James Swain

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James Swain is the national best selling author of fourteen mystery novels, and has been published in the United States, France, Japan, Russia, Germany and Bulgaria. His books have been chosen as Mysteries of the Year by Publisher’s Weekly and Kirkus Reviews, and have received three Barry Award nominations, a Florida Book Award for Fiction, and France’s prestigious Prix Calibre .38 for Best American Crime Fiction. His Tony Valentine series was recently purchased by Langley Films (Cops, Brookyln’s Finest) with the author set to write the screenplay.

Swain recently released four original novels as ebooks – Jackpot & Wild Card (part of the Tony Valentine series), The Program (Jack Carpenter series), and The Man Who Cheated Death (Vincent H...more

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Average rating: 3.81 · 1,808 ratings · 235 reviews · 17 distinct works

	Midnight Rambler (Jack Carpenter #1) 3.91 avg rating — 258 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Grift Sense (Tony Valentine #1) 3.80 avg rating — 228 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Night Monster (Jack Carpenter #3) 3.89 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Sucker Bet (Tony Valentine #3) 3.78 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 2002 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Night Stalker (Jack Carpenter #2) 3.88 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Funny Money (Tony Valentine #2) 3.78 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Mr. Lucky (Tony Valentine #5) 3.73 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Loaded Dice (Tony Valentine #4) 3.82 avg rating — 154 ratings — 9 editions	My rating:
	Deadman's Poker (Tony Valentine #6) 3.77 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Deadman's Bluff (Tony Valentine #7) by James Swain, Alan Sklar (Narrator) 3.82 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	My rating:

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Series by James Swain

Tony Valentine (9 books)
by James Swain, Alan Sklar (Narrator)

3.79 avg rating — 1,123 ratings

Jack Carpenter (4 books)
by James Swain

3.89 avg rating — 646 ratings

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Author appearance, June 05, 2012 06:00PM
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James Swain reading from Dark Magic.

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Quotes by James Swain

“The fact that you are possessed by a demon does not mean you must become evil. Being evil is a choice, just as being good is a choice. If you let the demon take over, it's because you choose to.”
― James Swain, Dark Magic

tags: demon , evil , good-and-evil , possesion

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