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    Double Cross: A Novel
    Double Cross: A Novel
    Double Cross: A Novel
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    Double Cross: A Novel

    By James David Jordan

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    Double Cross continues the story of Taylor Pasbury, a heroic young woman introduced in James David Jordan’s novel, Forsaken (“highly readable . . . Taylor is a character worth another visit” —BookPage).

    Raised by a father who was a former Special Forces officer, Taylor is beautiful and brilliant and knows how to take care of herself. But she is haunted by her past and the sacrifice her father made to save her from a brutal rape when she was seventeen. After a controversial stint in the Secret Service, she has become the most prominent private security specialist in America. When she discovers the body of a former client’s top assistant, all the evidence points to embezzlement and suicide. But Taylor has no way of knowing that her mother, who ran out when Taylor was nine, is about to reappear and lead her down a twisting path of danger and deceit. It’s a road that won’t end until they reach the spot where Taylor’s father died—where Taylor learns some sacrifices can never be earned.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBH Publishing Group
    Release dateOct 1, 2009
    ISBN9781433668869
    Double Cross: A Novel
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    James David Jordan

    James David Jordan is a business attorney in Texas and was named by the Dallas Business Journal as one of the most influential leaders in that legal community. He holds a journalism degree from the University of Missouri as well as a law degree and MBA from the University of Illinois and lives with his wife and two teenage children in the Dallas suburbs. Forsaken is his second novel.

