R.J. Jagger

Jagger has written a series of terrific novels about Detective Nick
Teffinger. These are fast paced thrillers and many take place in Denver. The cover art is compelling and evocative of an earlier era of racy paperback novels.

Typical of Jagger's work, there are three points of view that he alternates between. Eventually, the three stories coalesce. The writer is an attorney and many of his stories have at least one narrative
following a sexy young female lawyer, which here is 29 year Jackie show more Jax. There's of course a serial killer and a tv reporter too. show less

By this time, the author may have republished this story under half a dozen new titles with half a dozen new covers. A rather annoying practice.

The Teffinger series is a fast-moving police story that centers around 34-year-old Denver Homicide Detective Nick Teffinger. Teffinger is always thirty- four in these books because Jagger wants the reader to be able to pick up the story in any order. Teffinger inhabits a James Bond-ish world where practically everyone he meets is a young, attractive show more woman who swoons over him. Teffinger constantly drinks coffee and doesn't do a great job of following the rules and procedures of his Department.

Many of Jagger's Teffinger novels are told through three-pronged points of view (meaning he tells the stories through alternating chapters with different points of view). Not this one, however. For this tale, Jagger has focused almost exclusively on Teffinger's point of view except for some brief scenes from Kovi-Ke's point of view.

The plot lines involve voodoo, serial killers, stewardesses who pilfer millions of dollars worth of gold and jewels when no one is looking, mysterious Haitian women stalking tv broadcasters through the streets of Denver, rock stars toting guns against cult leaders, kidnappings, and other things.
Some of the plot lines are simply not as strong in this one as in other books. Although it starts off well as a Denver detective stalks a serial killer, the plot lines get loose and crazy after a CIA agent disappears and the story moves to Haiti. Some of the story at that point seems more like a melding together of different tales than a wholly consistent story. show less

Jagger's done it again! This Bryson Wilde thriller is a tightly written
page-turner that stands among the best of Jagger's work. From
beginning to end, the story moves at a rapid pace. Wilde is a 50's era
PI that works out of a small office with his sexy assistant Alabama.
Wilde also plays drums at a steamy jazz club. Of course, Wilde chases
after a serial killer and there is nonstop action. Like all of Jagger's
books, this one follows several interconnected stories including Wilde's show more
detective work for the mysterious woman named Secret, a young
reporter who is investigating the strange murders of women in red
dresses, and a bad dude who tangled with bikers and is paid to kidnap
young women. The formula is similar to that in Jagger's other work,
but it works and works well. show less

"Prretty Little Lawyer" is an enjoyable read. It is a sexy police mystery
that you can't put down once you start it. There are probably a dozen or more of these Nick Teffinger thrillers out there and, even though there is a familiar formula to them, I still find them to be a great
combination of mystery, thriller, and modern detective stories.

Teffinger is the head of Denver's homicide division and is always chasing serial killers with the help of his favorite FBI profiler. A law student show more gets a disguised telephone call from a serial rapist/ kidnapper/ torturer giving her a chance to save a victim who is padlocked in an abandoned box car with a razor blade. The victim eventually tells the law student that she herself had once been tasked with saving the victims. Together, they hunt the rapist while Teffinger separately does
so as well. A great read. Enjoy! show less