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Past Echoes (The Jake Boulder Thrillers) Kindle Edition

by Graham Smith (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 3 of 4: The Jake Boulder Thrillers

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From a #1 bestselling author, a fast, furious thriller in which Jake Boulder takes on a personal mission—and a professional killer.

Tasked with finding a beneficiary and revealing a dead woman’s secret, Jake Boulder travels from Colorado to New York with his girlfriend Taylor. He also has a personal mission: to find his estranged father. The old man may not be good for much, but he could be source of a life-saving transfusion for an ailing family member.

Once there, Boulder becomes embroiled in a web of mystery, deceit, and violence that sees him pitted against a professional assassin known only as The Mortician. Boulder will have to use every drop of his courage and cunning to survive the chaos that envelops him . . .

“A hero who is as sharp with his wits, and his tongue, as he is with his fists.” —Matt Hilton, bestselling author of the Joe Hunter novels

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08B8BJ6YN
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloodhound Books (February 1, 2018)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 1, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3421 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 312 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #98,657 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #869 in Assassination Thrillers (Books)
- #977 in Private Investigator Mysteries (Kindle Store)
- #1,154 in Private Investigator Mysteries (Books)

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Graham Smith is a time served joiner who has built bridges, houses, dug drains and slated roofs to make ends meet. Since Christmas 2000, he has been manager of a busy hotel and wedding venue near Gretna Green, Scotland.

He is an internationally best-selling Kindle author and has six books featuring DI Harry Evans and the Cumbrian Major Crimes Team, and four novels, featuring Utah doorman, Jake Boulder. His ‘Lakes’ series which has three novels featuring DC Beth Young has received much critical acclaim.

An avid fan of crime fiction since being given one of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five books at the age of eight, he has also been a regular reviewer and interviewer for the well-respected website Crimesquad.com since 2009

Graham is the founder of Crime and Publishment, a weekend of crime-writing classes which includes the chance for attendees to pitch their novels to agents and publishers. Since the first weekend in 2013, sixteen attendees have gone on to sign publishing contracts.

Graham also writes as John Ryder and G.N. Smith

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lisa

Heart-rending

Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2024

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These books are amazing! I read this in 2 days! The only thing that continuously bugs me is the authors use of clip vs magazine when talking about ammo for a gun.

Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2023

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Was in great condition

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Cindy Chambers

Fast and action filled

Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2018

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Another one out of the park. Fast action and no time to relax while reading this one as you wonder how it will all come together. Highly recommend this book.

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Not my favorite

Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2018

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We all know "our hero" can fight an army of men with all kinds of weapons at their disposal and still come out the victory; but every other page!?! It became so violent it got boring and I started just flipping the pages to get to the end to see if all the lose ends had been tied up. Jake's long "lost" father was found and believe me, he wasn't worth finding for all the havoc he caused. What a worthless jerk. And the author seemed to think it was necessary to kill off Jake's--probably--only chance at happiness. I don't know if I'll read any further jake Bolder novels. If you find yourself being as critical as I seem to be with this author, it's probably smarter to just give up on them. Too bad, but there you have it.

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Cassandra Higginbotham

Awesome read.

Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2023

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I liked this book for I its suspense. Another good novel. And, Jake is pretty awesome for a bouncer! Its worth the read.

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GRB

Great read and a must read before Die Cold. A real page-turner!

Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2023

I couldn't put it down! Nice to see Jake let loose his inner demon. Love the Scottish brogue. Spoiler Alert! Don't read Die Cold until you read Past Echoes!

Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2022

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This book was full of action packed drama and violence. Also showed how lasting friends are there when you need them. Good story line and I'm sure more to come

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Noelle@Crimebookjunkie

One Bullet CAN Change Everything....

Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2018

This is the third book in the fabulous Boulder series and boy are you in for a treat! Although you don’t have to read this series from the start, I highly recommend reading Book 2- The Kindred Killers first to avoid any spoilers in this one or vice versa! 😉

The story starts out in Casperton, Utah but the main setting is the Big Apple – New York! Within the pages, the reader is faced with loss, relationships, change, revenge, transition, resolution, uncovering the past, guilt, secrets, grief, anger, closure and perceived justice ….OMG – you get everything and so much more!

Eeeeeek! Mr Smith has such a superb knack at upping the ante with every follow up book in a series he writes and in Past Echoes, we are on a whole new level! #BOOM! 👊🏻 The plot is action-packed, fast-paced and believe me peeps, this story is going to tear you up and break you down! I was completely and utterly emotionally-floored after reading this book – the author has no fear of pulling out all the stops and taking the reader on an OMG-Don’t-Do-This-To-Me kinda ride! Fans of Boulder will see a whole new side to him and will thoroughly enjoy following Boulder as he pieces the puzzle together in an attempt to ensure everyone gets the closure they need. 🤐

Now my favourite part…characters! Jake Boulder is definitely #Unleashed in Past Echoes and beware anyone who has wronged him – a full can or ten of #kickbutt is opened and there is no stopping Jake as the author has given him one hell of a dilemma to deal with. We still get a glimpse of Boulder’s fantastic humour which comes as a welcome distraction from everything else we face in this story! One thing I love about Boulder is how we see him break things down in his mind/head as he tries to find a solution the the problem(s) he faces. In this novel, he is still protective, fiercely loyal and determined – but oh-my-God, a line is crossed and we are left wondering WTH!?

Alfonse, Ivy,Taylor and Dr Edwards have appearances too – all of these characters play a huge role in Boulder’s life and each play a part in moving this story forward – there is a real game-changer delivered and OMG, I can’t even begin to explain what I mean by this…buy the book….you will see EXACTLY what I mean!

