Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Jessica Jones: Playing with Fire
    Jessica Jones: Playing with Fire
    Jessica Jones: Playing with Fire
    Ebook269 pages3 hours

    Jessica Jones: Playing with Fire

    By Lauren Beukes, Vita Ayala, Sam Beckbessinger and

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    A stressed out, super-powered private investigator puts herself in harm’s way in pursuit of justice in this original Marvel story.
     
    As a private eye in New York City, it’s Jessica Jones’s job to investigate humanity’s worst, unleashed impulses. Possessing superhuman strength and endurance does nothing to help her process other people’s tragedies, much less her own slate of unresolved traumatic issues. Realizing drinking and hitting things is no way to cope with her problems—no matter how much fun it is—Jessica gives therapy a try.
     
    But she finds it hard to look after herself when so many people need help. Hired to find a missing boy, Jessica follows a trail that ends with his dead body, the apparent victim of a drug overdose. Her gut instinct tells her the case isn’t solved, leading Jessica into an even deeper, darker mystery . . .
     
    Jessica Jones: Playing With Fire is a collaborative novel by Lauren Beukes, Vita Ayala, Sam Beckbessinger, Zoe Quinn, and Elsa Sjunneson.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Media
    Release dateApr 16, 2024
    ISBN9781504093019
    Jessica Jones: Playing with Fire
    Author

    Lauren Beukes

    Lauren Beukes is a writer, TV scriptwriter and journalist. She has an MA in Creative Writing, but she got her real education in ten years of freelance journalism, learning really useful skills like how to pole-dance and make traditional sorghum beer. For the sake of a story, she's jumped out of planes and into shark-infested waters and got to hang out with teen vampires, township vigilantes, AIDS activists and homeless sex workers among other interesting folk.

    Related to Jessica Jones

    Related ebooks

    Mystery For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      The Fortune Teller

      Jul 10, 2021

      My head has a liquid feel to it as I stumble down the street. The bottle of red wine in my belly making it seem like my limbs have become balloons, and at any moment they might float away. Next to me, Michael has a stupid whiskey grin stretched acros

      18 min read

    • Article

      Four Poems

      May 1, 2019

      We found ourselves to be quite fondof the ad campaignundermining late-stage capitalism: how the sprightly old womankept bursting into private conversationsat the candlelit restaurant and shouting, You can’t eat nickels!!and then doing that little hip

      3 min read

    • Article

      Playing God

      Apr 10, 2023

      After Jack was abducted by the alien spaceship, and after the round vessel had vanished into the Milky Way, he found himself walking down a tubular corridor with white vibrating walls, escorted by a sinuous blonde who smiled graciously and said her n

      13 min read

    • Article

      Peter Mountford

      Dec 15, 2017

      Vivian spends most of the afternoon naked and strapped to the giant ottoman in the interior decorator’s office in Bethesda. When he finally unties her, the sun is low and she’s shaky and exhausted. He paddled her hard at some point, and that hot stin

      28 min read

    • Article

      The Elephant And The Goldfish

      Aug 5, 2021

      The Elephant And The Goldfish
      8 min read

    • Article

      The Space Between Us

      Oct 9, 2019

      The Space Between Us
      8 min read

    • Article

      A Feeling Artist

      Dec 15, 2018

      Onstage, I’m thinking about the postman who was so overwhelmed by the amount of mail he had to deliver that he threw it all, and then himself, into the sea. I’m thinking about the agoraphobic grandmother who refused to go outside, even when the fire

      15 min read

    • Article

      Coffee, Camping And Murder

      Jul 15, 2022

      “I'm going to kill him and kill him dead,” I hear a young woman from my neighbourhood saying through clenched teeth. She is part of a group of early birds that regularly flocks to a little coffee cart that parks for an hour or two each morning on a q

      3 min read

    • Article

      Announcing the Winners Of Our 100-WORD CONTEST

      Jul 17, 2021

      Eager to try your hand at the 100-word genre? Submit your best work – fiction or nonfiction – in just 100 words in our second annual 100-Word Contest, returning this fall. Bookmark writermag.com/contests for more information. BY ALICIA LUNA Today, I

      5 min read

    • Article

      100-WORD-STORY COMPETITION Winners

      Aug 16, 2022

      We’ve been delighted by the huge response to our 100-word-story competition. The entries have flooded in thick and fast during the past few months, but while we’ve enjoyed reading every story, only a few can come out on top! You, our readers, voted t

      5 min read

    • Article

      Dark Dweller

      Jan 25, 2023

      Dark Dweller
      6 min read

    • Article

      Prey

      Mar 10, 2024

      As I drove slowly toward the mob of angry protestors and my meeting with 200, I thought of 199. The ashes of a once hard man, staring at me with wide eyes that pleaded for hope like a dog begging for treats. I’d somehow found a way to give him that h

      41 min read

    • Article

      About Ed

      Jun 14, 2022

      I walk into the orchid show with Ed. As soon as I see the tumultuous hall I know he won’t last long. Ed walks like an old man though he is forty. After ten minutes on his feet, he vomits on some purple phalaenopsis. I get him outside through a fire e

      18 min read

    • Article

      Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Newton, Bergman, Folk, and More

      Mar 29, 2022

      Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new titles from Maud Newton, Megan Mayhew Bergman, Kate Folk, and more—that are publishing this week. The post Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Newton, Bergman, Folk, and More appeared first on The Millions.

