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JERSEY SCORE

A Jimmy McSwain/Todd Gleason Mystery

by Adam Carpenter , Joseph Pittman

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TWO MEN WHO WORK TWO SIDES OF THE MORAL CODE OF CRIME COME TOGTHER? TODD GLEASON, CON MAN, MEETS JIMMY McSWAIN, PRIVATE DETECTIVE, IN A GAME OF WITS THAT CHALLENGES THEIR OWN TAKE ON JUSTICE.

For Todd Gleason, there was something alluring about Jersey-born Angela Delvecchio that caught his attention. They had a fun night, but that’s all, right?

On his train ride back to the city, Todd overhears two men of questionable repute discussing the death of a friend of theirs—and the money she left behind. Sounds like an opportunity for an intrepid con man.

Fresh off a case of dueling cheating spouses, Jimmy McSwain sees two locals arrive at his uncle’s pub. Known in Hell’s Kitchen as usually up to no good, Jimmy finds himself more intrigued by the man following them. But their chance meeting may force the two of them to work together on a spiraling conspiracy. Kerry-Anne Conklin was rich, beautiful, young--too young to die. Did she have more enemies than money?

It’s a tough world out there. New York has its villains. New Jersey has its scams. Both have their bodies.

Told in alternating chapters, JERSEY SCORE is fun, dangerous, suspenseful, and fast-paced. It’s a story that could only come from the singular mind of Adam Carpenter and Joseph Pittman.

 

 

 

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

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Pairings: M-F, M-M
Heat Level: 5
Romantic Content: 2
Ending: Click here to reveal
Character Identities: Gay, Straight
Protagonist 1 Age: 26-35
Protagonist 2 Age: 26-35
Tropes: Antihero
Word Count: 85,000
Setting: Manhattan, Jersey Shore
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Same Universe / Various Characters
Excerpt:

AUTHOR’S NOTE

I had a dilemma. Or should I say, we had one.

Should Joseph write the next novel in the Todd Gleason crime series? Or should Adam write another book in the Jimmy McSwain Files? We couldn’t decide, so, instead, we took a short detour and decided to write a mash-up of what would happen if these two characters worked a case together.

One is in it for the money (um, that would be Todd), and one would be seeking his brand of justice (Jimmy, of course}.

Could two men with disparate approaches to solving a crime really find common ground? It was fun to imagine putting that theory to the test, even more fun to write. Hope you enjoy the ride.

UPDATE: PAPERBACK EDITION COMING SUMMER 2025!

About the Authors

Adam Carpenter

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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.

His acclaimed Jimmy McSwain detective series includes HIDDEN IDENTITY, CRIME WAVE, STAGE FRIGHT, GUARDIAN ANGEL. FOREVER HAUNT, FRESH KILL, SECOND SHOT, FALSE JUSTICE, and (co-authored with Joseph Pittman), JERSEY SCORE.  A new series called "Jimmy McSwain's Early Files" features SILVER SHIELD, HEART BEAT, DOUBLE EDGE, and the forthcoming BURIAL PLOT. A new Jimmy full-length novel is currently being written.

"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.

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 novella, 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.

 


Joseph Pittman

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JOSEPH PITTMAN is the author of the beloved Linden Corners series: TILTING AT WINDMILLS, A CHRISTMAS WISH and A CHRISTMAS HOPE, available in eBook and audio, A CHRISTMAS DREAM (formerly The Memory Tree), and CHASING WINDMILLS.

His nonfiction includes THE SHADOW DIARIES, THE BROADWAY DIARIES, and, featured in THE STEPHEN KING ANNUAL 2025: STEPHEN KING ON TOUR, "The Stephen King Diaries."

Other novels include reader favorites WHEN THE WORLD WAS SMALL, BEYOND THE STORM, and LEGEND'S END, all in eBook and audio.

His crime fiction includes the acclaimed Todd Gleason novels, LONDON FROG, CALIFORNIA SCHEMING, THE CANNES CON, and JERSEY SCORE, co-authored with Adam Carpenter. The novellas "The Perils of Penelope Pittston" and "The Antics of Anton Ardno" were collected in TWO TODD TALES, in eBook and audio; a second volume of novellas, TWO MORE TODD TALES, which includes "The Mystery of Marilyn and Her Men" and "The Business with the Bumbling Blind Man" is now available in eBook and audio.

Also available is the three-part serial suspense novel, THE ORIGINAL CRIME, in eBook and audio: PART ONE: REMEMBRANCE; PART TWO: RETRIBUTION; PART THREE: REDEMPTION.

Under the Adam Carpenter name, he is the author of many titles, including the best-selling Jimmy McSwain Files, a detective series set in NYC, which includes HIDDEN IDENTITY, CRIME WAVE, STAGE FRIGHT, GUARDIAN ANGEL, FOREVER HAUNT, FRESH KILL, SECOND SHOT, FALSE JUSTICE, and JERSEY SCORE, c0-authored with Joseph Pittman.