John Lee Quarrels Books

Life is already complicated enough for John Lee Quarrels, what with his estranged wife dropping in for unannounced sleepovers, her oversexed sister tempting him, his pot smoking ponytailed grandfather growing his own stash, his Elvis obsessed grandmother, and being caught smack dab in the middle of a power struggle between the Sheriff and Chief Deputy. But when a road construction crew unearths the skeletons of three murder victims, John Lee suddenly finds himself on the trail of a killer who may well have died long before the deputy was even born. And then a mysterious sniper begins shooting at deputies... As sultry as a Florida back road in August, as mysterious as the South's live oak trees dripping with Spanish moss, and as deadly as a copperhead strike, New York Times bestselling author Nick Russell's new John Lee Quarrels series is sure to hook you from the first page and keep you reading late into the night.

When the father he never knew shows up at his house in the middle of the night, beaten and his body mutilated, with only a vague explanation of what happened to him, Somerton County Deputy John Lee Quarrels suspects there's more to the story than he is being told. And when his father just as mysteriously disappears two days later, John Lee knows that there is trouble in store for him. It doesn't take long for it to show up. Soon he receives a late night visit by thugs from out of town, his home is burglarized, and he is being threatened by a mysterious caller who claims John Lee has something that belongs to him and he will do whatever it takes to get it back. And those aren't his only problems! He is still dealing with his complicated personal life, what with his estranged wife dropping in for unannounced sleepovers and her oversexed sister coming by to tempt him, his pot smoking ponytailed grandfather, his Elvis obsessed grandmother, and being the target of Chief Deputy Flag Newton's animosity. The mystery begins to unravel when the FBI comes calling, revealing just how deeply involved he has unwittingly become in his father's troubles. But there's a lot more in store for John Lee before this tale of intrigue reaches its dramatic conclusion. As sultry as a Florida back road in August, as mysterious as the South's live oak trees dripping with Spanish moss, and as deadly as a copperhead strike, the second book in New York Times bestselling author Nick Russell's new John Lee Quarrels series is sure to hook you from the first page and keep you reading late into the night!

When Somerton County "bad girl" Leona Darling goes missing, Deputy John Lee Quarrels is ordered to find her. How hard could it be? Just look in the nearest gin mill, right? But Leona was nowhere to be found. As he begins asking questions, John Lee discovers that Leona was a badge bunny, a cop groupie who was well known on a less than professional basis by many of his fellow lawmen. He also discovers that asking questions can get you into trouble, especially when the people you are asking wear badges, carry guns for a living, and have something to lose. John Lee quickly discovers that he doesn't know some of his coworkers as well as he thought he did. And John Lee isn't the only one looking for Leona. A big, bad tempered repo man with a penchant for violence wants to find her, too, and he isn't hampered by the same rules John Lee must follow. Before long, two more young women disappear, blood flows, and somebody will die. By the time the story reaches its tragic end, John Lee will learn secrets he never wanted to know and will never look at his fellow man the same way again. As sultry as a Florida back road in August, as mysterious as the South's live oak trees dripping with Spanish moss, and as deadly as a copperhead strike, the third book in New York Times bestselling author Nick Russell's John Lee Quarrels series is sure to hook you from the first page and keep you reading late into the night! *This book contains strong language and adult situations some readers might be uncomfortable with.*

Life has been difficult lately for Somerton County Deputy Sheriff John Lee Quarrels. He's on the trail of a sexual predator, his love life is in turmoil, his soon-to-be ex-wife just served him with divorce papers, someone has stolen his police car and is using its radio to broadcast offensive jokes, a 350 pound redneck named Baby Bubba just tried to brain him with a shovel, and all of that happened before John Lee shot the dead guy! Come along for the ride as John Lee tries to keep the peace in his rural Florida county as he deals with daily trials and tribulations that include jealous and vengeful women, a racist superior officer with a grudge to settle, a collection of characters that show the best and the worst of the Old and New South, and a rattlesnake straight out of your worst nightmares! As sultry as a Florida back road in August, as mysterious as the South’s live oak trees dripping with Spanish moss, and as deadly as a copperhead strike, the fourth book in New York Times bestselling author Nick Russell’s John Lee Quarrels series is sure to hook you from the first page and keep you reading late into the night! *This book contains strong language and adult situations some readers might be uncomfortable with.*

