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BLACKROCK ISLAND Kindle Edition

by J. Lee Burke (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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When Laine Sullivan, an undercover NOVAS operative, takes a mission in Ireland, she is faced with unraveling the murder of thoroughbred horses. She uses her interior designer cover to work for a handsome, wealthy racehorse owner and breeder, Miles Bourke. He hires her to design a party room in his lighthouse tower on his remote island in Ireland. Her investigation of him turns into a romantic affair that is surrounded by murder, money laundering and drugs. To complicate matters, Laine discovers the “big boys” in the horseracing business may also be behind the “milkshaking” atrocities on the racetrack. As she embarks on her quest for the truth, she questions her sanity when she thinks she sees her dead husband alive. This vision leads her to dangerous implications about his death.

Burke launches unforgettable characters enmeshed in a psychological journey that includes the mysterious death of Laine’s husband and a diabolical presence in the largest horse racing and breeding syndicate in Ireland, France and Saudi Arabia. What unfolds is an adventure filled with twists and turns as Laine pursues an elusive murder or murders as more lives are taken every minute. The plot unfolds with the killing of a priceless horse the minute she sets down in Miles’s helicopter on Blackrock Island.

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“This is compelling crime fiction at its best -enormously entertaining. I was sucked in from the first chapter. Burke keeps you turning the pages.” ---Chuck Sambuchino, freelance editor and former editor with Writer’s Digest Books

"Blackrock Island, by J. Lee Burke, paints an indelible picture of the characters in your mind, taking you on a fast-paced journey of double dealing, murder and intrigue. There are good ones and bad ones in this book, and Burke metes out the satisfying justice that most of the characters deserve. Once you start reading, it doesn’t take you long to get hooked. The thriller is a good first effort by this budding writer." ---Cliff Carlson, Publisher, Irish American News

You will enjoy and possibly reread a page or two as you will not want to miss a syllable. Mystery, romance, bewilderment, history and more fill this book from first time author J. Lee Burke. The author knows, shares and creates. Here is to her next book. ---Geraldine Hempel Davis

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-This is compelling crime fiction at its best -enormously entertaining. I was sucked in from the first chapter. Burke keeps you turning the pages.-

Chuck Sambuchino, freelance editor and former editor with Writer's Digest Books

-Blackrock Island, by J. Lee Burke, paints an indelible picture of the characters in your mind, taking you on a fast-paced journey of double dealing, murder and intrigue. There are good ones and bad ones in this book, and Burke metes out the satisfying justice that most of the characters deserve. Once you start reading, it doesn't take you long to get hooked. The thriller is a good first effort by this budding writer.-

Cliff Carlson, Publisher, Irish American News

You will enjoy and possibly reread a page or two as you will not want to miss a syllable. Mystery, romance, bewilderment, history and more fill this book from first time author J. Lee Burke. The author knows, shares and creates. Here is to her next book.

Geraldine Hempel Davis

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06XV4BDYY
Publisher ‏ : ‎ BluewaterPress LLC (March 31, 2017)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 31, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1271 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 215 pages

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J. Lee Burke’s thriller Blackrock Island was aired on CBS WWJ Newswatch during the filming of Clint Eastwood’s Grand Torino. Podcast:"Breading through as a novelist with Kevin Walsch, Featured in: Chicago Tribune’s Mystery Writer’s of America, Sisters in Crime, Michigan Sisters in Crime, Detroit Financial News, Grosse Pointe News, Centuries and Sleuths, Chicago, IL, Aunt Agatha's Ann Arbor, MI, Villanova University, PA, Irish Books Arts and Music (IBAM), Chicago, IL, Kerry Writers' Museum, Listol, Ireland, Ashford Castle, Ireland, 4 Masters Bookshop, Donegal, Ireland and Mayo County Library, Ireland.

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Intrigue in Ireland

Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2017

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I just returned from a delightful and mysterious journey to Ireland, compliments of J. Lee Burke. The author leads you down a twisted tunnel of horse racing, architecture, romance, and murder. Each new turn introduces an interesting character. It might be the dashing wealthy Irishman, the independent lady operative (our heroine), the dreadful "thought to be dead" ex-husband, the turbaned sheik, the hardy worker, or the jovial housemaid. You'll get wet from the sea spray, as the water itself is another character in Blackrock Island. Hurry, Burke. I'm ready for the next adventure with this crew.

Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2020

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I got sucked into thinking this was a James Lee Burk story, turns
out it was written by a 10 year old.
The only other book I read in the past as bad was a jaqui Collins book.

Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2017

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Mediocre that's what I think of this book. It is not especially well written and the plot is not all together

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Cheryl Marsh

Don't waste your money

Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2017

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Barnes and Noble promoted this as a James Lee Burke book. Since I'm a big fan of his I bought it on Amazon. After reading the first paragraph I knew it wasn't. The writing is awful and the storyline is worse

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LAC

Great mystery, romance novel

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2017

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J. Burke produced another great intriguing work. The plot moves quickly and with lots of surprise twists and turns. Great suspense thriller with a wonderful heroine.

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tom thornton

that bush mill,s is not a scotch whiskey

Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2019

bushmill is an Irish Whiskey not a Scotch Whiskey. POOR RESEARCH AND VERY INSULTING TO THE IRISH.

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amazoner

i recommend everyone to read it

Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2017