Give Up the Dead

A Jay Porter Novel

by Joe Clifford

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Pub Date Jun 06 2017 | Archive Date Aug 31 2017

Oceanview Publishing

General Fiction (Adult) | Mystery & Thrillers

Description

2018 Anthony Award Nominee

The American Dream is great as long as you don't wake up.

Three years have passed since estate-clearing handyman Jay Porter almost lost his life following a devastating accident on the thin ice of Echo Lake. His investigative work uncovering a kids-for-cash scandal may have made his hometown of Ashton, New Hampshire, a safer place, but nothing comes without a price. The traumatic, uncredited events cost Jay his wife and his son, and left him with a permanent leg injury. Jay is just putting his life back together when a mysterious stranger stops by with an offer too good to be true: a large sum of cash in exchange for finding a missing teenage boy who may have been abducted by a radical recovery group in the northern New Hampshire wilds. Skeptical of gift horses and weary of reenlisting in the local drug war, Jay passes on the offer. The next day his boss is found beaten and left for dead, painting Jay the main suspect. As clues begin to tie the two cases together, Jay finds himself back on the job and back in the line of fire.

2018 Anthony Award Nominee

The American Dream is great as long as you don't wake up.

Three years have passed since estate-clearing handyman Jay Porter almost lost his life following a devastating...

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A Note From the Publisher

Anthony Award Nomination for LAMENTATION
Anthony Award Nomination for TROUBLE IN THE HEARTLAND, (ed)
Starred PW review for LAMENTATION
Joe Clifford is a novelist with a large fan base, and active social media presence
Author has his own radio show and popular blog
Joe Clifford writes about the down-and-dirty aspects of life—he has experienced them. (From homeless junkie to successful author)
GIVE UP THE DEAD follows DECEMBER BOYS and LAMENTATION in the Jay Porter series
For fans of Dennis Lehane's MYSTIC RIVER
Author is media friendly and an experienced guest

Anthony Award Nomination for LAMENTATION
Anthony Award Nomination for TROUBLE IN THE HEARTLAND, (ed)
Starred PW review for LAMENTATION
Joe Clifford is a novelist with a large fan base, and active...

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Advance Praise

“Joe Clifford is an underground star. Give Up The Dead should finally expose his star to the light. Jay Porter is a hard-bitten and hard-boiled loner who manages to make you root for him and all the world’s underdogs.”
―Reed Farrel Coleman New York Times bestselling author of What You Break

"Noir fiction has fresh blood in Joe Clifford. The three dimensional characters in Give Up the Dead take readers by the hand and throat and don’t let go until the final shocking pages. Fans of gritty, twisty mysteries--add this book to your shelves."
―Eileen Cook, Author of With Malice

“There is something incredibly fascinating about an unconventional hero whose life is on the verge of unraveling at any moment. Joe Clifford's propulsive third installment starring Jay Porter, a flawed but surprisingly thoughtful and self-aware protagonist, kept me turning the pages long into the night. Give Up The Dead is character-driven noir at its finest.”
―Jennifer Hillier, author of Creep and Freak

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