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The Treasure of Hampton Beach
A mad cap treasure hunt is on. But will whoever finds the fortune live to enjoy it?There’s a sickness raging through Hampton Beach, an epidemic more contagious and deadly than any pandemic virus.Gold fever.And Dan Marlowe—along with his friends—has been bitten by the bug.Joining the hunt for treasure are a half mad ex-Prohibition agent, an infamous Irish Boston gang leader, and other assorted thugs. Of course, the always bumbling small-time hustlers—Eddie Hoar and Derwood Doller—have to get in on the action...Along with anyone within driving distance who can beg, borrow, or steal a shovel or metal detector.When a treasure hunter is found beaten to death, Dan has to—once again—prove his innocence while battling his own dark demons.Only this time the demons might win.
207 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 29, 2021
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About the author
Jed Power
18 books16 followers I am a Hampton Beach, NH based writer and an “Active” member of Mystery Writers of America. My three crime novels, “The Boss of Hampton Beach,” “Hampton Beach Homicide,” and “Blood On Hampton Beach” are all available in trade paper and e-versions. The fourth book in the series, “The Honeymoon Hotel” will be out Memorial Day 2015. The protagonist in all four novels is Hampton Beach, NH bartender, Dan Marlowe.
The real Dan Marlowe was my father’s best friend. Mr. Marlowe wrote his crime masterpiece, “The Name of the Game is Death,” while living with my family in Woburn, MA. He named a character in the novel after me. I’ve returned the honor by naming my protagonist Dan Marlowe.
I also have a completed crime novel, “The Combat Zone,” about a PI who hangs his hat in 1970’s Harvard Square and spends time in the Combat Zone, Boston’s red-light district. This novel made it into the final cut (5 novels) in the Minotaur/Private Eye Writers of America “Best First Private Eye Novel” competition. It will be published as an ebook and trade paper in April 2015. I am now working on the second book in this series.
I also collect vintage Noir/Hardboiled paperbacks which includes, among many other items, the largest collection of Dan Marlowe novels, short stories, inscribed items and memorabilia.
I am mentioned several times in the new Dan Marlowe biography, “Gunshots In Another Room,” by journalist Charles Kelly.
I have been published in “Spinetingler,” “Over My Dead Body,” “Boys’ Life,” “Hardboiled,” “Suspense Magazine,” “Stone Cold--Best New England Crime Stories,” “Shotgun Honey,” “Plan B,” “The Rap Sheet,” “Naked Kiss,” “Yellow Mama,” “Short Story Digest,” “Near to the Knuckle,” “All Due Respect,” “Short--Story.me,” “Bethlehem Writer’s Roundtable,” “KIngs River Life,” “Twist of Noir,” and others.
Contact: jedpower@verizon.net or P. O. Box 3906, Peabody, MA 01961
The real Dan Marlowe was my father’s best friend. Mr. Marlowe wrote his crime masterpiece, “The Name of the Game is Death,” while living with my family in Woburn, MA. He named a character in the novel after me. I’ve returned the honor by naming my protagonist Dan Marlowe.
I also have a completed crime novel, “The Combat Zone,” about a PI who hangs his hat in 1970’s Harvard Square and spends time in the Combat Zone, Boston’s red-light district. This novel made it into the final cut (5 novels) in the Minotaur/Private Eye Writers of America “Best First Private Eye Novel” competition. It will be published as an ebook and trade paper in April 2015. I am now working on the second book in this series.
I also collect vintage Noir/Hardboiled paperbacks which includes, among many other items, the largest collection of Dan Marlowe novels, short stories, inscribed items and memorabilia.
I am mentioned several times in the new Dan Marlowe biography, “Gunshots In Another Room,” by journalist Charles Kelly.
I have been published in “Spinetingler,” “Over My Dead Body,” “Boys’ Life,” “Hardboiled,” “Suspense Magazine,” “Stone Cold--Best New England Crime Stories,” “Shotgun Honey,” “Plan B,” “The Rap Sheet,” “Naked Kiss,” “Yellow Mama,” “Short Story Digest,” “Near to the Knuckle,” “All Due Respect,” “Short--Story.me,” “Bethlehem Writer’s Roundtable,” “KIngs River Life,” “Twist of Noir,” and others.
Contact: jedpower@verizon.net or P. O. Box 3906, Peabody, MA 01961
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May 13, 2022
If you’re in the market for a fast-paced thrill of a read with twists and turns aplenty, then you really need look no further than The Treasure of Hampton Beach. The eighth instalment in the Dan Marlowe/Hampton Beach series, this is easily a novel you will devour in one sitting, hooked from the first page to the last. There’s nothing quite like the twists and turns of a good mystery to keep me engaged and desperate to read on, and that is exactly what author Jed Power has provided here – a fast-paced and gripping read packed full with plot twists aplenty!
I don’t want to delve too much into the plot, for mystery novels really are best enjoyed if you don’t know too much going in, but the perfectly paced and seemingly effortless twists and thrills throughout is a testament to Power’s fantastic writing. I had no idea what was coming next, and just had to keep reading on despite promising myself only one more chapter! Despite not having read the previous novels in the series, I didn’t find that this hindered my understanding or enjoyment at all. In fact, it has just made me want to go back and read the Dan Marlowe adventures that I’ve missed even more!
Fun, action-packed and wonderfully written, I had such a great time reading The Treasure of Hampton Beach, and have found a new favourite author and series that I can’t wait to read more from in the future. Highly recommend!
I don’t want to delve too much into the plot, for mystery novels really are best enjoyed if you don’t know too much going in, but the perfectly paced and seemingly effortless twists and thrills throughout is a testament to Power’s fantastic writing. I had no idea what was coming next, and just had to keep reading on despite promising myself only one more chapter! Despite not having read the previous novels in the series, I didn’t find that this hindered my understanding or enjoyment at all. In fact, it has just made me want to go back and read the Dan Marlowe adventures that I’ve missed even more!
Fun, action-packed and wonderfully written, I had such a great time reading The Treasure of Hampton Beach, and have found a new favourite author and series that I can’t wait to read more from in the future. Highly recommend!
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