Looking back on all of it later, Somerton County Deputy John Lee Quarrels couldn't help but wonder what quirk of fate, stretching back more than 80 years, would connect three Depression-era outlaws with another man born long after their crime spree was over with. A man who would be on the run from the police for more than 50 years himself. And how the things they did so long ago would end with a modern-day kidnapping that lead directly to him.Newspaper reporter Dixie Landrum was a well-grounded woman with just two passions in her life, her job at the weekly Somerton County News, and her three dogs. So when Dixie didn’t show up for work and it was discovered that she had not been around to take care of her animals, deputies John Lee Quarrels and Maddy Westfall knew something was terribly wrong.Their search for their friend would lead them down every back road and rough two-track trail in the county. Along the way they would encounter a country storekeeper who was fascinated by conspiracy theories and had a disgusting hobby, rednecks with bad attitudes, corrupt cops, and a fugitive on the run from a crime committed half a century ago.By the time it was all over, Somerton County would lose its innocence and things would never be the same for John Lee and Maddy.As sultry as a Florida back road in August, as mysterious as the South’s live oak trees dripping with Spanish moss, and as deadly as a copperhead strike, the fifth book in New York Times bestselling author Nick Russell’s John Lee Quarrels series is sure to hook you from the first page and keep you reading late into the night!*This book contains strong language and adult situations some readers might find objectionable*

When a hidden gunman ambushes D.W. Swindle in the driveway of his own home, leaving the Somerton County Sheriff barely clinging to life, every one of his deputies and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement are on the hunt for the attacker. The list of suspects include a father who blames law enforcement for the death of both his daughters, an abusive husband who blames the sheriff for the breakup of his marriage, racist cops, and even his own brother-in-law, Flag Newton, who is running against the sheriff in the upcoming election. The list of suspects grows as the investigation lays bare the sometimes sordid underbelly of a small Southern town, and soon Deputy John Lee Quarrels finds himself under the microscope himself when strong evidence comes to light that suggests he might be the triggerman. The reappearance of a former deputy who once held a special place in John Lee’s life only serves to complicate matters, leading to an explosion of violence and bloodshed that folks in Somerton County will be talking about for a long time. As sultry as a Florida back road in August, as mysterious as the South's live oak trees dripping with Spanish moss, and as deadly as a copperhead strike, New York Times bestselling author Nick Russell's new John Lee Quarrels series is sure to hook you from the first page and keep you reading late into the night. *This book contains strong language and adult situations some readers might find objectionable*

Somebody is killing old men in Somerton County. Stalking and killing them in the most horrific way. The first to fall was Wilbur Forbes, murdered in his own garage in the middle of the afternoon. As Deputy John Lee Quarrels and the rest of the Somerton County Sheriff’s Department investigate the gruesome crime, the people around town are talking about a maniac passing through, putting everybody’s lives in danger. When another man falls victim to the same fate, panic sets in. People are pulling shotguns from closets and handguns from dresser drawers, keeping them loaded and available. When John Lee discovers that the two dead men were lifelong friends and part of an informal group calling themselves the Romeos, he looks for any connection that might lead him to the murderer. When yet another member of the Romeos is slain, panic sets in throughout the county. People are shooting at strange sounds in the night, reporting suspicious cars driving down the road, and some are taking advantage of the situation to settle old scores. While all of this is going on, Maddy Westfall is still recovering from the savage attack that changed her life and ended with the deaths of her abusers. Dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder and seeing no way out of the mental hell she is imprisoned in, she seeks solace in a bottle. When that doesn’t help, she sits in the dark with a gun to her head, looking for a final escape. Can John Lee and her trusted friends pull her back from the precipice before it’s too late? As sultry as a Florida back road in August, as mysterious as the South's live oak trees dripping with Spanish moss, and as deadly as a copperhead strike, Dead Romeos, the seventh book in New York Times bestselling author Nick Russell's John Lee Quarrels series is sure to hook you from the first page and keep you reading late into the night.

