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PEANUT’S REVENGE by Renay Jackson

Daniel — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:22:07 +0000

Released from prison and back on the streets, Big Ed’s first task is to reclaim the Oaktown underworld’s top spot. When his boys take care of his number one rival, it looks like no man can stand in his way. Big Ed has a classy and curvaceous new woman in his life, too – but her sister Peanut knows some things about ed that she’ll never forgive or forget. If avenging her man’s murder is more than Peanut can carry out alone, someone close to her might have to step in and lend a helping hand.

Peanut’s revenge is the fourth and last installment of Renay Jackson’s acclaimed Oaktown Mystery series.

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SWEETPEA’S SECRET by Renay Jackson

Daniel — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:07:55 +0000

Leading a double life as a mortgage broker and successful hitman, Sweetpea (a.k.a. Horace Boudreaux) doesn’t kill for pleasure, though he’s sadistic enough to smile while doing it; in Sweetpea’s Secret he kills for revenge. Oaktown’s notorious gangster Big Ed Tatum is one of his clients and normally immune from Sweetpea’s wrath. But Big ed crosses the line when he courts Sweetpea’s older sister Crystal, and worse, almost kills Sweetpea’s little sister Peanut. The hitman is happy to slash Big Ed’s throat in a Vegas parking lot. The dead don’t always stay dead, as Sweetpea learns. Facing death or possibly jail time, Sweetpea has no choice but to take on a pair of ruthless, baby-faced thugs working the City Center.

Combining true grit, glory, and a sense of humanity, Renay Jackson reveals uncensored images from an underworld of sex, drugs, and murder. With its raw style and streetwise characters, Sweetpea’s Secret is a memorable contribution to the growing canon of important of important urban lit.

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OAKTOWN DEVIL by Renay Jackson

Daniel — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:20:23 +0000

This is how the raw deal goes down in the urban jungle: struggle for control over the drug trade… the pull of a trigger. Small-time hoods vie for power and women in an attempt to win at a loser’s game. Gang members avenge the deaths of their fallen brothers. Power, lust, cash, and the promise of a quick rise to the top are more valued than life itself.

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CRACK CITY by Renay Jackson

Daniel — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:25:37 +0000

When Richtown’s drug kingpin Andre strikes up a deal when Jeremy and Allison, a white couple with cocaine connections, everyone’s life turns upside down: Lorraine gets hooked, Jo Mo gets caught, Black Nasty gets lucky, and Rainbow gets his due.

Renay Jackson’s fifth book, Crack City, stands as his most sophisticated work to date. This brand new novel takes readers to the streets and the seedy undersides of Richmond, where crack cocaine is king. Nobody, not even the hardworking Rainbow or the dedicated JoMo, is left untouched by the coveted drug that leads to money, power – and murder.

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