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    • 3/5
      This airport thriller is a good page turner: plenty of action as security consultant Taylor Pasbury investigates a suicide (or is it a murder?), meets her Mom (who had left the family when Taylor was a little girl) and becomes dragged in more deeply to her new step-father’s criminal activity and into the life of the young woman she is protecting.I had four major disappointments with this novel:It is set in Dallas. Now, I haven’t been to Dallas for 20 years. It’s a long way from Western Australia. I could have been in any city in the States. I would have liked more local colour, a stronger sense of place.It ends with a long sermon from Taylor’s Mom on the unearned nature of God’s love. Grace, in the theological sense, did tie up the narrative on Mom, but it didn’t need to become the resolution and climax for the whole novel. For a novel wearing its Christianity on its sleeve, the violence in it was strong and unnecessarily explocit. I do not need to know the harm that would be done to a man by a steel animal trap. The violence moves beyond the cartoon level violence of most thrillers to something almost nasty.I was not convinced that Taylor Pasbury’s voice was a woman’s. Taylor is the narrator of the whole novel, and her language is that of a hard-boiled detective. The voice is consistent – but, for me, consistently wrong. If you had nothing better available to read, you might enjoy Double Cross. My recommendation would be to find something more interesting.
    • 3/5
      This is a quick book to read and an interesting little murder mystery with a few funny moments. A young woman who offers security services is helping the daughter of a close friend who recently died uncover proof that someone is embezzling money from her father's ministry. Seeking information, they chance upon an employee of the ministry who's apparently committed suicide, but is later confirmed have been murdered.While she grapples with finding the murderer and keeping a reporter at bay, her mother, who left her 20 years ago, appears at her doorstep and expects their relationship sail smoothly into the sunset without explanation or apology.There are a couple of odd scenarios and a character in the story which I thought could have been omitted because they weren't relevant to the main plot and neither did they add any value to the story.It wasn't hard to guess who the murderer was though. Quite a bit of action and the developing relationship between our security officer and her mother is interesting.
    • 5/5
      I would definitely read other books by this author. The story line was easy to follow, the characters were written well. If you like a "clean" read (meaning no profanity/sex) this you will like. The main character Taylor and her roommate finds the church assistant dead. Looks like suicide but the clues don't add up to suicide. In the meantime, Taylors mom shows up after being absent since she was a child. Lots of twists and turns and the end was surprising. Reminded me of a Sue Grafton book. After reading other reviews, I found out this was a Christian lit. but it must have went over my head (LOL) because it didn't seem like a mainstream Christian book. Highly recommend and will be looking for other books by this author.
    • 4/5
      After finishing the first book "Forsaken", I was eager to read the sequel "Double Cross" and I was not disappointed. It is good to note, that this book could easily be enjoyed read as a stand alone as well. The suspense and the action in this book was on a level up from Forsaken and the pages were turned even faster. I was astonished at how fast I read the book, but I just wanted to get to the next scene.This novel reunites a mother and child in a unique way and takes a reader through a gambit of emotions on whether or not they will appreciate the mother. The depth of character is realistic and invites a reader to delve into their own relationships looking at joys and woes. I recommend the reading of books by James David Jordan and look forward to more in the future myself.
    • 4/5
      Mr. Jordan was new to me although Double Cross is his third mystery. Former Secret Service agent Taylor Pasbury -- tossed out for drinking and promiscuity -- has earned a reputation as a bodyguard and investigator. This book traces through a story apparently begun in an earlier book that circles around a suicide (or is it murder?) of a bookkeeper. The business is that of an Evangelist client who intentionally sought a dangerous post to be killed, despite the attempts of Ms. Padbury to protect him. What makes this book worth reading though are the fine characterizations and frailties of Ms. Pasbury. Some of the minor characters are less fully flushed-out but even there the language is crisp and moves the reader along swiftly. This is a solid entry in a crowded field and worth picking up for a satisfying, but quick, read.
    • 3/5
      This an okay book. The protagonist is a likable character with a sense of humor. The mystery is interesting in the first part but takes predictable turns near the end.Be aware it is Christian fiction. It is aimed at a narrow audience. I expect this series will have trouble getting a secular audience. The writer is skilled and is a fine storyteller but the religious aspects at times seemed forced. The story will be moving along and you can almost feel the pressure to insert some Christian content.
    • 3/5
      This is a good book for a time when you have a few hours to read it in one sitting. It is fast-paced with plenty of action. The ending is dramatic with an unexpected conclusion (although there's some clues to the villain's identity). It's the story of a private investigator searching for an embezzler and a blackmailer (not the same person, but could be). In the course of her investigation, her long lost mother suddenly appears on her doorstep after an absence of 20 years. Coping with the investigation and the reunion with her mother is a challenge, the mother is slightly weird.The writer's style type of story and main character (the PI) reminds me of Marcia Muller's books, but Muller is a more seasoned author (and generally better). In this book there's some story lines that go nowhere and you wonder whether they were meant as red herrings to hide the identity of the villain. It may be that some of them will be continued in sequels. For example the PI has a half-brother whose existence plays a large role in this book (the object of blackmail) but he never makes an appearance.It will be interesting to read the next one in the series to see how the author's writing improves. I would not rush to read the prequel.
    • 3/5
