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In his debut mystery, Cobra Clutch (NeWest 2017), A.J. Devlin introduces his fictional character "Hammerhead" Jed Ounstead who is adjusting to life after the pro-wrestling world. Jed is now a bar bouncer and errand boy for his father's detective agency. The book uses humor and gritty realism and includes a former tag-team partner, a kidnapped pet snake, sleazy promoters and violence inside and outside the ring. "As the venom of Vancouver's criminal underworld begins to seep into Jed's life, a steel chair to the back of the head is the least of his problems."
In the second episode Rolling Thunder (NeWest $18.95) Jed Ounstead, now a fully-fledged private investigator, is riding high after his first successful case. Jed leaves the wrestling realm to enter a new arena: women's flat-track roller derby. When old acquaintance Stormy Daze seeks his help finding her team's missing coach, Jed discovers that the turnbuckle-and-metal-chair mayhem of the wrestling ring pales in comparison to roller derby's four-wheeled ferocity. As his search intensifies, Jed is drawn into the criminal orbit of a shady entrepreneur who doubles as a late-night TV personality, a high-class bookmaker with a yen for racing dachshunds and a kinky painter with a special technique for producing art. When the thunder rolls, Jed finds he needs more than a few of his beloved banana milkshakes to solve this case.
The third installment, Five Moves of Doom (NeWest $22.95) sees Jed drawn into the mixed martial arts community when an UFC Championship belt goes missing and he's hired to find it. Jed's detective work takes him inside the world of jewel thieves, bodybuilders and yoga enthusiasts. He also ventures into the tight-knit MMA community where he begins asking unwanted questions and infiltrates a secretive no-holds-barred fight club. Jed, who has developed an unhealthy fondness for banana milkshakes, may be in for a fight he is no longer fit to handle. Publicity states the book "is a high-altitude and high-attitude entry in A.J. Devlin's award-winning mystery series, one that finds its hero pushed to his absolute limit, relying on his closest allies to survive, and making choices he never thought he'd have to make."
Devlin grew up in Greater Vancouver before moving to Southern California for six years where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Screenwriting from Chapman University and a Master of Fine Arts in Screenwriting from The American Film Institute. Devlin lives in Port Moody.
Photo by Gina Spanos.
BOOKS:
Five Moves of Doom (NeWest, 2022) $22.95 978-177439-055-9
Rolling Thunder (NeWest, 2020) $18.95 978-1-988732-86-2
Cobra Clutch (NeWest, 2017) $18.95 978-1-988732-24-4
[BCBW 2022]
In the second episode Rolling Thunder (NeWest $18.95) Jed Ounstead, now a fully-fledged private investigator, is riding high after his first successful case. Jed leaves the wrestling realm to enter a new arena: women's flat-track roller derby. When old acquaintance Stormy Daze seeks his help finding her team's missing coach, Jed discovers that the turnbuckle-and-metal-chair mayhem of the wrestling ring pales in comparison to roller derby's four-wheeled ferocity. As his search intensifies, Jed is drawn into the criminal orbit of a shady entrepreneur who doubles as a late-night TV personality, a high-class bookmaker with a yen for racing dachshunds and a kinky painter with a special technique for producing art. When the thunder rolls, Jed finds he needs more than a few of his beloved banana milkshakes to solve this case.
The third installment, Five Moves of Doom (NeWest $22.95) sees Jed drawn into the mixed martial arts community when an UFC Championship belt goes missing and he's hired to find it. Jed's detective work takes him inside the world of jewel thieves, bodybuilders and yoga enthusiasts. He also ventures into the tight-knit MMA community where he begins asking unwanted questions and infiltrates a secretive no-holds-barred fight club. Jed, who has developed an unhealthy fondness for banana milkshakes, may be in for a fight he is no longer fit to handle. Publicity states the book "is a high-altitude and high-attitude entry in A.J. Devlin's award-winning mystery series, one that finds its hero pushed to his absolute limit, relying on his closest allies to survive, and making choices he never thought he'd have to make."
Devlin grew up in Greater Vancouver before moving to Southern California for six years where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Screenwriting from Chapman University and a Master of Fine Arts in Screenwriting from The American Film Institute. Devlin lives in Port Moody.
Photo by Gina Spanos.
BOOKS:
Five Moves of Doom (NeWest, 2022) $22.95 978-177439-055-9
Rolling Thunder (NeWest, 2020) $18.95 978-1-988732-86-2
Cobra Clutch (NeWest, 2017) $18.95 978-1-988732-24-4
[BCBW 2022]
