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Jitter Joint

by Howard Swindle

Series: Jeb Quinlin (1)

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In Jitter Joint, award-winning journalist Howard Swindle delivers Jeb Quinlin, a Dallas homicide detective combating crime-and his own personal demons. "The weak and pitiful shall perish..." Jeb Quinlin has been issued an ultimatum by his boss and his wife: dry out or get out. So he hits his favorite bar for a last fifth of Wild Turkey and reluctantly enters detox. Once inside, Jeb is forced to confront his years of alcoholism with the help of Librium, hard-core therapy, and AA meetings. But someone is taking the words of the Big Book too far, as rehab patients begin to die mysteriously, each tagged with one of AA's Twelve Steps. Now Jeb is on a sobering hunt for the Twelve-Step killer, a twisted psychopath who's taking the battle with the bottle to horrifying new heights...… (more)
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Jeb Quinlin is a homicide detective who is hijacked by his estranged wife and is boss - take care of your alcoholism or you will be out of a marriage and out of a job. So he checks into a clinic. Murders start to happen. Jitter Joint is the kind of book that lets me know I am not a real book reviewer. I loved this book and I have no idea why. A real reviewer would know. All I know is that the characters are interesting and the dialogue is ok and the plot is ok but the book grabbed me and from the first page to the last, I felt like I had fallen into someplace fascinating. Also I don't know anyone who has read it who hasn't raved about it. ( )
  susandennis | Jun 5, 2020 |
Worked with Doug Swanson at Dallas Morning News. Movie rights sold to Stalone. died of throat cancer ( )
  fordbarbara | Sep 29, 2009 |
I found this a compelling read. Prohibition is often regarded as something of a joke, but this book makes me wish it had succeeded. An alcoholic detective is forced into treatment, or he loses his job, and more importantly, his pension. (I can relate to that.) There are many sub-plots going on here: the issue of tough love versus cruelty in dealing with flawed people, politics in the police force, a drug cartel, the main character's love life, the struggle between the pleasures of booze and sobriety. There were a few cliches here, but over all, it held my interest and I became very involved in the characters. ( )
  PuddinTame | May 9, 2009 |
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...Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. --Fifth Step, Alcoholics Anonymous
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To Bill W. and the late Jerry Stephens for picking me up; to Bob Mong for dusting me off; and to my beloved Kathy for showing the way.
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He plunked two ice cubes in the glass and submerged them with Johnnie Walker Black.
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In Jitter Joint, award-winning journalist Howard Swindle delivers Jeb Quinlin, a Dallas homicide detective combating crime-and his own personal demons. "The weak and pitiful shall perish..." Jeb Quinlin has been issued an ultimatum by his boss and his wife: dry out or get out. So he hits his favorite bar for a last fifth of Wild Turkey and reluctantly enters detox. Once inside, Jeb is forced to confront his years of alcoholism with the help of Librium, hard-core therapy, and AA meetings. But someone is taking the words of the Big Book too far, as rehab patients begin to die mysteriously, each tagged with one of AA's Twelve Steps. Now Jeb is on a sobering hunt for the Twelve-Step killer, a twisted psychopath who's taking the battle with the bottle to horrifying new heights...

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