      This airport thriller is a good page turner: plenty of action as security consultant Taylor Pasbury investigates a suicide (or is it a murder?), meets her Mom (who had left the family when Taylor was a little girl) and becomes dragged in more deeply to her new step-father’s criminal activity and into the life of the young woman she is protecting.I had four major disappointments with this novel:It is set in Dallas. Now, I haven’t been to Dallas for 20 years. It’s a long way from Western Australia. I could have been in any city in the States. I would have liked more local colour, a stronger sense of place.It ends with a long sermon from Taylor’s Mom on the unearned nature of God’s love. Grace, in the theological sense, did tie up the narrative on Mom, but it didn’t need to become the resolution and climax for the whole novel. For a novel wearing its Christianity on its sleeve, the violence in it was strong and unnecessarily explocit. I do not need to know the harm that would be done to a man by a steel animal trap. The violence moves beyond the cartoon level violence of most thrillers to something almost nasty.I was not convinced that Taylor Pasbury’s voice was a woman’s. Taylor is the narrator of the whole novel, and her language is that of a hard-boiled detective. The voice is consistent – but, for me, consistently wrong. If you had nothing better available to read, you might enjoy Double Cross. My recommendation would be to find something more interesting.
    • 3/5
      Double Cross, by James David Jordan, was an interesting side trip from the usual crime/mystery books I've read recently. The characters were at times almost too real, flawed and uncomfortable. I enjoyed the adventure, though I felt there was something missing from the story. Perhaps it was simply that there was so much emotion and change from the arrival of the protagonist's mother, or perhaps it simply wasn't as deep as I'd expected. I found my mind wandering to other possible storylines and felt the end was a little flat. All in all an enjoyable read, though not challenging.
    • 3/5
      The book didn't grab me like I was hoping it would. I only found one part a bit of a page turner and then the ending was very anticlimactic. If I had known the Christian element was going to be as vital to the plot, I may have skipped this one. That being said, it was a decent read for the most part. It wasn't overly preachy (except towards the end), but I felt it was a bit lackluster in the suspense area. I think the author had a good plot but just didn't develop it to the fullest extent. The underdeveloped areas made the book lag. Just a bit "meh" in my opinion.
    • 4/5
      Double Cross is the second book in a series. You don’t have to have read the first book to enjoy it, but it will explain a lot of the backstory. Jordan tries to cover as much of that as possible in this book, but you really can’t do that well in a sequel without irritating folks who read your first book.Taylor Pasbury is a former Secret Service agent who has become a private security consultant/body guard. Her biggest client was an evangelist named Simon Mason, and she is still working for his ministry after his death (in the first book). There are questions of embezzlement after his death, and Taylor has everything she needs to prove that Simon wasn’t the one taking the money. She and Simon’s daughter Kacey arrive at the embezzler’s home to find her dead — apparent suicide.Apparent is the important word, because things don’t seem quite right to Taylor. She continues investigating, and uncovers blackmail plots, prostitution rings, and far too many people trying to shoot her. And in the midst of it all, her long lost mother shows up, and seems to know far more than she’s telling.Double Cross isn’t a hard book to read. An average reader will probably finish it in a day, maybe two. It’s a decent page turner as well; you’ll want to find out what happens next, and Jordan is very good at ending chapters with cliffhangers. An audio drama adaptation of the book would be interesting ….The characters in the book are fairly stock. The daughter-of-a-famous-person who is trying to deal with her famous father’s death while continuing his work AND her own studies (and who also is a crack shot on the pistol range), the tough-talking, no nonsense female security specialist whose personal life is in a shambles, the FBI agent who is attracted to the aforementioned security specialist (no spoiler there – if you can’t figure this one out by page 50, you’re as oblivious as Taylor). The list goes on, and can be fairly annoying in it’s predictability.If you pay attention while you’re reading, and think about what is going on, you’ll figure out whodunnit several chapters before Taylor does. That can be annoying, or it can be satisfying, depending on your perspective. I like being able to figure mysteries out before the characters in the book – it means that the author hasn’t held out on any important clues. But there were times toward the end of the book that I wanted to shake Taylor and yell at her, I got so frustrated with her inability to figure some things out.And that right there is the mark of a good book — when you can forget that you’re reading a fiction book and want to interact with the characters. They may be flat, they may be stock, but you feel like you know them anyway. Double Cross isn’t a work of high literature that is meant to be analyzed by English majors hundreds of years from now, after all; it’s a mystery/thriller, and it’s meant to be enjoyed. And you will enjoy it.Double Cross is published by B&H, and can be found at any Christian book store as well as most regular bookstores. The Christian themes are there, but aren’t heavy-handed at all (until the very end, when Taylor realizes what important lesson she’s learned in all of this). That seems to be a trend among Christian fiction lately; people are writing good fiction first, and making the faith connection peripherally if at all. This will expand the market for Christian fiction, but I wonder at what point it stops being Christian fiction and just starts being fiction. That’s a topic for another day, though.
    • 4/5
      Admittedly, this was my first exposure to inspirational fiction and I had a prejudiced view of what to expect. Lucky for me, my prejudice faded as I dug into the book to discover a very tightly written and intriguing story. The lead character, Taylor, is a strong young woman who has experienced a lot of pain in her life. She is not your typical "perfect" heroine. Taylor admits she has a checkered past, and her character is beautiful because of it. It is refreshing to read about a person who is like the rest of us. This book is the second by the author, and after reading "Double Cross" I plan to read the first book, "Forsaken". If you have never read inspirational fiction but would like a great story without the sex and language of secular works, give "Double Cross" a try. You may be pleasantly surprised, as was I.
