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Palm Beach Nasty (Charlie Crawford Palm Beach Mysteries Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Tom Turner (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 1 of 16: Charlie Crawford Palm Beach Mysteries

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For fans of Elmore Leonard, John Sandford, Carl Hiaasen, and Stuart Woods comes Tom Turner's "entertaining debut" (Publishers Weekly) set in glitzy Palm Beach, FL―where some residents are as diabolically evil as filthy rich. And, where sin and scandal, lurks around every corner.

Burned out by high-profile murders in New York and his love life splashed all over Page Six, homicide cop Charlie Crawford heads south and signs on with the Palm Beach PD. After months of petty crimes, he's first on scene to find a man hanging from a banyan tree. Prime suspects are a hedge-fund billionaire with a thing for young girls and a bartender with a sketchy past and a ten-out-of-ten creep factor. Right in the middle of it all is Crawford's girlfriend, a beautiful, conniving gallery owner, ready to do whatever it takes to move up a bracket or two. Add to the mix a sultry real estate broker who knows where all the bodies are buried, a gorgeous forensic cop often one step ahead of Crawford, a Mutt and Jeff combo of stone cold killers and you've got Palm Beach Nasty.

"Turner's Palm Beach is a blend of desperate criminals, social climbers, merciless billionaires and surprising heroes," said Publishers Weekly. "Taut and efficient," Booklist said, and added, "it's a pleasure to watch craftsmen at work, and that describes the author as well as the cops."

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"Turner's entertaining debut introduces Charlie Crawford, a celebrated New York homicide detective who's traded big-city excitement for the slow pace of the Palm Beach, Fla., police department. When small-time crook Darryl Bill is found hanged from a banyan tree, Crawford quickly focuses on Ward Jaynes, a billionaire playboy caught in compromising photos with Darryl's underage sister, Misty. Crawford and his go-with-the-flow partner, Ott, enlist Misty and crime-scene tech Dominica to ensnare the suspect. Turner's Palm Beach--a blend of desperate criminals, social climbers, merciless billionaires, and surprising heroes is a pleasant enough place to pass a few hours, and readers will warm to the secondary characters." -- Publishers Weekly

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"Charlie and his colleagues are a funny, agreeable bunch, and the villains are suitably villainous. It's a pleasure to watch craftsmen at work, and that describes the author as well as his cops." --Booklist

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01IBU1ID8
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ten Hut Media (July 11, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 11, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1654 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 198083914X

Best Sellers Rank: #33,350 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #188 in Traditional Detective Mysteries (Books)
- #204 in Traditional Detective Mysteries (Kindle Store)
- #742 in Murder

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A native New Englander, Tom Turner dropped out of college and ran a Vermont bar. Limping back a few years later to get his sheepskin, he went on to become an advertising copywriter, first in Boston, then New York. After 10 years of post-Mad Men life, he made both a career and geography change and ended up in Palm Beach, renovating houses and collecting raw materials for his novels. After stints in Charleston, then Skidaway Island, outside of Savannah, Tom recently moved to Delray Beach, where he’s busy writing about passion and murder among his neighbors. To date Tom has written eighteen crime thrillers and mysteries and is probably best known for his Charlie Crawford series set in Palm Beach.

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Clarissa Winslow

worth the read

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2023

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Fun book with lots of action and good plot twists. Fun characters with interesting interaction between actors. Worth the read.

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A fast paced, well plotted mystery

Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2021

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An entertaining tale involving a bunch of people out to rise above their origins by any means necessary. A cautionary fable about how we never know all about anyone. Charlie Crawford and Mort Ott are a pair of detectives that keep it interesting. I look forward to more of their adventures.

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NYC, NY. Union Square (14th St. subway). Oseybayu “CI” (45, black, former NYC Parks & Recreation employee) is the reigning chess king.
Andy “Momma’s B” (25, white, Honky-dude, smart) kind of upset Oseybayu’s apple cart as they say.
Back/forth they went hitting the clock after each move.
Mack was next in line to play.
Newsstand (6th Avenue). Andy was an avid daily reader & snatched up the newest edition of: New York Times, Wall Street Journal & the Post.

Augustin Rochefort (nee Arnold Wasser, metrosexual, famous clothes designer) wouldn’t be walking his dog anymore.
Detective Charlie Crawford (husband, NYPD 6th Precinct Homicide, Dartmouth U; FB, former Boston Bruins) & Detective Gus Feretti (45, NYPD 6th Precinct Homicide partner) arrived at the crime scene.
A puddle of urine & it seems Augustin’s Irish setter might be missing.
Dr. Kowalczyk (ME) did the autopsy.
In HS David Richard (21) was a bully, a thief & a pyromaniac.
PetSmar. He had bought the dog the best of everything.
W. 12th. Detective Crawford & Detective Feretti were back at it again, a double homicide this time.
A man/woman, & there was that puddle of urine again.
They had been ID as: Ryan Hendrick (31, husband, TV producer) & Christina Houlihan (28, wife, investigative reporter New York Times, former high-class prostitute).
Detective Crawford notified the parents of the deceased.
Christopher St. A search warrant was obtained & Augustin’s house was gone over.

