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Russell Brooks

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Born

in Montreal, Canada

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Mystery & Thrillers, Crime, Ebooks

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Russell Brooks is the author of the thrillers Pandora's Succession, Unsavory Delicacies, Chill Run, and The Demeter Code.

Jam Run, Russell's sequel to Chill Run, will be released in the spring of 2023.

Russell has been compared to a young Robert Ludlum in the way that he wrote Pandora's Succession and Unsavory Delicacies.

After having read an excerpt of Chill Run, here's what one British reader had to say:

"If you like Elmore Leonard, you will love 'Chill Run.' Its snappy dialogue evokes 'Rum Punch' (filmed as Jackie Brown) and 'Get Shorty', and the plot carries the same tonal qualities of the Donald E Westlake thriller 'The Hunter' (filmed as Payback). As ever with Brooks, you can expect meticulous plotting and surprising twists. And, as with ...more

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	Chill Run by Russell Brooks (Goodreads Author), Lisa Martinez (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Victory Crayne (Editor) 3.55 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pandora's Succession (Ridley Fox & Nita Parris #1) 3.53 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Demeter Code (Ridley Fox/Nita Parris #3) 4.12 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unsavory Delicacies (Ridley Fox & Nita Parris #2) 3.92 avg rating — 74 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jam Run it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — expected publication 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jamaica Mi Love. 1 Love Jamaica!

How I used my trip to Montego Bay to fine-tune my upcoming crime thriller, JAM RUN.

The pandemic left most of us exhausted. For those of us who took the COVID-19 restrictions seriously, we sacrificed certain privileges to protect our health and our loved ones. Despite that, there were some benefits and inconveniences. The inconvenience was that I had to postpone my trip to Montego Bay—the setting f

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“True love is best found when you're broke.”
― Russell Brooks, Pandora's Succession

tags: humor, inspirational, love

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“Don't expect anyone to do anything for you what you're not ready to do for yourself.”
― Russell Brooks

tags: inspirational, life

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Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Making Connections: 1496. - UNSAVORY DELICACIES by Russell Brooks	1	12	Jul 29, 2013 03:22PM
Making Connections: 1497. - CHILL RUN by Russell Brooks	1	12	Jul 29, 2013 03:28PM
Making Connections: 1495. - PANDORA'S SUCCESSION by Russell Brooks	1	19	Aug 25, 2013 11:10AM
Making Connections: 3336. - THE DEMETER CODE by Russell Brooks	16	89	Feb 11, 2015 04:37AM
Making Connections: IndieGalley - The Indie Alternative to Netgalley	55	921	Jun 20, 2016 11:43PM
The Seasonal Read...: Summer Challenge 2016: Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS THREAD	2625	468	Aug 31, 2016 09:00PM
Making Connections: 6007. Pandora's Succession (Ridley Fox & Nita Parris #1) by Russell Brooks	3	12	Jan 02, 2021 02:32PM
Making Connections: 6009. Unsavory Delicacies (Ridley Fox & Nita Parris #2) by Russell Brooks	4	10	Jan 02, 2021 02:32PM

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“True love is best found when you're broke.”
― Russell Brooks, Pandora's Succession

tags: humor, inspirational, love

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“I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”
― Herbert Bayard Swope

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“Women don't want to hear what you think. Women want to hear what they think - in a deeper voice.”
― Bill Cosby

tags: comedy-humor

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“A word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid ones who need advice.”
― Bill Cosby

tags: funny

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“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. ”
― Bill Cosby

tags: success

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