Darcy Walker Crime Thrillers Series

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. A dead body and cold pizza. Can an aspiring detective solve the case without falling into the hands of a killer? Darcy Walker loathes crime, and murder tops her list. So to keep from going mad with boredom before she enters the Police Academy, she kicks butt delivering pizza to Los Angeles clientele. But when her latest drop-off reveals a customer chilling in a pool of his own blood, she can’t resist gathering clues while she waits for the cops. Annoyed when the investigators spurn her offer to help, Darcy keeps a vital piece of evidence to herself. And though she risks getting blackballed from her dream career, she’s determined to find the culprit first… even if it means reaching out to the seedy underworld. Can this stubborn sleuth nail the murderer before she becomes Most Wanted? Side Hustle is the roller coaster first book in the Darcy Walker Crime Thriller series. If you like OCD-driven heroines, eye-popping twists, and a dose of humor, then you’ll love AJ Lape's pulse-pounding mystery.

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Darcy Walker’s side hustle takes a dangerous turn that could get her blackballed from the academy before she even begins. Clyde Sargent is rude. Egotistical. And a bad tipper. Delivering a pizza should be an in-and-out job. Until he drops a bombshell he might've committed murder. Now in the police academy, Darcy's conscience reminds her it's not her job to solve the mystery. Struggling to color between the lines, the Universe keeps throwing hard balls, and she can’t continue to ignore clues. A dead body appears. A hit is placed on her friends. And someone from the academy goes to the dark side. With her dream finally within reach, will Darcy pump the brakes on her instincts and let others solve the cases? Or will she get kicked out of class before she even earns her badge? Gut Check is the second installment of the action-packed Darcy Walker Crime Thrillers. If you're a fan of Stephanie Plum, Veronica Mars, and Pretty Little Liars plot twists, then you'll love this story where the underdog saves the day.

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. This novel is the third book in A.J. Lape’s hilarious and action-packed new Darcy Walker Investigations series—an evolution of teenage heroine to pizza delivery driver to police officer on the streets of LA. Darcy Walker is a rookie police officer working the nightshift in the Los Angeles Police Department. A job tailor-made for adrenaline junkie Darcy, but one thing her new position entails is following the rules. Barely thirty days in and she fights the itch to go rogue when a Vegas mobster named Fat Tony sends someone to kidnap her and a reality television star winds up dead on her watch.  Against orders, Darcy bloodhounds Fat Tony behind her sergeant’s back and secretly runs her own vice op inside a TV series to find a murderer. But what she sees as going above and beyond the call of duty, detectives take as interference in their cases. She’s on thin ice, and they let her know she's about to get wet.  Can Darcy stay in her lane and leave investigations to those in the suits, or will Fat Tony kidnap her and it won’t even matter? For fans of Stephanie Plum, Veronica Mars, Fortune Redding, and other mystery-thriller heroines, Ride or Die will leave you laughing one minute…then hiding under your bed the next.

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. A gripping crime thriller as an LAPD rookie faces a deadly combination of secrets, birthdays, and death. Darcy Walker isn’t making enough bank to pay her bills. But delivering pizzas as a side hustle hits a snag when she finds her customer without a pulse. Problem is, the victim is Ugly Pizza’s biggest competitor, and her boss, Rollo, becomes a prime suspect. Determined to clear his name when crimes from his past surface, life as a rookie goes high octane when she dodges gunfire in an active shooter incident at the Church to the Stars. Going against direct orders to leave the interrogation to the suits, Darcy uncovers shocking revelations that unearth a Hollywood scoop that's anything but holy. While chasing the truth in both investigations, she fends off a bounty on her own head, and the feeling somebody is trying to kill her too. Is it someone connected to Rollo’s case? The church seeking payback? Or does a third party have an end game she doesn’t yet understand? Medusa Effect is the fourth novel in the Darcy Walker Crime Thrillers. If you love heroines who won't quit, humorous dialogue, and jaw-dropping plots, then you'll love this next mystery by A.J. Lape.

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Saving the world is her 9-to-5, but the ultimate cost may be her life. Darcy Walker is settling into life walking a beat. But when she delivers a warrant off the clock, her life changes in an instant, giving her a deadly lesson she won’t soon forget. Going back to her roots for a temporary change of scenery, she can’t escape the reality that life has gone on without her—her father might have a girlfriend, her aunt has secrets, and her little sister dresses like a stripper in her prime. Choking on a pang of guilt that she followed her dreams, one thing that hasn’t changed is the relationship between her and her mentor, Kellan Sutherland, AKA, Jaws—king of the underbelly of Cincinnati. Six years later, Darcy still doesn’t know the real man behind the proverbial mask...and she’s tired of the subterfuge. Determined to uncover the mystery, she discovers information that leaves her gobsmacked. Sucker-punched. And doubting her skills as an investigator. When she gets involved with a case involving a missing YouTuber while dodging the antics of a mobster who's placed a bounty on her head, she and her loved ones just could pay the ultimate price. 5 Pounds of Pressure is the electrifying fifth novel in the Darcy Walker Crime Thriller series. If you like shock-a-minute twists and heroines who won't quit, then you’ll love AJ Lape's intense mystery.