​Latest Release
​ "Slater's Vendetta"

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     Eric Slater is a big guy with a huge heart. Normally he wouldn't hurt a fly, but if you mess with the people he cares about, he loses his temper. 
     A gang called the "Sabers" have moved into the old neighborhood, stealing cars, selling drugs, and making the streets a dangerous place. When Slater steps in to defend an innocent woman, he makes a dangerous enemy and befriends a young boy.  When the woman ends up dead, Slater and Maggie are both suspects.
     A billion dollar land deal, a victim with an expensive drug habit, and a grizzled police detective that may be on the take, all are on Slater's list. The Sabers keep getting more dangerous, but when the street urchin Slater has befriended is kidnapped, it's up to Maggie to keep Slater from killing the leader of the gang.

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"Slater's Tempest"

​"T.J. Jones is a wicked good writer, you're in for a rockin' good time!"
-Rodman Philbrick, Best-Selling Author of "Freak the Mighty"
Hurricane Irma tore through the Florida Keys after Labor Day in 2017, leaving a path of death and destruction in its wake. Isla Dunbar, in a desperate attempt to save the sailboat that carried her dead mother's name, set out ahead of the storm. The "Caroline" went down 15 miles from the Florida coast, and Isla was presumed lost. But was she?
   Two years later, Isla's most prized possession, the necklace her mother gave her, arrives at Roland Dunbar's door. Is it a cruel hoax, or is it possible his daughter is still alive?
   Eric Slater and his partner Maggie tackle their most perplexing case yet when they travel to the Florida Keys, hoping to fulfill a dying man's last wish, and return his only heir.
   There's plenty of banter, mystery, twists, and turns in this one. Maggie does battle with a shark, and Slater fights his own demons when Jasmine is attacked. Even 'Old Eli' lends a hand. That's one mystery Slater isn't going to solve.
Slater Mystery #3

PREVIOUS    WORKS

              My Sister's Detective   Slater Mystery # 1

   His best friend's been murdered, an old flame needs his help, and her little sister has definitely grown up! Eric Slater has a lot to sort out. Murder, Mystery, and Romance on the Florida coast. A wry story of intrigue, deception, and two people that can't help falling in love.
​"A refreshing take on the detective genre that will having you cheering out loud for Maggie and Slater."

Rodman Philbrick, best selling author of "Freak the Mighty" says: "T.J.Jones is a wicked good writer, you're in for a rockin' good time." 
                           My Sister's Fear    Slater Mystery # 2
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  Slater and Maggie are back! The investigations are heating up, and so is the romance.
  Slater and his talented partner fight to protect an aging veteran from the prejudices of a small town and find the missing girl he may have murdered. While they investigate, a kidnapper plots, and a murderer returns to Jacksonville. 
​   No crime is too vile and no one is safe from Rashad Dinar, international oil tycoon, and the man that killed Slater's best friend. When he strikes again, Slater puts his own life on the line to save Maggie's sister.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

     T.J. Jones is a Minnesota based author with multiple published novels in the Mystery, Thriller, and Romance genres. He writes character driven, entertaining stories with humor and heart.  He is also a fan of happy endings.
      The "Slater Mysteries" are contemporary detective tales about Eric Slater and his talented partner Maggie Jeffries, a romantic pairing that T.J. plans to continue to explore.
Look for "Slater's Vendetta" in the Spring of 2020
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                                                                                                                                Notes   on the Slater Mysteries 

     I started the Slater Series with very little forethought. I knew I wanted my protagonist to be talented, but not too talented; tough, but also vulnerable; a good guy, but not a saint. I didn't intend for it to be a romance, but i love writing characters and for most people finding that right person is a big part of their story. Slater and Maggie seemed inevitable from the moment she walked up to his airplane in the first scene, and their banter almost writes itself. Their partnership and romance is intrinsic to the plot.
​      I've never been one to outline. I'm told some writers do and some don't. I spend a lot of time rewriting, and that's okay. Sometimes that's when the best stuff happens. I "met" Jasmine in the first book. I intended for her to make a brief appearance, one and done, but I fell in love with her sass and she became one of the most important and fun characters in the series. I hope you will find humor in the Slater series, but the books do touch on some dark subject matter. Every author is shaped by the world around them, and I only needed to read the occasional headline to find the villains in my books. But fortunately this is fiction, and for the most part good wins out in the end. Hopefully in an entertaining way.
      Throughout the series, Slater and his quick-witted partner meet, and will continue to meet, interesting and quirky characters with perspectives of their own. Slater will succumb to hate, and he will learn to have empathy. Some of the characters in the books deserve his anger, and some deserve his compassion. He is capable of both. In my head, Eric Slater is equally an everyday guy and an extraordinary hero. I hope you like him as much as I do.
      Happy reading!  T.J. Jones 
      

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