Some people seem to be born lucky and have it all. Audrey Rittenhouse and Lonnie McBride were just such a couple. Superstars in the real estate business in Somerton County, she was stunningly beautiful and he was movie-star handsome. Their futures looked bright, and their passion burned at a fever pitch. Yes, Audrey and Lonnie had everything. Plenty of money, impressive houses, new cars, and each other. Of course, they also had spouses standing in the way of their being together forever. Who knows what might have become of them if they hadn't found themselves slammed into the side of a fast-moving freight train, their dreams and their futures destroyed in a violent clash of steel and flesh? It doesn't take long for investigators to determine that the incident at a rural railroad crossing was something far more sinister than just an accident. Someone pushed Lonnie's red Corvette into the side of the train! But who would do such a thing, and why? There are plenty of suspects to choose from, and Deputies John Lee Quarrels and Maddy Westfall are assigned the task of investigating them all while dealing with their own personal issues. Who killed the beautiful cheating couple? A jealous husband? A neglected wife? A spurned lover? A shady business partner? Or could it have been a simple case of road rage? Everyone is a suspect, and more people will die before the awful truth is revealed. As sultry as a Florida back road in August, as mysterious as the South's live oak trees dripping with Spanish moss, and as deadly as a copperhead strike, The Road To Wrinkle Ranch, the eighth book in New York Times bestselling author Nick Russell's John Lee Quarrels, series is sure to hook you from the first page and keep you reading late into the night.

When a small town cop working the late night shift finds a battered woman dying of an overdose, Deputy John Lee Quarrels and the men and women of the Somerton County Sheriff’s Department know that even their rural Florida community is not immune to the scourge of hard drugs. As more addicts turn up dead a massive effort is launched to find whoever is supplying the poison and bring them to justice. A series of early morning raids bring in every known dealer and anyone else suspected of being involved in the local drug trade, except for one. How did the vicious criminal manage to elude the police, and what secrets is he hiding? How long will it be before the mysterious person who launched the deadly epidemic of tainted heroin is back in business? As John Lee and the state and local law officers he works with try to put an end to the rising death toll, a medical examiner reveals new evidence about how the first woman actually died that raises even more questions. Meanwhile, another woman, caught in the middle, fights her own addiction and tries to survive a brutal captor who is undecided whether he should make her disappear forever or allow her to live. The story builds to a blazing finish that left every early reader with the same comment, “Wow!” As sultry as a Florida back road in August, as mysterious as the South's live oak trees dripping with Spanish moss, and as deadly as a copperhead strike, Fresh Out Of Mojo, the ninth book in New York Times bestselling author Nick Russell's John Lee Quarrels, series is sure to hook you from the first page and keep you reading late into the night. *This book contains violence, strong language, and adult situations some readers might find objectionable*

When game warden Raymond McConnell is found murdered with his own knife in the cab of his state-issued pickup truck at a popular fishing lake, it’s hard to know where to begin an investigation because it’s doubtful that anyone in Somerton County had more enemies than McConnell. Even deputies John Lee Quarrels and Maddy Westfall are considered suspects at the onset of the investigation! With their names cleared, John Lee and Maddy are called on to assist the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in the hunt for the killer, and they have a long list of suspects to investigate, including some people they consider friends. Was it one of the many women that McConnell bedded and then betrayed? A jealous husband or boyfriend? The father and his teenaged son McConnell had abused and humiliated on a dark lonely road late one night? His own wife, who was tired of his philandering ways and showed no sorrow when told of his death? Or maybe his sister-in-law, who made no secret of the fact that she hated the man? And that's not to mention the many sportsmen who were harassed by the rogue game warden. As the hunt for the elusive killer goes on, John Lee and Maddy have other issues to deal with, too, including a ne'er-do-well husband who has ignored repeated orders to pay child support, and John Lee's airhead mother, who shows up in town and tries her hardest to turn their lives upside down. As sultry as a Florida back road in August, as mysterious as the South's live oak trees dripping with Spanish moss, and as deadly as a copperhead strike , Ka-Bar Karma , the tenth book in New York Times bestselling author Nick Russell's John Lee Quarrels, series is sure to hook you from the first page and keep you reading late into the night. *This book contains violence, strong language, and adult situations some readers might find objectionable*

