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DOUBLE EDGE

Jimmy McSwain's Early Files

by Adam Carpenter

Summer is winding down. For Jimmy McSwain, it’s been a quiet couple of months, leaving this apprentice private investigator with little to do. Be careful what you wish for.

Jimmy is asked by his boss to accompany his wife, Beatrice, to a fancy art gallery opening down in Manhattan’s Soho district. The drama begins when the artist who goes by the name Rico pulls a disappearing act on the night of his big debut, leaving the owners of the Barrister Gallery stunned—not to mention the hoity-toity snobs that are expecting to meet the man behind the “Beauty at Death” show.

The owners, Jeremy Barrister and Kirkland Waters, claim that Rico has been kidnapped. Jimmy thinks their reaction is a bit extreme. Nevertheless, he agrees to take the case, even as he begins to suspect that he’s not been told the whole story. Especially when the Barrister owners say: no cops.

With a growing sense of menace, Jimmy finds himself doubting his ability to solve the puzzling case. How does he find the truth when all he’s heard is lies? He fears that someone could end up hurt, or worse, dead, on his watch.

 

Published:
Publisher: JMS Books, LLC
Genres:
Contemporary, Mystery & Thriller, Suspense

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Pairings: M-M
Heat Level: 4
Romantic Content: 3
Ending: Click here to reveal
Character Identities: Gay
Protagonist 1 Age: 18-25
Protagonist 2 Age: 18-25
Word Count: 30,000
Setting: New York City, Manhattan, Woodlawn
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters
Excerpt:

About the Author

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ADAM CARPENTER is the best-selling author of many titles of mystery, romance, and intrigue, all featuring gay lead characters.

The Cane's Inlet Mystery trilogy consists of SCANDALOUS LIES, SINISTER MOTIVES, and SUSPICIOUS TRUTHS, available in eBook, print, and as a boxed-set.

His acclaimed Jimmy McSwain detective series includes HIDDEN IDENTITY, CRIME WAVE, STAGE FRIGHT, GUARDIAN ANGEL. FOREVER HAUNT, FRESH KILL, SECOND SHOT, FALSE JUSTICE, JERSEY SCORE (co-authored with Joseph Pittman), JERSEY SCORE, and the forthcoming PERFECT DEATH.

A new series called "Jimmy McSwain's Early Files" features SILVER SHIELD, HEART BEAT, DOUBLE EDGE, and BURIAL PLOT.

"The Wonderland Scandal" trilogy is, in order: DESPERATE HUSBANDS, DESPERATE LOVERS, and DESPERATE ENEMIES. All three will be reissued in 2026.

Adam's sexy homage to the prime time and daytime soaps begins with EDEN'S PAST, followed by EDEN'S PRESENT and EDEN'S FUTURE, which are available in eBook and print.

His "White Pine" firefighter novels include SECRET FLAMES, HEAT OF THE MOMENT, A RAGING FIRE, and BURNING TRUTH, which will be reissued in 2026.

His "European Flings Quartet" series begins with the short story PASSPORT TO A FLING. followed by PASSION IN PARIS, RAPTURE IN ROME, LUST IN LONDON, and NUPTIALS IN NICE.

The Johnny Lee Capstone books are: the full-length novel, DUDE RANCH, and the two novellas, A YEARLY TRYST and COMING/ARRIVAL.

Among Adam’s stand-alone novels the White-Pine spin-off THAT PASSIONATE SEASON, SUMMER'S CHOICE and its spin-off, ISLAND DESIRES.

His short fiction was collected in NOCTURNAL DELIGHTS, which will be reissued with new stories in 2025.

Under the name Joseph Pittman, he is the author of the beloved Linden Corners series, including TILTING AT WINDMILLS, A CHRISTMAS WISH, A CHRISTMAS HOPE, A CHRISTMAS DREAM (formerly The Memory Tree), and CHASING WINDMILLS.

Other novels include WHEN THE WORLD WAS SMALL, LEGEND'S END, BEYOND THE STORM, the Todd Gleason Crime Novels LONDON FROG, CALIFORNIA SCHEMING, TWO TODD TALES, TWO MORE TODD TALES, THE CANNES CON and (co-authored with Adam Carpenter) JERSEY SCORE. His suspense novel, THE ORIGINAL CRIME, was published as a three-part serialized eBook, REMEMBRANCE, RETRIBUTION, REDEMPTION.

Also, don't miss his nonfiction project, THE SHADOW DIARIES: The Hopeful Year in the Life of a Rescue Dog, and THE BROADWAY DIARES: 30 Years From Aisle to Stage. Read his "The Stephen King Diaries" in STEPHEN KING ANNUAL 2025.