The fifth book in the Jack Daniels series, Fuzzy Navel, written by J.A. Konrath has been released recently. This series features Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels who is a lieutenant with the Violent Crimes Unit in Chicago. You will notice that the titles of the books in the series are all related to alcoholic drinks of some kind which is an amusing hat tip to the whole hardboiled detective, hard drinking stereotype that distinguishes most crime novels of this type.
The books in the series are often tarred with the stereotype brush but the protagonist is rather unique in that she's an over-40s homicide cop. There's plenty of dry humor - not all of it particularly clever. The books are fast paced thrillers that hold wide appeal.
The Jack Daniels series to date:
Whiskey Sour (2004)
Bloody Mary (2005)
Rusty Nail (2006)
Dirty Martini (2007)
Fuzzy Navel (2008)
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