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Unworthy: A chilling thriller with a great twist. (Detective Jason Smith book 8) (A DS Jason Smith Thriller) Kindle Edition

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From #1 best-selling author: Stewart Giles comes book 8 in the popular Detective Jason Smith series.
THE UNWORTHY MUST PAY.
DS Jason Smith is dragged away from paternity leave when a woman is killed with her baby in the next room. When more women with children are brutally murdered, Smith discovers that they all have something in common - they all share a secret. When he finds out that the mother of his own child is on this list of 'Unworthy' women, he finds himself in a race against time to stop the killer before his whole world comes crashing down around him.

An action packed thriller filled with the twists, turns and red herrings we expect from Stewart Giles. This is an edge of your seat page-turner that will appeal to all readers of crime fiction.

THE SETTING York is a historic walled city in North Yorkshire, England. At the confluence of the River Ouse and Foss, York is the traditional county town of the historic county of Yorkshire.

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.
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 Unworthy:
‘There are more twists and turns in the stories than an alpine road. The characters are brilliantly written and a dark humour is always present but, the main plot is always well thought out and the suspense drags you right to the end.’ –James oneill ‘Always a good read. Great characters. The ending is intriguing and I'm looking forward to the next in the series to see how things develop.’ –WarrenC
“Unworthy” just got better and better; I loved the twists and turns, and I didn’t want it to end.’–There’s an App for that! ‘Another great story with the usual characters and much more. Read the series in order to get the best effect.’ – Thompson V
‘Excellent story and characters which together give you a great read. Didn’t want to put it down once I’d started.’ – Quiet man

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

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07BGZDK86
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ STILL Books (March 14, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 14, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2598 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 248 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Stewart Giles
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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 February 26, 2020
    The series continues on and this was a good read with those twists I love. I feel as if I know the characters and their different personalities well. Twice I thought I knew who the killer was! No... I didn't. Highly recommend.
  • Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2022
    Jason and his team have their hands full trying to find the person \ people w ano have killed 4 people, but they finally catch her
  • Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2018
    GREAT. Such a great book. Such a great group of characters. Such great twists and turns. Such a great mystery. This book has everything. Make sure you put it on your must read list.
  • Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2018
    Absolutely fantastic book. Could not put it down.. BRILLIANT!!!!!
  • Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2018
    Thankful this was a free download. Thankful it didn't have much profanity or any sex scenes. These were the plus things.
    There seems to be insufficent knowledge regarding how police cases are worked and taking a day off in middle of early days murder investigation. Also the forensics details were not handled very well. I confess that I have never written a book, so I feel bad about criticizing another's work. Still probably will not purchase more from him. Once again I will reiterate that I truly was appreciative of the fact that there was very little profanity in this book and no sex scenes! It is hard to find many books like that now a days.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2018
    Well I was intrigued with this one as we don't really get much of a blurb for the book but what we do get sounds very interesting!

    I thought that this book was great, I have read a few of Stewart's books now and this one for me is definitely my favourite so far - the plot is great, I loved the pace and the action that takes place. It is a complex story that is well woven throughout to give a really great ending!!

    Four stars - a really good story, well paced and well planned out - very enjoyable!!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2018
    Many thanks to the author and Jill Burkinshaw - Books n All Promotions for the advanced digital copy of this crime fiction. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

    DS Jason Smith is on a well-deserved time off after his partner has a baby. Unfortunately, he is called back in to investigate a particularly gruesome murder.

    A woman is found with her face bashed in .. and her crying infant is in another room. etched into the wall is a message .... UNWORTHY. Unworthy of what? is the question of the day.

    As his investigate continues, 2 more women are slain. Both women had infants or young children in the house. Again, each of the crime scenes has the word UNWORTHY.

    So what is the commonality between these victims? And is it the same killer who is targeting Smith's partner, the mother of his child?

    This is the 8th in the series that features DS Jason Smith and his team. UNWORTHY is an excellent addition. I strongly recommend starting at the beginning of this most intriguing series. The author has given the characters believable features and traits, adding credibility to his story telling. I love how Jason and his girlfriend interact with each other .. with love and humor.

    There are some twists and turns that had me scratching my head. Coming from a law enforcement family, I really enjoy watching the characters rooting out clues and leads one by one... leading to a surprising ending.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2018
    Hesitate to call this a police procedural since they do not follow procedure. Since when is locking a door safe? Since when do they not notify people on a victims list. I understand it makes for a better story but let's try to be accurate.
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Top reviews from other countries

  • John Hindson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly enjoyed this book, I will read Venom now.
    Reviewed in Canada on August 13, 2019
    I chose my rating of 5, because I found the book interesting and very suspenfull
    This is the 7th book I have read regarding detective Jason Smith .
  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 1, 2019
    Very interesting book. Like the series about detective Jason. Easy to read. Have nice flow. Seam to be able to guess what is going to happen but it turns a bit different so it's exciting to read
  • Linda Chesher
    5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Detective Series
    Reviewed in Australia on November 16, 2020
    I’m not very good at those wonderful reviews people seem to be able to give. However, this series so far has been excellent and I just feel I should put that out there for people to see. I am currently starting book 9 in the series and am already upset at the thought of finishing all the books about DS Jason Smith. The books are a decent length as well a being highly entertaining. So, do yourself and read this series by Stewart Giles, he’s added a lot of great reading to my days.
  • A. Hill
    3.0 out of 5 stars Jason is all grown up
    Reviewed in Canada on October 5, 2019
    A more mature Jason is found in this book. It is a good change. Decent storyline, a good who done it, even though everyone knows who done it.
  • Lorna C
    4.0 out of 5 stars An intense and gripping mystery!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 18, 2018
    Smith is happily enjoying paternity leave with his new daughter Laura and girlfriend DC Erica Whitton when he’s called back in. A young woman is found brutally beaten to death in front of her baby with the word Unworthy drawn in her own blood on the window.

    Less than twenty four hours later, a little boy is found wandering the streets covered in blood his mother killed in a similar way. Can Smith figure out who the killer is before they strike again?

    So this is the last book before the new release The Enigma comes out combining Stewart Giles two detectives Jason Smith and Harriet Taylor which I’ve very, very excited for but I’m also a little sad as my Smith series binge has come to an end!

    Wow, I have to say I think this is one of my favourites of the entire series! It is a tiny bit shorter than some of the other Smith books but wow is there a lot packed into it. Honestly there’s so many twists and turns it made my head spin!

    Fatherhood seems to have made Smith mature a bit more and I’m happy to see him and Whitton still going strong but don’t worry there’s still a bit of drama between the pair to keep it interesting.

    There’s a little bit of rivalry between the DC’s Bridge and Yang Chu on who will get the open detective sergeant spot which was a bit of light relief in quite an intense story.

    It was also nice to see PC Baldwin getting more of a role within the book, and being drafted into Smith’s team after spending so many years manning the front desk.

    Unworthy is an intense and gripping mystery with a nail biting ending which is a fantastic edition to the series. I cannot wait to read The Enigma!

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