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Harlequin: A gripping detective thriller with a massive twist (Detective Jason Smith thriller 5) (A DS Jason Smith Thriller) Kindle Edition
From #1 best-selling author: Stewart Giles comes a new addition to the popular Detective Jason Smith series.
The circus comes to town and children start to disappear. Detective Sergeant Jason Smith is persuaded to return to work after three weeks of a marijuana induced haze.
Forced to endure the leadership of a new DI, the fulsome Bryony Brownhill, Smith is faced with the most difficult investigation of his colourful career.
When the children who vanished are found murdered in various parts of the city, all clues lead to the circus grounds, but Smith and his team are met with a sinister silence everywhere they turn. Smith digs deeper and discovers the cause of this silence; the chain of events that led up to the vile murders that have shattered the hearts of the people of York.
This is an edge-of-your-seat thriller with an ending that you won’t expect.
THE DETECTIVES
DS Jason Smith is an Australian who was sent to York to live with his Grandmother when his sister disappeared from a beach. He has suffered many losses in his short life and is now a dedicated detective. He is a bit of a loose cannon he has his own way of doing things and that doesn’t always mean following orders and procedures.
DS Thompson is of the same rank as Jason, but he doesn’t have the same support or success. He and Jason have a love/hate relationship which brings a bit of humour to the series.
DC Erica Whitton is Jason’s preferred partner they work well together and share a bond. She isn’t always appreciated by Jason, but they care about each other and that brings a different dimension to the series.
What readers are saying about Harlequin:
‘Excellent and truly chilling murder mystery.’– Maggie May ‘Another compelling detective thriller in the DS Jason Smith series.’ –Kindle Customer
‘A great writer and a great cast of characters inhabit these books. Well worth the time taken to read them.’ - Amazon Customer
‘What a fantastic book as the ending was not expected. This book is very hard to put down, really good storyline’ – Helen Green ‘What a great book had to keep reading it could not put it down I would look forward to read some more.’ – Peter Goulding
BOOKS BY STEWART GILES
DS JASON SMITH SERIES
Book 0.5 - Phobia
Book 1 - Smith
Book 2 - Boomerang
Book 3 - Ladybird
Book 4 - Occam’s Razor
Book 5 - Harlequin
Book 6 - Selene
Book 7 - Horsemen
Book 8 - Unworthy
Book 9 – Venom
Book 10 – Severed
Book 11 – Demons
Book 12 - Deadeye
Book 13 - Motive
Book 14 – Australia
Book 16 – Wishbone
Book 17 – Ghosts
Book 18 – The Scarecrow
Book 19 – The Bluesman
Book 20 – The Librarian
Book 21 – The Viaduct
Book 22 – The Twin
Book 23 – The Dogwalker
Book 24 – The Flytrap
Book 25 – The Electrician
Book 26 – The Cellar
Book 27 – The Loner
Book 28 – The Painter
Book 29 – The Hitchhiker
Book 30 – The Creed
DI O’REILLY MYSTERIES
Book 1 - Blood on the Island
Book 2 - Lies on the Island
Book 3 - Fear on the Island
Book 4 - Malice on the Island
Book 5 – Revenge on the Island
Book 6 – Christmas on the Island
Book 7 – Silence on the Island
Book 8 – Secrets on the Island
Book 9 – Chaos on the Island
Book 10 - Sadness on the Island
Book 11 – Danger on the Island
Book 12 – Evil on the Island
Book 13 – Fire on the Island
Book 14 – Evil on the Island
DC HARRIET TAYLOR SERIES
Book 1-The Beekeeper
Book 2-The Perfect Murder
Book 3-The Backpacker
DS JASON SMITH &DC HARRIET TAYLOR SERIES
Book 1 - The Enigma
Book 2 – Dropzone
Book 3 – The Raven Girl
THE MIRANDA TRILOGY (psychological thrillers)
Miranda
Mistress
Medusa
STANDALONE NOVELS
Horror - The Divide
Thriller - The Ghostwriter
Thriller – The Guests
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateSeptember 5, 2015
- File size1897 KB
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- ASIN : B014ZY5DT4
- Publisher : STILL Books; 1st edition (September 5, 2015)
- Publication date : September 5, 2015
- Language : English
- File size : 1897 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 353 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #714,879 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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About the author
After reading English at 3 Universities and graduating from none of them, I set off travelling around the world with my wife, Ann, finally settling in South Africa, where we still live.
