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We’re all well-intentioned liars at heart, tale spinners squatting around the fire swapping stories about who we are, why we are, what it all means. We use figurative language to say in words what can’t be said in words because we know sometimes a lie can be the quickest route to the truth.
A portion of all Blacktip Island novel sales goes to the Coral Reef Alliance.
How we ask our questions, and how we attempt to answer them, gives us insight into who we are as individuals and as a people. But if our stories don’t entertain as well, they’re pretty lousy lies. I don’t know how illuminating these stories are, but I’ve made them as entertaining as I could. So if you’re ready for tropical adventure, scroll south and enjoy.
Blacktip Island
Inadvertent embezzler Blake Calloway high-tails it to the Caribbean, a step ahead of the Feds and desperate to restart life as an anonymous divemaster in a tropical paradise. On Blacktip Island, though, Blake quickly discovers “tropics” doesn’t mean “paradise,” and rookie boat hands stick out like a reef at low tide.
The locals are quirky: a landlord who swears he’s Fletcher Christian reincarnated, a boss who likes fish better than people, a sloshed resort manager with a sex-crazed wife, a possibly ax-murdering neighbor, and a girlfriend who just might turn Blake in for the reward money. Blake steers a ragged course between them, trying to straighten out the mess he’s made before the cops can track him down and haul him away.
Blacktip Island is a comic romp across a Caribbean resort island, sure to bring a smile to anyone who’s ever dreamed of trading the rat race for a hammock under the palm trees.
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praise for Blacktip Island
"Blacktip Island is fun and funny, its characters vivid. Take your time and dive into this adventurous story.” – Portland Book Review
“Another winner from Tim W. Jackson! Protagonist Blake Calloway is in way over his head in this humorous adventure in paradise. Blacktip Island rocks!” – Award winner Kathy Brandt, author of Swimming with the Dead
“Five Stars. Blacktip Island will make you laugh and keep you guessing. The storyline keeps readers hooked, and the characters add laughter, suspense, romance and everything in between to take this book to another level.” – San Francisco Book Review
“Blacktip Island is a fascinating, well-written story . . . with the hero attempting to avoid detection, eco-terrorists trying to stop construction of a new airport, a beautiful bartender keeping her own secrets, and hunts for pirate treasure each overlapping the other. But the story is less driven by the plot than by the characters and the idyllic setting . . . which makes good fiction.” – David K. McDonnell for Reader Views
“Beautifully written with a thriller-like pace, Blacktip Island will keep you guessing ‘til the very end.” – Bonnie J. Cardone, author of the Cinnamon Greene Adventure Mysteries
“Jackson has a strong voice that makes for an entertaining read from beginning to end. The characters are well-crafted and bold. Blacktip Island is a fun adventure, with a motley crew that can easily become addictive.” – IndieReader
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