    • 3/5
      “The day my mother came back into my life began with a low December fog and a suicide. Mom was not responsible for the fog.” is the opening line in “Double Cross” by James David Jordan. It prepares you for a series of coincidences that ties the plot together, but, for me, stretches reality a little to far.Tyler Pasbury and Kacey Mason; daughter of the late Simon Mason, a prominent televangelist; find the body of Mason’s top assistant when they go to face her with charges of embezzlement. The police declare the death a suicide, but Taylor isn’t sure. Her investigation leads to a meeting with a journalist investigating a local extortion ring, where she saves the journalist’s life but gets shot herself. The return of her mother after 20 years, she walked out on nine-year-old Taylor and her husband, causes mixed feelings to say the least. Is her third husband involved in prostitution?It takes the first half of the book for the action to progress past the suicide, however I found it to be a quick read. Overlaying the plot is a Christian message, which adds another dimension to the book. The strength of this will depend on the reader.
    • 3/5
      Proselytising aside, and regardless of the Christian element pointedly omitted in the publisher’s spiel, I am, to a large extent, undecided in my opinion of this book. Whilst a fast, reasonably-entertaining read, overall I was unconvinced with the ensuing plot-line and ultimately unimpressed with the eventual unfolding of, what I originally thought was, an interesting premise.Double Cross is the second instalment in the account of Taylor Pasbury, a former Secret Service agent now with her own security business, but contains enough back story to fill in the blanks from the first. This chapter finds Taylor living with Kacey, the surviving daughter of murdered televangelist Simon Mason, and endeavouring to resolve the immediate situation both find themselves in, after tumultuous events from the first book. In an attempt to solve blackmail and embezzlement within Simon Mason Ministries, the book begins with the girls' early morning visit to the home of Simon’s assistant, Elise Hovden, where they find her body in her car; dead from an apparent suicide. Leaving her misgivings aside, returning home Taylor receives a further shock when her mother, who had abandoned her twenty years ago, turns up on her doorstep. And inevitably Taylor’s attempt to connect with her mother becomes entangled in her suspicions surrounding Elise’s death. It has to be said – this plot is massively manufactured. As effortless as it is to read, the coincidences and happenstances, along with the ease of the enterprises underscoring the whole premise, were just too contrived. And in the attempt to portray the major protagonists with predictable flaws and foibles, most emerged as rather flat, almost lack-lustre, or acted oddly out-of-character and thus did not gel; Taylor’s mother, Hillary, notwithstanding. Plus the purpose-built insertions of religious zeal unfortunately materialised at irregular intervals in the tale, and added no extra dimension, but ultimately worked against the natural rhythm of the story, often jarring the flow of the narrative, to my mind, and resulted in me skimming rapidly over those sections.All in all, and despite reading this book in one easy sitting, I am left feeling somewhat let down, and singularly unmoved with what the author is attempting within this book. Basically, I am not at all persuaded to read the previous chapter, nor bother with the next; just not my cup of tea… (Early Reviewers copy: Oct 20, 2009)
    • 4/5
      The author took a little more time to get to the heart of the story than I would have liked, but when the action started it didn't slow down very much. I was able to pick up on a few clues that were not really emphasized and figured the ending out quite early, but there were enough twists and turns to keep me second-guessing myself until the very end. Overall, I enjoyed it very much.Also, Some people may complain that this book is "preachy", but when two of the characters are a televangelist and his daughter, some biblical references are to be expected.
    • 3/5
      After tragically loosing her father, former secret agent Taylor Pasbury must now not only deal with the murder of her good friend Simon but also track down an embezzeller. Money is missing from Simon's (her recently murdered friend) ministry and she is intent on clearing his name, but when her mother, who ran out on her and her father as a child, suddenly shows up on her doorstep it puts a whole new spin on things. Upon receiving this book I realized it was a 'Christian Suspense' book, which I found out merely translated to to less violence and sex than most books of this nature (in additon to the crime revolving around a embezzellment from a ministry). The larger font and set up of chapters made for a quick read that kept my interest, great read to pick up and put down with ease.
    • 4/5
      Taylor Pasbury, security agent, finds her life turned upside down when her mother shows up after a 20 year absence. This co-incides with the death of an embezzlement suspect which Taylor and friend, Kacey, go to interview, only to find her dead.There are twists and turns, new information, new and old people appearing in this story which does make for quick reading...page turning. While one of the tags on the back cover do list this as Christian fiction, to me the characters were the usual with the flaws of humankind. No one was "holier than thou" which I was afraid could be portrayed.As the author is male and the main character is "Taylor", I at first was confused that this was a female, but quickly fell into the rhythm. After all, I believe that the male author Sidney Sheldon usually had female heroines in his stories.I would recommend this to anyone looking for a good escape and a quick read. Ideal for beach or travel!!!
    • 2/5
      This book is good, solid suspense fiction doing a better than average job of character development and believability, and locale development; however the story is frequently and jarringly interrupted, as if the author got extra rewards for every time he could insert the Christian theme or reference . . . not that I object to the beliefs . . . except when they get in the way of an otherwise good read.

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    Double Cross - James David Jordan

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