      4 min read

    • Article

      Foxes

      Jun 15, 2019

      What’s worth happening happens in deep woods. Or so my daughter tells me. Her plotlines: In the deep woods someone is chasing, someone else is getting hacked. Hatchets are lifted, brought downdowndown. Men stutter blood onto snow. A cast of animals—s

      17 min read

    • Article

      The After

      Jun 10, 2023

      He is sitting opposite me, staring blankly like a dead fish. Stone eyes. Cobalt and lifeless. Pale gray skin, dripping scales. I imagine him hauled out of the water and dumped on the riverbank, gasping for breath. Just as he deserves. I only agreed t

      13 min read

    • Article

      Prey

      May 10, 2021

      As I drove slowly towards the mob of angry protestors and my meeting with 200, I thought of 199. The ashes of a once hard man, staring at me with wide eyes that pleaded for hope like a dog begging for treats. I’d somehow found a way to give him that

      41 min read

    • Article

      Valentine’s Ghost

      Jun 20, 2020

      Valentine’s Ghost
      7 min read

    • Article

      We Don't Talk About That Here

      Nov 4, 2021

      We Don't Talk About That Here
      4 min read

    • Article

      It’s Meloni Time

      Aug 5, 2021

      It’s Meloni Time
      12 min read

    • Article

      Jason the Heat Guy

      Jan 11, 2021

      Jason the Heat Guy
      11 min read

    • Article

      Just Passing

      Aug 17, 2020

      Zoe cracks the curtain in the bay window and watches as he bounces from one foot to another in the cold. Tap, tap, tap, he goes at the letterbox. But she shouldn’t even let him in. He’s trouble. He throws his arms out and shouts through the glass: “S

      5 min read

    • Article

      Ode to Joy

      Mar 28, 2018

      Ode to Joy
      6 min read

    • Article

      Reach

      Dec 10, 2023

      Jack Benson stands dissolved in an ocean of strangers, humans he couldn’t have known existed until forced to jostle with them for space and shared odors. He recoils imperceptibly with each touch, eager not to offend or stand out any further. As a mas

      10 min read

    • Article

      Always In Memory

      Sep 1, 2022

      Always In Memory
      6 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Jessica Jones

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Jessica Jones - Lauren Beukes

