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Dark Horse (Jim Knighthorse Series #1) |  | Author: J.R. Rain
Category: eBooks
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 5475
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B003PDN722
Publication Date: June 2, 2010
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Product Description
When high school student Derrick Booker, the only black student at a posh Orange County high school, is accused of killing his white girlfriend, ex-college football hero and detective Jim Knighthorse is hired to dig a little deeper into the murder. It doesn't take long for Knighthorse to realize that not all is as it seems at tranquil Huntington High, from a band director who preys on the innocent to a vice-principal with a secret agenda of her own. Not to mention someone's hired a professional killer to keep Knighthorse permanently off the case.
As the investigation continues, Knighthorse's personal life is shattered by the discovery of new evidence relating to his mother's unsolved murder, a murder dating back twenty years. Reeling from the discovery, a determined Jim Knighthorse sets out to bring two killers to justice.
READING SAMPLE
I heard the door open, and when I looked up the Browning 9mm was pointed at my head. I hate when that happens.
"Can I help you?" I asked.
"Shut the fuck up, fuck nut."
"Fuck nut. The one nut Home Depot doesn't carry."
The man was probably in his fifties, gray hair sleeked back with a lot of gel. He wore a gold hoop in his left ear, pirate-like. Indeed, in his misspent youth he probably always wanted to be a pirate or a buccaneer, only I didn't really know the difference between the two. Had it been fashionable, he would have worn a patch over his eye. His face, all in all, was hideous, heavily pock-marked, sunken and sallow. He continued pointing the gun at my face.
"What's the difference between a pirate and a buccaneer?" I asked.
"Shut the fuck up."
"I don't know either. Nothing to be ashamed of."
His eyes, for all intents and purposes, were dead. Lifeless. Ceaseless of sympathy or compassion or caring. The eyes of a killer, rapist, suicidal bomber, genocidal dictator. His eyes made me nervous, to say the least. Eyes like that were capable of anything. Anything. They kill your family, your babies, your children, your husbands and wives. I only knew one other man who had eyes like that, and he was my father.
The Browning never wavered from my face. "You're working on a case," the man said.
"I'm working on a few cases. It's what I do. See that filing cabinet behind me, it's full of pending cases. The shelf on the bottom is full of my closed cases."
There was a heavy silence.
"You're going to call me a fuck nut again aren't you?" I said. "It feels like a fuck nut moment, doesn't it?"
He pulled the trigger, and my ear exploded with pain. I tried not to flinch but I might have, dammit. And if had chosen that moment to call me a fuck nut I missed it, due to the excessive ringing in my head.
The bullet must have punctured a picture frame behind me, because from somewhere far off, even though the picture was on the wall directly behind me, I heard the distant sound of broken glass tinkling to the floor.
And that's when I felt something drip onto my shoulder. I touched my ear. Blood. The bullet had grazed my lobe. Hell of a shot.
"You shot me," I said.
"We want you off the Derrick Booker case," he said. "Or the next shot won't miss."
"But you didn't miss. You shot my earlobe. Get it straight."
"I heard you could be a smart ass."
"Sometimes I am a smart ass. But now I'm just pissed."
"We meet again and I kill you."
"You shot me," I said. "We meet again and I owe you one."
He grinned and proceeded to shoot out five or six framed pictures behind me. I didn't move. The cacophony of tinkling glass and resounding gunshots filled my head and office.
He pointed the gun at my forehead and said, "Bang, fuck nut." He backed out of my office and shut the door.
And I went back to studying my playbook. My ears were ringing and my earlobe stung.
The fuck nut.
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 GREAT NEW MYSTERY SERIES July 18, 2010
S. Johnston (Anacortes, WA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A great new series has been started. Jim Knighthorse is the working man's J.P. Beaumont. Rain will be hard pressed to write his books fast enough. Move over Patterson and Connelly!
Awesome book July 9, 2010
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I will be sure to read all of JR Rain's books. I think Jim Knighthorse is one of the most endearing characters.
Move over Sam Spade June 28, 2010
Judy A. Benson (Missouri)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I absolutely love this book, and promptly downloaded all the rest of Rain's books to my Kindle, and read them all within a couple of days.
Who needs sleep, after all?
Great plot, great characters, a little romance without subjecting his readers to the intimate details.
Honesty requires that I admit I believe Mr. Rain should stick with male lead characters, as I was not impressed the female in, "Moon Dance."
The rest??? All I have to say is, "Write faster Mr Rain! I'm waiting, with great anticipation."
 Did we all read the same book?? June 7, 2010
C. S. MCBRIDE (Lake Forest, CA United States)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book was such a disappointment, especially after such encouraging reviews. Poorly written, fraught with typos, grammatical errors, incorrect punctuation...to the point of distraction. Jerky dialogue; also, whoever was Rain's editor should find another job (for 2 examples: a friend of the main character is a cop whose wife's name is Danielle...at least the 1st time she's mentioned...then it changes to Denise later on; first, the lockers at a local H.S. are blue...then later, they're yellow). Plot was mediocre, at best; characterization was weak and shallow, as were the character interactions. I can only assume that the other reviewers were either (a) friends or relatives of Rain's, or (b) they were paid for positive reviews. The price for this piece of amateur slop was about right; maybe even a touch high. If you're looking for an intelligently-written, suspenseful mystery with believeable characters, plot and dialogue, you'll need to look elsewhere...at least if you're older than, say, 15.
What a Character!!! May 22, 2010
melissa meaux (oberlin, LA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Jim Knighthorse just may be the most entertaining P.I. character out there. Think: Dirty Harry meets Fletch, but 10x's better! This book is a MUST READ!!!
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