Wildwood Exit
by Joel E. Turner
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Pub Date May 06 2025 | Archive Date Aug 28 2025
Level Best Books | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
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Description
A deadly family vendetta at a Jersey Shore restaurant pulls John McGinty (aka Ginty) into a dark world of embezzlement, drug-dealing, a lying wife and a junkie son.
Ginty has just stepped in as the manager of a Wildwood restaurant owned by his friend, Lou Scolletta, after Lou fires the old manager for dipping in the till.
Ginty starts out ordering rolls of salami and bottles of Galliano, but quickly becomes Lou’s consigliere, picking up questionable packages from sketchy associates; tailing Lou’s wife Concetta on her furtive trips to Cape May; scouring the Jersey Shore for Lou’s son, Davy, a junkie on the lam; and wondering why a possibly bent State Trooper keeps showing up everywhere he goes.
Things in Ginty’s world don’t improve when a drug shipment goes wrong, a blackmail note appears…and a body is found floating in Delaware Bay.
Ginty is now the unwilling—yet trusted—confidante of all the Scollettas, and realizes that everyone in this twisted family circle is in danger—including himself.
WILDWOOD EXIT is as sordid as it is comic, and should be on every beach towel from Asbury Park to Cape May.
A Note From the Publisher
eBook: 9781685129736
Advance Praise
“Hard-boiled, heartfelt, and hilarious, Wildwood Exit combines reluctant gangsters, goofy romance, and small crimes with life-or-death stakes in an expertly crafted story that’s so Jersey you can practically smell the refineries…or whatever that is.”
— Jon McGoran, author of The Price of Everything
“When John McGinty agrees to manage a Jersey shore restaurant owned by his friend Lou Scolletta, Ginty finds himself in a precarious position, navigating Lou's business and personal problems. Just how connected is Lou Scolletta? Funny when it's supposed to be funny and nasty when it's supposed to be nasty, Joel E. Turner gives the reader a fresh take on crime at the Jersey shore in his debut mystery, Wildwood Exit.”
— Jeff Markowitz, author of The Other
“The 1980s are getting started as John McGinty stumbles onto the seedier side of life at the Jersey Shore. If the Philadelphia Irishman doesn't know the easy way to survive among small-time criminals and their volatile family situations, he certainly knows how to spin an entertaining tale. You'll want to yell at Ginty to stop but he doesn't, and therein lies the fun. A great read whether or not you are familiar with the Jersey Shore location.”
— Jane Kelly, author of the Meg Daniels Mysteries
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781685129729 |
| PRICE | $17.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 294 |
