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The House That Jack Built (Ellery & York Book 5) Kindle Edition

by Clare Revell (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Receptionist Kate Dahlbeck accepts the final slot on reality TV show "Jack's House", and takes a leave of absence from her job to live in front of cameras, wired up to a microphone twenty-four hours a day. Despite the silly activities forced on the contestants, it's all fun and games...that is until one of them dies.

Tired of desk duty while he recovers from injuries sustained in the line of duty, DS Zander Ellery is champing at the bit to investigate the suspicious death—from the inside. His partner DC Isabel York agrees to watch his back from the safety of the director's gallery in the studio. Zander packs the one bag he's allowed, and enters the house undercover. It doesn't take him long to work out the sinister link between housemates, but proving which one is a killer isn't easy. They're all hiding something, including Kate.

Time is short. Can Zander catch the culprit before he—or she—strikes again? And will his growing attraction for the seemingly innocent Kate cloud his judgement or will he be carrying her off to the nick before the show's final wrap?
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    April 29, 2022
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09TGMZ719
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harbourlight Books (April 29, 2022)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 29, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2099 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 137 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

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Clare Revell

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Clare is a British author. She lives in a small town in England with her husband, whom she married in 1992, and some of her now grownup children. Writing from a early childhood and encouraged by her teachers, she graduated from rewriting fairy stories through fanfiction to using her own original characters and enjoys writing an eclectic mix of romance, crime fiction and children's stories. When she's not writing, she can be found reading, crocheting or doing the many piles of laundry the occupants of her house manage to make. Or being annoyed by the cat and dog.

Her books are based in the UK, with a couple of exceptions, thus, although the spelling may be American, the books contain British language and terminology.

The first draft of every novel is hand written.

She can be found at:

http://clarerevell.com

https://www.facebook.com/ClareRevellAuthor

https://twitter.com/ClareRevell

http://telscha.blogspot.co.uk/

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4.7 out of 5 stars
4.7 out of 5
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I’m a Clare Revell fan. I’ve read many of her mysteries, and they never fail to entertain. In The House that Jack Built, the reader is reunited with Zander, a police detective from some of her pervious novels. This time he goes undercover as a contestant in a a reality TV show where all the contestants live in the same house and get voted off one by one. But when people start dying on the set Zander has to find the killer. Each time I’d think I had the mystery solved, I’d discover I was wrong.This was a quick, enjoyable read. I loved the fact that it was based on the old children’s poem “The House That Jack Built.” The plot was complicated enough to keep me guessing to the end (and I still didn’t figure out whodunnit).
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BookWoman
5.0 out of 5 stars Death, Mystery, and Romance
Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2022
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I’m a Clare Revell fan. I’ve read many of her mysteries, and they never fail to entertain. In The House that Jack Built, the reader is reunited with Zander, a police detective from some of her pervious novels. This time he goes undercover as a contestant in a a reality TV show where all the contestants live in the same house and get voted off one by one. But when people start dying on the set Zander has to find the killer. Each time I’d think I had the mystery solved, I’d discover I was wrong.

This was a quick, enjoyable read. I loved the fact that it was based on the old children’s poem “The House That Jack Built.” The plot was complicated enough to keep me guessing to the end (and I still didn’t figure out whodunnit).
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5.0 out of 5 stars Death, Mystery, and Romance
Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2022
I’m a Clare Revell fan. I’ve read many of her mysteries, and they never fail to entertain. In The House that Jack Built, the reader is reunited with Zander, a police detective from some of her pervious novels. This time he goes undercover as a contestant in a a reality TV show where all the contestants live in the same house and get voted off one by one. But when people start dying on the set Zander has to find the killer. Each time I’d think I had the mystery solved, I’d discover I was wrong.

This was a quick, enjoyable read. I loved the fact that it was based on the old children’s poem “The House That Jack Built.” The plot was complicated enough to keep me guessing to the end (and I still didn’t figure out whodunnit).
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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Whodunnit
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2022
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When Kate Dahlbeck receives an invitation to appear on the reality sitcom Jack's House, she never imagines she would be involved in a murder investigation. Contestants are meeting mysterious ends and Kate doesn't know if she will survive.

Investigator Zander Ellery arrives as the "new contestant" to figure out who is killing off the TV Show's cast. He teams up with Kate to put an end to this unique crime scene.

Revell is a British author, so it was fun to read the slang from across the pond. An interesting premise and compelling writing have you wondering who is scheduling prime time murder.
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Gail Pallotta
5.0 out of 5 stars Mystery on a Reality TV Show
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2022
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Kate joins a reality TV show and soon realizes the people involved in the show don’t get along. After one of the contestant’s ends up dying under suspicious circumstances, she finds out they all have secrets. DS Zander Ellery, who’s getting over an injury and is on desk duty, wants to get on the show and investigate the death. They have one more slot, which he takes. He’s almost well from his injury, but uses a cane as part of his cover up.
This book will keep the reader turning pages to find out more about the contestants as the search for the killer ramps up. I recommend it for all who enjoy mystery, and a touch of romance.
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Karen Malley
4.0 out of 5 stars A clever mystery with unexpected twists and turns
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2022
The House that Jack Built is a clever mystery. The book brings back two of Ms. Revell's recurring police detective characters, one of whom is assigned to cover a reality TV show where one of the contestants is killed. In the reality show, contestants are broadcasted 24 hours a day. One of the contestants, Kate, sneaks off away from the others to read her Bible in peace, but there isn't much peace in the house when one of the housemates may be a killer. How do you manage to kill someone in a house full of cameras?
The author's use of the old nursery rhyme and the final reveal of the motivation behind the crime is clever. The book is unpredictable, and the touch of romance that develops is sweet.
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