Red Dog Conspiracy Series

 From NY Times and USA Today bestselling author Patricia Loofbourrow ... "... a story that is almost irresistible." SciFi and Scary Kidnapping. Murder. Betrayal. 1899 years after the Catastrophe, the steam-powered domed city of Bridges is controlled by the Mob. For the past ten years, Jacqueline Spadros has spent her days in a gilded cage, her nights haunted by her best friend Air's murder. Air tried to stop her sale to the Spadros crime family, and he died for it. In a city that hates her just because of where she was born, Jacqui has secretly become a private detective to earn enough money of her own to escape. But when Air's little brother goes missing, she has to decide: live with the nightmares and guilt, or defy her husband's sadistic father to save the boy? Dark, gritty, multi-layered Victorian-inspired detective neo-noir that keeps the reader guessing to the very end. Lovers of Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, Phillip Marlowe, The Expanse, Seanan McGuire, or the Sherlock Holmes mysteries will enjoy this debut novel of the Red Dog Conspiracy series. The Jacq of Spades was part of the first edition of the Dark Humanity science fiction and fantasy box set, which made #8 on the USA Today bestseller list for February 5, 2017, and #5 on the NY Times bestseller list for February 12, 2017. Over 20,000 copies of The Jacq of Spades have been sold!  This is part 1 of a 13-part serial audio novel: The Jacq of Spades <-- you are here The Queen of Diamonds The Ace of Clubs The King of Hearts The Ten of Spades (coming soon!) Scroll up, click the button to buy, and begin the adventure! Welcome to the Family.

Jacqui's back! She just wanted an easy case ... Private eye Jacqueline Spadros, recovering from her harrowing experiences the week prior, wants nothing more than a simple, straightforward case - preferably one the Spadros Family won't find out about. Aristocratic jewel merchant Dame Anastasia Louis, aka "The Queen of Diamonds," seems to be offering the perfect arrangement. But Jacqui can't leave the madman "Black Jack" Diamond's crimes unpunished. And the more she learns, the more she begins to believe that this particular job wasn't such a good idea after all .... Dark, gritty, multi-layered Victorian-inspired detective neo-noir that keeps the reader guessing to the very end. What readers say about The Queen of Diamonds "... blackmail, murder plots and seemingly everyone with a secret!" - Diana Johnson "... combines a fictional mob tale with a detective mystery for a darkly entertaining adventure." - Holly A. Lenz "... action, conspiracies, mystery and danger ..." - Laura Furuta  This is part 2 of a 13-part serial audio novel: The Jacq of Spades The Queen of Diamonds <-- you are here The Ace of Clubs The King of Hearts The Ten of Spades (coming soon!) Scroll up, click the button to buy, and continue the adventure!

The one secret which could destroy everything ... After financial disaster and the zeppelin bombing, the city of Bridges is reeling. Three of the four Families are implicated, and an inquest is called to investigate. After her failure to prove Jack Diamond's guilt in David Bryce's kidnapping and the deaths of her friends, private eye and mobster's moll Jacqueline Spadros has had enough. While she and her former lover Joseph Kerr try to learn who killed their family friend, they also begin making plans to leave the city. But the secrets Jacqui has kept over the years are coming back to cause her serious trouble. Will she be able to escape Bridges? Or will she be forced to face the terrible consequences of her lies and trickery once and for all?  This is part 3 of a 13-part serial audio novel: The Jacq of Spades The Queen of Diamonds The Ace of Clubs <-- you are here The King of Hearts The Ten of Spades (coming soon!) Scroll up, click the button to buy, and continue the adventure!

What if the person who hated you most was the only one who could save you? Thousands of gentlemen have gone bankrupt in Bridges and trouble brews between the Diamond and Spadros crime families. Yet the city is united in its desire to exact vengeance for those murdered in the zeppelin disaster. Penniless and alone, private eye Jacqueline Spadros confronts the lowest point of her life. Seen as an accomplice in the financial crisis and accused of a crime she didn't commit, Jacqui faces trial in front of a hostile jury - and could receive the death penalty. Jacqui knows she's been framed by the illusive Red Dog Gang. But will the jury believe her?

1899 years after the Catastrophe, Bridges is owned by the Mob. The Red Dog Conspiracy follows the story of 22 year old small-time private eye Jacqueline Spadros beginning from her first major case: the missing little brother of her best friend, whose murder ten years before still haunts her nightmares. The only clue? A Red Dog Gang stamp across the alley from where the boy was last seen.   From the very first page, Jacqui is dragged into a web of lies, secrets, and betrayals which both endangers her life and the lives of those she loves. This contains books 1-3 of a 13-part steampunk crime fiction series: 1. The Jacq of Spades 2. The Queen of Diamonds 3. The Ace of Clubs