BooksChatter: ☀☄ Burn One Down: Bad Apples [1]

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This is the first book in the Bad Apples series.

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Synopsis

A career thief named Jack Apple is offered a low-risk, six-figure payout to heist a medical marijuana dispensary from the feisty and impetuous Diane Thomas after Diane steals the robbery plans from her shady ex-husband Alvin, hoping to beat him to the score.

Diane promises to stay out of Jack’s way but can’t help interfering, forcing them to take hostages inside the dispensary when the robbery is interrupted by law enforcement, inciting a media circus that deteriorates into a full-on urban riot.

Everyone sees a chance to benefit from the crime. Street vendors and local businesses. The Sheriff running a tight re-election campaign and hoping to boost his chances with the voters. A political activist looking to raise his public profile and private agenda. The news media that speculates and manipulates the story. Hostages who see a chance to settle old scores and create new opportunities for themselves.

To escape, Jack and Diane must negotiate the hostages, their agendas, law enforcement, the news media, shady deals, corrupt politicians, rioters, opportunists, Diane’s shady ex-husband Alvin, the business partners they didn’t know were involved, and their growing attraction to each other.

His boss might want them dead, but Alvin big plans for Jack and Diane. If they get out alive.

How hard could it be to steal from a bunch of potheads?

Burn One Down
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The Series: Bad Apples

One Bad Apple [1]

A Master Thief. $150,000 in Cash. One Dedicated Watchdog.

Professional thief Jack Apple is fresh out of prison and planning one last heist before retiring from crime for good. When he finds $150,000 cash in a bag by the side of the road, Jack thinks his run of bad luck has finally changed. But that’s before Jack loses the $150,000 to a lonely old man named Donald who lives inside a high-walled, ramshackle fortress guarded by Butch, his dedicated English bulldog. Turns out, Jack’s luck hasn’t changed much at all.

To get the money back, Jack must engage in a comic battle of wills against Donald, his house, and the smartest, craftiest English Bulldog on the planet. He also needs to avoid law enforcement, who are canvassing the area looking for the same $150,000, and who will send him right back to prison if they find him.

An introduction to the “Bad Apples” series of contemporary crime fiction / heist novels.

[Published 29 August 2016, 49 pages]

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About the Author

Jeffrey A. Cooper lives in Los Angeles, CA. His previous novel, “How to Steal a Truck Full of Nickels” was published in 2015. Jeffrey has optioned several feature film scripts and co-created two shows executive produced by Emmy-award winning comedian Louie Anderson.

Jeffrey lives with his wife, daughter, two rescue dogs, a rescue cat and a fish who all get along famously.

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