Greenwich Arch St., W. 95th St. # 5L. When Detective Crawford arrived home Jill (Charlie’s wife, JP Morgan, Dartmouth U; sports) had some news for him.
She hired a divorce attorney.
Plaza Hotel. Oscar (homeless, 3-card monte dealer, hustler, con-artist) gave Stephanie Kilgore (receptionist) a sealed envelope.
Detective Crawford & Kira Markowitz (CST) arrived & went to the 44th. Floor.
Dave & Red were trying to play ball in Central Park. The dog no clue.

Will Detective Crawford & Detective Feretti solve the murder mysteries & bring the serial killer to justice?

I do not receive any type of compensation for reading & reviewing free books from publishers & authors. Therefore, I am under no obligation to write a positive review, only an honest one.

An awesome book cover, great font & writing style. A very professionally written serial killer crime thriller (prequel) book. It was extremely easy for me to read/follow from start/finish & never a dull moment. There were no grammar/typo errors, nor any repetitive or out of line sequence sentences. Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns & a great description list of unique characters, settings, facts etc. to keep track of. This could also make another great murder mystery movie, or better yet a mini TV series. To be continued. An extremely easy rating of 5 stars.

Thank you for the free author (s); Tribeca Press; BookFunnel; PDF book.
Tony Parsons MSW (Washburn)

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Barry D. Barber

Ok, but flawed.

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2017

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I thought this was a pretty good book. I liked the writer's style of writing, and the story moved along at a goid pace. Two things kept me from rating it higher. First of all, I did not find Nicole to be a believable character. She just steps right in out of nowhere and everyone accepts her presence without question. (I also did not like the way the ex-wife was written. She was nothing but a screaming bitch. It is impossible to believe that one person could fall in love with her, much less two.) The other problem was with the ending of the book. After all the build-up of how super tough the villain was, it was awfully easy to take him down once the main PI got serious. Still, with the exception of Nicole, I found the main characters likeable, and I would read another book in the series.

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Kindle Customer Judy

A fun read.

Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2017

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I was surprised how much I liked this book. I thought it would be a good summer read. I was right. The story had enough twists to keep me interested and didn't telegraph everything. I also appreciated there was good enough editing that punctuation and grammar mistakes did not distract from the story. (Not to be a grammar snob but sorry to say, this is not always the case in ebooks, having given up on at least one series and a fairly good story line by very poor editing that it could not keep my concentration.) I enjoyed the contrast of the background of the detectives to the lush surroundings. A fun read.

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Steve A

Excellent.

Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2019

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I do not endorse addiction to anything. But with Thom Turner’s Palm Beach series, all eight of them, I say buy all of them immediately. Each of these fine, comical, highly entertaining procedurals are outstanding and memorable. Once you meet Charlie, Mort, and the rest of the well-delineated characters, you will do what I did and hope wildly for more Palm Beach novels.
Discovering the series is like uncovering a Picasso in your grandmother’s garage. It appears to be ordinary but upon further inspection, you know you have a treasure. Which is precisely how I felt after reading the Palm Beach Nasty. That feeling stayed and only intensified as I plowed my way through Palm Beach Poison, Deadly, all the way until I finished number eight, Palm Beach Bedlam.
I do have good news – I understand that another book is on the way and perhaps even a new series. Stand by, but first, buy all of the Palm Beach books.

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Shirley Y. Thomas

better than expected

Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2023

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I actually liked Charlie Crawford and his partner, Ott. The story was interesting and dialog sounds real. Bad bad guys and flawed good guys. Not bad

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Radar157

Great story line.

Reviewed in Canada on January 14, 2021

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First book from this author that I read and it definitely won’t be the last. Loved Crawford & Ott. Good old detective characters who use the ways and means act to get done. Highly recommended.

Sue James

Brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 27, 2021

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Thoroughly enjoyed Palm Beach Nasty! Great characters in a carefully crafted story line. Charlie and Mort make a good pair. And what is more the writing is excellent!

Colin Jennings

Love It

Reviewed in Germany on June 8, 2017

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Just loved this book, Charlie Crawford is a great character and I look forward to reading more books with him in.

K.Visweswaran.

Good one with lots of Deductive's work and action .

Reviewed in India on April 19, 2017

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Enjoyed reading this book ,of Fiction ,filled with Deductive's work and some action .
Fit to be made in to a cinema .

Sharon E. Leighton

Great cop story

Reviewed in Canada on April 19, 2017

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An intriguing story about a cop who won't accept the easy answers and a quartet of unlikely villains kept me turning the pages. I liked Charlie Crawford, the successful cop who got tired of all the violence, came to a small town to recover from it, and found himself wishing somebody would find a body. He is very human, very likeable. The villains were interesting, and all very different: one despicable, one weak, one charming, and one - well, I was cheering for him, crook or not. The story takes place in Palm Beach, and there are very up-to-date references to things like Mar-a-Lago and the biggest real estate deal ever being when Trump sold his monster house to a Russian. The author steers clear of ostensible politics, however. The plot was well planned and well worked out.

One warning: there is a fair amount of profanity. I exert the reader's right to her own imagination and read all these things as, "God bless me," or "Heaven help us," or something like that, so it wasn't too distressing for me, but there is enough to disturb anyone who cannot read material in which the Lord's name is taken in vain.

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