Cameron…Jake’s “father” – there are just NO WORDS for this narcissistic, selfish, deceitful…all the bad words you can think of…useless excuse of a man (and I use the term man very loosely)- well, no nice words.. I mean his son will die and all this guy can think about is himself…what a son-of-a-…you get the picture! Whether intended or not, the author really did an exceptional job on making me dislike this character so much that I just feel sick even thinking about him. For that reason…I will leave it there…he isn’t worth any more words!

The Mortician – what a baddie! You can guess where he gets his nickname from! What happens when Jake comes face-to-face with an antagonist that leaves a trail of bodies wherever he goes….no spoilers here!

Another book I could talk about forever…I cannot tell you all the WOW, OMG and WTH moments because this is one book you NEED to read for yourself. I think you know this gets a massive HECK YEAH recommendation from me! One bullet CAN change everything in this provoking, dramatic, intense, heart-stopping action crime thriller! I, for one, cannot wait for Book 4 …is it nearly done, Mr Smith?

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J J Bookworm

Unleash the Boulder - book 3 - gritty and heartbreaking! Brilliant.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 1, 2018

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We are back with Boulder and he has more personal issues to deal with within Past Echoes, as the title hints at.
Smith gives us one of my favourite opening scenes to a book, with the best descriptions for characters that you need to know, but not name.
Boulder is soon in the thick of action and from chapter one until the end, our testosterone fuelled hero doesn’t have many moments to relax fully.

Alfonse is as ever Boulders reliable side kick, these two have a fantastic partnership and complement each other. I really find Alfonse character gives a good balance to the read, and he makes a great partner for Boulder.
If you are an adrenaline book junkie, with a hearo that you don’t quite want to admire, then this is the series for you, I do as always recommend reading series in order, even if they can be read as a stand-alone, you get so much more from the back story.
Smith has made Boulder as always so slick, amusing just under all the humour we learn more in depth of Boulders family, but without taking way from his edginess.
He is set a conundrum to complete and we are taken with him on his journey both work wise and personally.
As ever Boulder rights the wrongs in his own unique way.
Paste echoes is an excellent title for this extremely exciting book that is full of game play and I think Boulder, may have enjoyed his inner James Bond moments.

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heather cameron

Must read

Reviewed in Australia on October 22, 2018

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Just so good.

Alan C

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 10, 2019

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I have to say that I struggled a little with this one. This was a lot more violent than the first 2 books which I loved . It may be more me than the book but I never really got to the stage where I was dying to read the next chapter.
I still look forward to taking book 4 from my TBR in a few months.

Noelle@Crimebookjunkie

One Bullet CAN Change Everything! 😱

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 2, 2018

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This is the third book in the fabulous Boulder series and boy are you in for a treat! Although you don’t have to read this series from the start, I highly recommend reading Book 2- The Kindred Killers first to avoid any spoilers in this one or vice versa! 😉

The story starts out in Casperton, Utah but the main setting is the Big Apple – New York! Within the pages, the reader is faced with loss, relationships, change, revenge, transition, resolution, uncovering the past, guilt, secrets, grief, anger, closure and perceived justice ….OMG – you get everything and so much more!

Eeeeeek! Mr Smith has such a superb knack at upping the ante with every follow up book in a series he writes and in Past Echoes, we are on a whole new level! #BOOM! 👊🏻 The plot is action-packed, fast-paced and believe me peeps, this story is going to tear you up and break you down! I was completely and utterly emotionally-floored after reading this book – the author has no fear of pulling out all the stops and taking the reader on an OMG-Don’t-Do-This-To-Me kinda ride! Fans of Boulder will see a whole new side to him and will thoroughly enjoy following Boulder as he pieces the puzzle together in an attempt to ensure everyone gets the closure they need. 🤐

Now my favourite part…characters! Jake Boulder is definitely #Unleashed in Past Echoes and beware anyone who has wronged him – a full can or ten of #kickbutt is opened and there is no stopping Jake as the author has given him one hell of a dilemma to deal with. We still get a glimpse of Boulder’s fantastic humour which comes as a welcome distraction from everything else we face in this story! One thing I love about Boulder is how we see him break things down in his mind/head as he tries to find a solution the the problem(s) he faces. In this novel, he is still protective, fiercely loyal and determined – but oh-my-God, a line is crossed and we are left wondering WTH!?

Alfonse, Ivy,Taylor and Dr Edwards have appearances too – all of these characters play a huge role in Boulder’s life and each play a part in moving this story forward – there is a real game-changer delivered and OMG, I can’t even begin to explain what I mean by this…buy the book….you will see EXACTLY what I mean!

Cameron…Jake’s “father” – there are just NO WORDS for this narcissistic, selfish, deceitful…all the bad words you can think of…useless excuse of a man (and I use the term man very loosely)- well, no nice words.. I mean his son will die and all this guy can think about is himself…what a son-of-a-…you get the picture! Whether intended or not, the author really did an exceptional job on making me dislike this character so much that I just feel sick even thinking about him. For that reason…I will leave it there…he isn’t worth any more words!

The Mortician – what a baddie! You can guess where he gets his nickname from! What happens when Jake comes face-to-face with an antagonist that leaves a trail of bodies wherever he goes….no spoilers here!

Another book I could talk about forever…I cannot tell you all the WOW, OMG and WTH moments because this is one book you NEED to read for yourself. I think you know this gets a massive HECK YEAH recommendation from me! One bullet CAN change everything in this provoking, dramatic, intense, heart-stopping action crime thriller! I, for one, cannot wait for Book 4 …is it nearly done, Mr Smith?

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Jim

Enjoyable but....

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 9, 2018

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Reasonable story line but credibility too stretched to be believable. This spoilt the book as Jake was too super human.

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