The South’s wealthiest, most dysfunctional family is back,
with old
scores to settle and a surprising houseguest
Red Pines
Trapnell Thriller
Book 3
by Jill Hand
Genre: Thriller
“In
this hilarious third installment, Jill Hand gives us the weirdest,
funniest family saga yet.”
–Wayne Turmel, author of Johnny Lycan: The Werewolf
PI series
The discovery of the bodies of
two “honky-tonk hitmen” on land belonging to a former
relative brings the Trapnell siblings, self-centered Aimee, indolent
Trainor, and brilliant Marsh, back to White Oaks, their opulent
ancestral home. FBI Special Agent Carson Burns is tasked with
protecting them, something she finds increasingly difficult as
sinister events keep occurring, which barely avoid being fatal.
Adding to the confusion is a
deposed dictator who has eluded his Secret Service watchdogs and is
pretending to be Marsh’s valet.
It becomes clear that someone
intends to murder the Trapnells, but who? And why? A rapper called
Baby Patty Cake insists the Illuminati are to blame, but that can’t
be true, can it?
What readers are
saying:
Author Jill Hand
has crafted a thriller that offers the ideal balance of humor and
suspense to create a delightfully entertaining experience filled with
quirky characters and unexpected twists. The dysfunctional dynamics
of the Trapnell family are an absolute joy and a great foil to play
off during the biggest surprises of the plot, while the witty
dialogue and eccentric scenarios provide plenty of laughs along the
way. The clues unfold at a great pace to allow us to figure things
out alongside Agent Burns, yet the reader is kept in a fair amount of
suspense about the true motives behind the attempts on the Trapnells’
lives, leading to a satisfying and surprising conclusion. Overall,
Red Pines is a captivating read that offers equal parts humor and
suspense, making it a must-read for fans of comedic thrillers
everywhere.
Black Willows
Trapnell Thriller
Book 2
A
mysterious cowboy is stalking the eccentric Trapnell siblings. Is he
a supernatural entity or a hired killer? To complicate things, the
will making them heirs to their billionaire father’s estate is
missing, and a relative has returned from a watery grave.
Last time, the Trapnells saved
the world from destruction. This time, they may not be able to save
themselves. Black Willows is a darkly funny Southern-fried
adventure, complete with Voodoo, arson, and alligators.
White Oaks
Trapnell Thriller
Book 1
“An
ingeniously dark comic thriller about greed, gluttony, and murder that
is destined for the big screen.” –Best Thrillers
Aimee Trapnell reluctantly
leaves her apartment on Manhattan’s Central Park West to return to
her childhood home in Georgia for her father’s ninetieth birthday.
Also on hand are her two brothers, wily Marsh, and ne’er-do-well
Trainor. With a forty-billion-dollar inheritance at stake, they’re
willing to do whatever it takes to make the old man happy.
To their shock they learn that
what their father wants for his birthday is to kill someone. He
doesn’t care who it is. He just wants to know what it’s like to
commit murder.
Betrayal, double-dealing, and
fast-paced action set the Trapnells on a collision course with an
unexpected villain. Their journey takes them from the swamps of
Georgia, to Italy’s glittering Amalfi coast, to rugged Yellowstone
National Park.
Jill
Hand is a member of International Thriller Writers. Her Southern
Gothic novels, White Oaks, and Black Willows, are available on Amazon
and from the publisher, Black Rose Writing.
Advance readers called White
Oaks a fast-paced, hilarious account of three siblings who are
competing for their father’s forty-billion-dollar fortune while
trying to prevent the destruction of Planet Earth.
Diane Donovan, senior reviewer
from Midwest Book Review praised White Oaks, calling it, “an
unusually multifaceted tale that holds the ability to prompt laughter
from thriller-style tension.”
A sequel to White Oaks, Black
Willows, follows the adventures of the squabbling, dysfunctional
Trapnell family. Red Pines, third in the series of Trapnell family
thrillers, was just released in April 2024.
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