Trapped in Cuckoo Land: When Trouble Finds You Collection, #5

By Jinx James

Anita had a game plan until an offer of a glorious sun-drenched weekend in Majorca, where she'll be treated "like a queen", is too tempting to refuse.

There have been many men in Anita's life. This man seems different. Can he change her life?

Trapped in Cuckoo Land showcases the sleazier side of Switzerland. Forget cuckoo clocks, dirndls, and yodelling. Just watch Anita's initial fascination, her growing fantasy and then horror as her life melts down into a vintage, non-PC train wreck of a crime thriller.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jinx James Books, Kit James Publishing
• Release date: May 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9780645632361

Jinx James

Crime fiction author Jinx James was born in the UK, and lives in Australia. He has worked in music, advertising, and TV comedy. He has always been fascinated by charisma, satire, and what makes people laugh. That’s his usual way of looking at the world, but he is also intrigued by how his characters react when confronted by a terrifying dilemma, or a moment of confrontation. As he always says, it’s the characters that write the stories. They insist that their voices are heard. Today Jinx lives in a wine-growing area in regional Australia with his wife and two dogs. As Kit James, he also writes a humorous dog book series, Mutt to Megastar, starring Elliott, a wisecracking dog.

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Trapped in Cuckoo Land

When Trouble Finds You Collection, Volume 5

Jinx James

Published by Jinx James Books, Kit James Publishing, 2023.

This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

TRAPPED IN CUCKOO LAND

First edition. May 1, 2023.

Copyright © 2023 Jinx James.

ISBN: 978-0645632361

Written by Jinx James.

Also by Jinx James

When Trouble Finds You Collection

Dead Reckoning

Wrong Place Right Time

The Legend

There's Something About Her

Trapped in Cuckoo Land

The Downing

Standalone

Dead Funny

Watch for more at Jinx James’s site.

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CHAPTER 1

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The cab skimmed its way through the streets next to the Viadukt section of the city. Anita suddenly stopped reading the Stock market section of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung newspaper and flinched. With a bad-tempered grunt of annoyance, she flung it down onto the seat next to her.

She noticed the swarthy cab driver glance back at her in his rear-view mirror.

She’d lost so much money... and all because she listened to a fool like that idiot ex-boyfriend of hers. He worked for a finance trading house in town. Anita had managed to sell off nearly all of her other shares well before the crash. But he’d also told her to hang on to some particular ones... almost begged her! And then today... this bloody morning, they’d tanked too.

That meant it would take her another six months’ work, at least, to get to where she needed to be.

Thanks,