When a pair of would-be assassins ambush Somerton County Deputy John Lee Quarrels on a dark, lonely road late at night, it is only their ineptness and his quick thinking that saves his life. Wounded and disoriented, John Lee must make it through the forest on foot to find help, never knowing if his attackers are coming back to finish the job. Soon tongues are wagging all over Somerton County and the rumor mill is in high gear with speculation about who might be behind the attack. Was it someone he had arrested in the past? Hitmen hired by a drug lord? A spurned lover? A jealous husband? A vengeful ex-wife? Or was it the richest man in town, out for revenge over John Lee killing his son? As John Lee recovers from his injuries, two investigators from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, as well as Somerton County deputies, are investigating the possibilities and trying to get to the truth of the matter before another attempt is made on his life, which might be more successful. Before the story ends, ugly truths are revealed about people from all walks of small town life, and the guilty must pay a heavy price. As sultry as a Florida back road in August, as mysterious as the South's live oak trees dripping with Spanish moss, and as deadly as a copperhead strike , Pucker Factor , the eleventh book in New York Times bestselling author Nick Russell's John Lee Quarrels, series is sure to hook you from the first page and keep you reading late into the night. *This book contains violence, strong language, and adult situations some readers might find objectionable*

Curtis Darling was without a doubt one of the most annoying men who ever lived in Somerton County, Florida. And given the number of rednecks, racists, wife beaters, petty thieves, drunks, methheads, and other assorted losers who called that part of rural north Florida home, that was saying a lot. Even so, the county was shocked when Curtis and his wife Mary Lou are found brutally slain in their own home. Who would do such a thing, and why? Was someone finally fed up with Curtis and his constant bragging about how tough he was, or his whining about how he couldn’t catch a break? Did one of the many people he owed money to decide to collect the debt in blood? Or was someone after the big lottery windfall that Curtis had been boasting about to anyone who would listen? Was the killer a respected family man Curtis had cheated, a mysterious hermit living in the nearby forest, or someone from the murdered couple’s past? As the story unfolds, fear, racism, revenge, greed, and long buried small town secrets come to light, and more blood will be shed before it’s all said and done. As sultry as a Florida back road in August, as mysterious as the South's live oak trees dripping with Spanish moss, and as deadly as a copperhead strike , Jackpot , the twelfth book in New York Times bestselling author Nick Russell's John Lee Quarrels series is sure to hook you from the first page and keep you reading late into the night. *This book contains violence, strong language, and adult situations some readers might find objectionable*

Florida deputy John Lee Quarrels is not happy when his estranged mother comes to town accompanied by her flashy Nashville music producer boyfriend, Dakota Phillips. When she unveils her latest scheme, a country music song about him that makes his life sound like every day is a shootout at the OK Corral, it pushes John Lee over the edge. He demands that they stop using his name and image, but the duo is convinced that they have a hit that's going to make everybody rich and won’t listen to reason. Things soon turn violent when John Lee and Dakota get into a bar fight, and John Lee threatens to kill the man in front of witnesses if he doesn't back off the project. Two days later Dakota is found beaten to death and John Lee is the most likely suspect. Or is he? As two investigators from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement dig into the case, they discover that Dakota Phillips had a lot of enemies who had good reason to want him dead, including John Lee's own mother, Lisa Marie. With a list of scorned women in his past, Dakota seems to have more enemies than friends. Then an eyewitness comes forward who claims he saw John Lee commit the crime and is willing to do whatever it takes to see him punished for his crimes. But he lets investigators know that justice comes with a price. How much is justice worth? As sultry as a Florida back road in August, as mysterious as the South's live oak trees dripping with Spanish moss, and as deadly as a copperhead strike , The Ballad Of John Lee , the thirteenth book in New York Times bestselling author Nick Russell's John Lee Quarrels series is sure to hook you from the first page and keep you reading late into the night. *This book contains violence, strong language, and adult situations some readers might find objectionable*