idea I am working on is a novel title ASHES, which is yet another instalment in the Melanie Perkiss witch hunter series. In ASHES, a whole family is under attack from a magic that manifests itself as fire. And the fire, unfortunately, isn’t as simple as a natural one would be, for this one has the uncanny ability to start again should it have been put out before. The situation is really terrifying and Melanie is called in to help.

Both story ideas, in my opinion, are viable as follow-ups to HEIST, and it will only be in the next few weeks that I will be able to decide which one to concentrate on first and then submit for publication.

Thank you very much for taking the time to check this out, and for supporting me in my writerly journey.

Heist: A Melanie Perkiss Witch Hunter Novel

by Kezzy Sparks
October 31st 2019
Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Thriller
A thrilling introduction to the dark mystical world of Melanie ‘Breaker’ Perkiss, Buffalo NY’s most capable witch hunter and spell lifter.

In this debut instalment, a dark mage acting on behalf of a vengeful ex has magically removed the genitals of a man and vanished, leaving him wiped clean down there. And unfortunately for the victim, he is set to wed…now imagine saying ‘I do’ while in that deprived state.

No wonder when a shell-shocked and heartbroken Casey walks into Melanie’s office to report the incident, the witch hunter immediately goes on a chase, risking her own life as she encounters dark creatures and malevolent spirits in the city’s darkest corners.

The pressure is indeed on Mel: the wedding is fast approaching and leads remain few. Will she be able to corner the mage, recover the taken goods and save a doomed marriage, while bringing the conspirators to justice?

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Kezzy Sparks is a Toronto based author and writer. HEIST is his debut fiction in the long form. He enjoys reading as well and lists works by Jim Butcher, Stephen King, Benedict Jacka, Dan Brown, and Kevin Hearne as some of his personal favorites.

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