      ^fbook_preview_excerpt.html}\[F dnt )$UKָd;<I"IB("cf1ۘx%sιHb@">=?k~ӵGK?_+/|/Bcӎݹjũߪn}[zUT?pɪuTo;[;(}SA.+qSW+dar egnݖy>xҦ]mEbp#KUد1Uۡ·c7SȃZh6k)P`{( ϯkț9ƪvq] >+\=yxYUBOcV_8<~SVNw~[atusW 5kvlCŷm?~ :|W@H }Eͳߌu [Ѕ2EE&rV %[8^v A't5n l5uDQ7"=^2ǁ $e{nX+|3L贇 %Z*mC] Ɔ],"Xa׼f'h8-v;sJc SYoq?.Ǎ [j{E.> guc Acݑ >PDl<O.65FxXlc AS- KsJwr%EH3k; XI!)`袅jd(r /<j;aT]U3_`T@Bվ-Ǝa^সǯ';( Cui&m^+]s!@Dq@f:kKpMiclmf݃2 ^5X6$G) lxQ:a~Xl4:ʂw]_[e#Lr+w6<۾`]/d$MHOt#۱%V4f%s0 (:zmyJ9Y u.v~ eʘ؅q8d638ȩXVӪɮK;Y2}vq؃vQntȊP Cm-UzzWwp[۝@X '/M_QP$40h\4ݎVlLЀ `oCmv.٢l ENC8hؒOΆ?6/ ^0qPjuϞ(q%`8~ BúQi 4f2! |h Ğ5nk"aqs)$~}lxYn5H|&X׶|$ld8|u5 ` eA$B)yKIx8}(gh b 1r$)~ = ,s0B&DJ,EX砑3Ii(eڐ ^AE>~ \iHQ"OMl-)VHZUm$L+!tx^`L V ß`БLOn )ǐAė^x6#"}WP&ɂ]҉|>0l>Za-w}@[ZɟmL̔t7UC=>n WHD!Us[0FvjnDfi{=(;rMP퓜R373ZzƛI!Kxb!2?w$)^.*$$ؔ6$$/I9B-fWO\(knK eDU^"){^2:tH@a 3D҄Wǔ٠S"8DY¼3WTo}c$.E21xSM2\SRbE*:a<}Bd'G_#'!aCݰ]sTnkQ'-A6pGșF}E5[U!Rh`0`CRQ'F-ō^6,UTjXG3>̥EAє2qN@5Bq]8F"Mз|E%oD.)bG )llkzD Yߪ!+9D/rWCU[ߙ8HKAIf$?Wh3#IUGšSd+J2v*C#ږ3`'d C2$v2=?)ձ1`mXcDwMLs~ : -J,b_q|skJ*IŞ]P1GwDc7$3JfB nɵ$b]' d]q@>(mGd 3&AMqg\g%sQM|4VY Pe]]HG)Iִ!3߀+7WPS!]@T"U5'5)/U{F`!PKsY-ўʶ5d7W\'Rob#=@+rYWՓ#/a3NQa2d~irhvs]i冿@1C?>BeVXyN WbS "a?2ốE2dhW:858AΨRU%S4rԜ zK@u&1&  {fw#8X}^}[LI !h;hMҡT{`=l_+4I>TjNbjժ#5Qt_Z$t&< ԉbsL آ}nzŖT NhⓗyGB1Hƞ)=<o>Y L $L1W!滣;_†!=zw 'd43Mгb62\܉>%8b5F/+SB0߉f$F`7*j\RMY$IJ"ؓՐAAN}Cڻ -#*&=?<-_@DhTRR ʙ|'SāN佾 Pv<N*~勄RS-}5S3;S\Z90&+Lv {b{s1ݚ~JIEuiiԒQw4;g, ao%¯Y)+~n}mo1\|F4 !d8HbzKT%c Aeu|k a-+e R;swGؑʾW,{{X3b"&j: "E͵@F=#QyFY%rs&zuGXԋFZ<^M^ު u _k̡3nVkt(2 [OEX|qRgEU<7*HP5ZNk T\TiI*@/ks4 r8t<[+Р~P,ν]3JU.+P|PwQ̂cs T-VC5i*Lě't,?WnCFa;OH3S )&4`9Aױex|vuoDir[-i erjR>0'UjL_dQڠIU ]A_7`G(Ftg%m^!Լ:]U{!$KR:U+iRUJv3D97+[٘k-Җ="2#$1U[( anHp<1UFJGj@ M(͑ ^#c-@%* G5۝9aM2rȵઽ, .f\wxhD ϡ)ڭGY}\>4HwSȬ;_k~4;tizHD<<씊3zpc3MQm9Ȓqvk} ܘؾjjӨr y:q<0RC| 35S߄6QClV8tOaB5O 6"u%ʶ]4=+|dJ\)4*LSkH22 ]?$gN=aD8KcE?,%б@  = x)(vWǩ=zΌ8؟Er,_ZkH0(Z KXҫΞ0{e%;%\]o˕5ԗ5t um =s:Ĺn;7&"unՍZrk4ګ0%֒CÆ:\'o~iϲ[,W52I5OF27w ,z&kZ^W9&0Voi~I˹Z?jRCXr:2N憶h`Ԫ{AC%sʦ%E-k% BBOn|~S6lnt6 ;VXl% 14(<Bx@ !3Nu2K;åK:$y0Al+b'1m/"Zy `+]J[iykn8UCA0ruHԕ#JƆHjE)K/?s]讐x,7T#<=0mWK8Q?~ךz#=OIMd,0 6ym9lZNCLI6~u""3uO"M?{=B͜xl:PqD" e1:"N;1YiR6+d,H<|Y\ ck/Udy0!?T /IFF!8-(΢!ڥNքY-UY%ӅKCe*򭴩rEr Tî gl0 FFd{ǩ"%34{^IS)lz%|rO-3fI?R,ɺӐֲ  @g3-&9):C`!3SxX@,ڨ66OCy|xuL_3i.}WE4+ ИCb4pV|$7pxŲneFe\{v\bRv6ob"}9xb՛ J\-.'gt8:w[@2!u/iШ |3֋O..H8uNzO\D~zegSuey:6z鍣'K^M;g™,`O2H1$aWȚR\Wx[]GT1wn/U,7(\Wy8"ظN`3m%q4sqWﻦ"e;ָ/?S߫W^± -\[Lslԉ_6qG Lh㿛gN6b40 6)%KoLo"^AgmI*3v9`:1^m^t靋<ҏ5޲^dKނya"e=)->@F Jokxt>MigAV̐D2}b-e5k[:j-|n̊_'o"$$۸('\dz ֖~'f]*|3>1Vy =)`oF)2wzNܸ_wՆs*1WHQ "O4D7@(Qetk8dC|qȬt,c i.Eq[( be8Q3MAn5C8kl}k!n[GVې!ټ_榶CΊOvEH?kmj q{ɖ}m/ VUhz`Η*Sʝ򑡷׀i[l!=!mH%0 mWpQn[ŭ m^S"A^.>^H5A,O^vz8JzDBH݇RN6 Qr$lԆr^D;b>qS-0m3JlcėѴ[vƾbJ05n8 ZQCu*Y3+4e)K/Np4U{V)򻩤'>x\V1~9#"m_ۙ>>>tJ^4@Kc_sa7X%Wš&Q!0O7zb%:'0"dv1' )z5FaeMLoS9[aЗOo UpN3%;I
      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1