Stiff Arm Steal: Miami Jones Florida Mystery Series

A.J. Stewart

Dec 2012 · Jacaranda Drive

About this ebook

USA Today Bestselling Mystery Series

The prize possession of former football hero, part-time media personality, and full-time blowhard BJ Baker has been stolen from his palatial Palm Beach home. Baker has called in the Mayor, the police, the sheriff, and everyone else he can co-opt into the search. But if he really wants the person who can find it, one name keeps coming up. Miami Jones. Problem is, he can't stand Jones. And the feeling is mutual.

Miami takes on a jealous husband, a feisty ex-con and a police detective desperate to claim everyone else's 15 minutes of fame, and he finds that Florida is home to so many retired athletes he could start a pensioner football league. But who is prepared to kill to get their hands on college football's highest honor?

Series praise:

"...strong, unstereotyped, and engaging..." Kirkus Reviews

"a well-balanced mix of intrigue, dry humor, and wit..." Manhattan Book Review

"Robert B. Parker meets Carl Hiaasen." - Bookbub

“Stiff Arm Steal is a rollicking good read.” - San Francisco Book Review

Ratings and reviews

Quick read by someone who clearly knows the geography of the places described, makes me want to go visit though Florida isn't on my list of places to go. I took up this book to keep me company on the treadmill, the style of writing kept me grinning and ready to turn a page even as I upped the speed (walk, not jog). Good for late night reading too. Mild fun style, easy flow, quick page turning, rapid one-liners, well-defined characters, cool guy detective style. In fact, there is an underlying humaneness in the author, a sense of let's clean what's unjust type of thinking. Will I read this author again? Yes, for sure.

Who wouldn’t love Miami, a lot of stiff politicians, police chief to name a few. Why because he seems laid back and with a sense of humor he adds to their conversations. Don’t be fooled by this persona he is great at figuring out the crime. He will give free and fatherly advice to a woman who was sad, too many years in a marriage that was sad. He reassures her, she will be fine. This was about the Heisman trophies which with his comments added a good base for this story. A definite five star.

I love the story, its witty and funny makes me forgot the time and makes me sad, gives us some ideas of how some people act differently to their dissapoinments in life, i will definitely recommend this to friends, thank you mr. Stewart for sharing us your Gods gift talent thanks for the book. 😊

About the author

 A.J. Stewart is the USA Today bestselling author of the Miami Jones Florida mystery series and the John Flynn action thriller series.

He has lived and worked in Australia, Japan, UK, Norway, and South Africa, as well as San Francisco, Connecticut and of course Florida. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his two favorite people, his wife and son. 

AJ is working on a screenplay that he never plans to produce, but it gives him something to talk about at parties in LA.

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