Jail Coach, Hillary Bell Locke
Jail Coach, Hillary Bell Locke
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Jail Coach
The Jay Davidovich Mysteries

Author: Hillary Bell Locke

Narrator: Keith Szarabajka

Unabridged: 6 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/04/2012


Synopsis

Jay Davidovich is an insurance company apparatchik. Big, blond, and Jewish with Ukrainian parents and an American attitude, Jay joined the National Guard in the late 1990s so that the taxpayers could put him through college but ended up serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. His jobat Trans/Oxana is to prevent losses that the company has insured against, especially losses caused by certain unpleasant people. Hollywood pretty boy Kent Trowbridge plays late-night bumper cars in his Ferrari with two palm trees and a median after New Paradigm Studios bought an eight-figure Trans/Oxana policy insuring fulfillment of his contract as a major performing artist. In the city of San Gabriel, unlike Los Angeles County, a second DUI is not treated as boys will be boys; Trowbridge is going to do some county time. And since there wont be any director yelling Cut! when things get dicey on the inside, Jay figures that Trowbridge wont be able to perform much of anything once he gets outunless he finds him a jail coach. Enter Katrina Thompson, whose past includes jail time, a stint in the Marines, a daughter, and a hustler named Stan Chaladian. The first will help Jay, the second will impress him, the third will charm him, and the fourth will almost kill himbut thats life in the loss-prevention business.

About Hillary Bell Locke

Hillary Bell Locke graduated with honors from Harvard Law School, worked for a prominent New York law firm, and now practices law in a city far from New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Judy & Marianne from on February 27, 2013

Originally posted at: [URL not allowed] Jail Coach by Hillary Bell Locke is a complex and unpredictable tale that takes us to the bright lights of the celebrity world and then persists in poking into dark corners. Told in the first person, our main character is (irritatingly) no......more

Goodreads review by Mom on November 24, 2020

Good story I guess though I got distracted trying to listen on audio and lost track of the characters and the plot gyrations. I particularly enjoyed the lighthearted tone and the humor. About an insurance loss reduction specialist keeping tabs on a movie star insured for 4 pictures who needs a jail......more

Goodreads review by Penny on June 07, 2013

This was fun. I look forward to more from Locke! Jay Davidovich is a marine-turned-Loss-Prevention-Specialist for a major insurance company. They've insured an actor for a 3-picture deal with a studio, but he's just gotten picked up for his second DUI, and the insurance company doesn't want to pay ou......more

Goodreads review by Chris on June 01, 2014

A bright, shining debut novel. Zingy dialogue without being self-aware or cliched. Nicely convoluted plot, a very engaging protagonist, just gruff enough to inspire respect, but human enough on the inside that we empathize readily. The antagonist is realistic, not a stereotype. Nice interplay of sub......more

Goodreads review by Mary on April 03, 2013

Entertaining—sort of Elmore Leonard-lite. I believe this might be a series, with J. Davidovich as a lead character. I listened to it over Snoqualmie Pass last weekend, and finished it off picking dead leaves off my rosebushes. The reader handled dialects and voice changes fairly effectively, althoug......more