In 2013 Ann dropped a rather large speaker on my head and I came up with the idea for a detective series. DS Jason Smith was born. Smith, the first in the series was finished a few months later.
3 years and 8 DS Smith books later, Joffe Books wondered if I would be interested in working with them. As a self-published author, I agreed. However, we decided on a new series – the DC Harriet Taylor Cornwall series.
The Beekeeper was published and soon hit the number one spot in Australia. The second in the series, The Perfect Murder did just as well.
I continued to self-publish the Smith series and Unworthy hit the shelves in 2018 with amazing results. I therefore made the decision to self-publish The Backpacker which is book 3 in the Detective Harriet Taylor series and was published in July 2018.
After The Backpacker I had an idea for a totally new start to a series – a collaboration between the Smith and Harriet thrillers and The Enigma was born. It brings together the brooding, enigmatic Jason Smith and the more level-headed Harriet Taylor. Dropzone followed shortly after and the third in the series, The Raven Girl finished things off.
Miranda is something totally different. What was to be a stand-alone psychological thriller, it is a real departure from anything else I’ve written before. The ending begged for a sequel and, Mistress was born. Medusa completes the Miranda trilogy.
There are now 25 DS Smith books available with many more planned for the future.
I wanted a break from the crime thriller genre so I came up with The Divide - a macabre horror tale of survival, but crime will always be my true love.
A new series featuring Irishman, DI Liam O'Reilly begins with Blood on the Island, and that was followed by ten more mysteries set on the island of Guernsey.
When I'm not writing I love sailing, guitars and jumping out of perfectly good planes. I'm lucky to have a huge lake on my doorstep as well as a world-class skydiving drop zone.
Books by Stewart Giles
DS JASON SMITH SERIES
Book 0.5 -Phobia
Book 1 -Smith
Book 2-Boomerang
Book 3-Ladybird
Book 4-Occam’s Razor
Book 5-Harlequin
Book 6-Selene
Book 7-Horsemen
Book 8-Unworthy
Book 9-Venom
Book 10-Severed
Book 11-Demons
Book 12-Deadeye
Book 13-Motive
Book 14-Australia
Book 15-Wishbone
Book 16-Ghosts
Book 17-The Scarecrow
Book 18-The Bluesman
Book 19-The Librarian
Book 20-The Viaduct
Book 21-The Twin
Book 22-The Dogwalker
Book 23-The Flytrap
Book 24-The Electrician
Book 25-The Cellar
DC HARRIET TAYLOR SERIES
Book 1-The Beekeeper
Book 2-The Perfect Murder
Book 3-The Backpacker
Trotterdown a box set of DC Harriet Taylor books 1-3
DS JASON SMITH &DC HARRIET TAYLOR SERIES
Book 1 -The Enigma
Book 2 – Dropzone
Book 3 - The Raven Girl
PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERS
Miranda
Mistress
Medusa
Standalone Horror
The Divide
Standalone Psychological Thrillers
The Ghostwriter
The Guests
DI O'Reilly mysteries
Book 1 - Blood on the Island
Book 2 - Lies on the Island
Book 3 - Fear on the Island
Book 4 - Malice on the Island
Book 5 - Revenge on the Island
Book 6 - Christmas on the Island
Book 7 - Silence on the Island
Book 8 - Secrets on the Island
Book 9 - Chaos on the Island
Book 10 - Sadness on the Island
Book 11 - Danger on the Island
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- Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2021I started on the series just a couple of days ago & just got finished with Harlequin. How many more can I get through before Monday? The very damaged detective is quite the mess but he gets results. Some minor procedural details are off, but this is a very entertaining author.
- Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2017Chilling indeed if there were still a Circus to attend I might have to think twice before going after reading Harlequin.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2017A super author with a great balance of personal and professional story-lines. Can’t get enough of this series. I just loved all Stewart's books, keep up the writing, we need more.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2018Thad’s smith books are all great. This book is no exception.
- Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2016Some basic editing and proofreading errors.spoil a good story. Pity that every extra book removes what may develop into charismatic characters.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2018Oh my goodness this book had everything!! It was a really fast paced storyline with plenty of twists and turns and I love how it all developed – and the ending was superb!!
I am really enjoying this series so couldn’t wait to start this one and I certainly wasn’t disappointed, I think it is probably the best book in the series so far. I was gripped right from the start and read the book the same day I started it.
Five stars from me – another brilliant addition to this series – I can’t wait to read the next book!!
- Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2018Each book of the series builds on the others before it and I thoroughly enjoy getting to know the characters and their relationships with one another.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2018Many thanks to the author / Books 'n All Promotions / Jill Burkinshaw for the digital copy of this crime fiction. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.
Who doesn't love a circus? Acrobats, Jugglers, Animals, Trapeze Acts, Dancers, Tightrope Walkers, Magicians, and of course, Clowns.
DS Jason Smith has been on a self-imposed leave for several weeks. For those weeks, he's been lost in the haze of marijuana .. but he has quit drinking. He also missed the exam he needed to take to promote him to DI and someone else received that promotion.
He's tasked with returning to work forthwith. Children are disappearing, and then found murdered. So far the one clue they have leads directly to the circus. Smith has an unusual feeling about these cases .. especially since either no one will talk to him and those that do seem to be lying.
He's decided he has to start at the very beginning with the first murder. What ties these deaths together? Before this case is over, Smith is going to find himself much closer to danger than he thought.
Although 5th in a series, this one reads well as a stand-alone. One of my favorite series, I highly recommend starting at the very beginning.
Jason Smith changes a bit with each book. I think he's finally growing up in some ways, and in others, well, there's always room for improvement. He loves his job most of the time, he's very good at routing out the bad guys. His colleagues and supervisors usually give him room to maneuver, even though his way of doing things is a bit unorthodox.
This is an action-packed page turner with some twists and turns along the way leading to a very surprising ending.
Top reviews from other countries
- JillReviewed in the United Kingdom on October 8, 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars Book 5
This is book 5 in the DS Smith series and this review is for the reedited and updated digital version.
It is no secret that I am a big fan of Stewart Giles. His books tick a lot of boxes for me especially this Smith series. I suspect Smith could be an acquired taste and you have to read all the books in sequence to understand what he has been through and why he is taking so long to grow up. He is getting there.
As life has dealt him blow after blow he has picked himself back up with the aid of drink, cigarettes and now Marijuana. BUT he has also lost everybody who he cared about including his house. He is trying to put the house back together and his head when Whitton begs him to return to work as a 5 year old child has disappeared from his home.
We have a new DI in charge of the team and she isnt going to stand for Smith's way of doing things in the same way Bob Chalmers did. But she has never come across anyone like Smith before either.
As more children go missing all clues point to the circus and the troupe have secrets of their own.
This is a very unique story. One that begs the question: Is evil genetic? The team encounter many problems along the course of the investigation and are left reeling when they join up the dots and realise who the killer is. But he hasn't done yet. Can they catch him before it is too late?
This is a fast paced story that really gets the adrenaline flowing and the pages turning. Twists and turns with more shocks than a ghost train this is a riveting read that I couldn't put down.
Definitely 5 stars from me
- Amazon CustomerReviewed in Australia on March 5, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars great read
Surprises right until the end, another book I couldn’t stop reading. Starting the next one right away, highly recommend this series.
- ShibinReviewed in India on January 10, 2016
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
A great book. Delivers the same thrill as all the great books in the series
- davidReviewed in Australia on November 30, 2020
4.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Typical Jason Smith. Jump in feet first.
- Book WormReviewed in the United Kingdom on March 30, 2016
4.0 out of 5 stars Great.
I absolutely love this series. Great story and characters. I would have given 5 stars but for some reason this book was littered with mistakes, bridge instead of Bridge, we're instead of were and the most annoying when they interviewed a suspect the date was Monday 6th September but next day, when all hell broke loose it was Tuesday 2nd September, BI Brownhill, there for they, they were annoying but I still loved the book.