-Blurb
Two
weeks before junior year, Darcy hops a plane to Orlando for a little
R&R with her best friend Dylan and his family. Fresh off the heels of solving
three murders in Valley, you'd think she'd sit back and enjoy
the vacation capital of the world … maybe if you're a noun. Darcy Walker,
however, is nothing but verb.
Before
her feet hit the Orlando soil, she's meddling in the disappearance of
a five-year-old boy who vanished six months earlier.
With
authorities still no closer to solving the case, Darcy is shanghaied by her
impulsivity and runs headlong into that proverbial burning building, convinced
she can bring him home.
She
travels down a road that not only follows this missing child but branches
off into the corrupt and sinister world of mob activity when she
tampers in a case on which Dylan's detective grandfather is working.
After
a near disastrous midnight meeting in a warehouse and a date with
a mechanical bull, Darcy realizes she might've bitten off more than she
can chew. Add the boiling flirtationship with her best friend and the
appearance of his romantic rival, and she is in over her head.
Will
she survive a life of flirting with death too easily? Or will her
flirtationship with Dylan become the actual death of her instead?
For
a girl with a habit of finding dead bodies, No Brainer gives Darcy Walker more
of the same…surprising twists and turns…and running for her life.
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EXCERPT-
THE
FIRING SQUAD
The
sun beat down at 101 degrees Fahrenheit, making breathing a distant memory.
Then again, nothing took your breath away like Murphy Walker when he’d rather
kill you and eat the remains. For me, it was a familiar sensation. Dylan,
however, looked like he’d fallen naked into a pit of scorpions.
We
were holed up in Colton’s office, listening to my father on the speakerphone.
Murphy was oblivious to his public disrobing, but Dylan reached over and hit
the speaker mid-argument. Apparently, he wanted his family to know exactly what
they were dealing with; and in practical terms, it kept me from rehashing his
words anyway. Thing was, neither Colton nor Lincoln seemed especially
intimidated. Both were studying a file on Colton’s desk, not even listening.
For the first time, it became clear to me both had a stupid streak.
Dylan
and I were curled into one another on the black leather couch. Zander'd
barreled in minutes ago and had been kicked out. Then he stormed in seconds
later only to be booted out again. Finally, on attempt number three, Colton
shoved him onto the floor, telling him to “Shut his frigging mouth.”
The
language had gone ghetto.
“You
are not going to go under-fricking-cover!” Murphy screamed. “I’m going to kick
somebody’s yellow-bellied, mother lovin’, dog humping butt all the way from the
Heartland of it All. They’re not going to be able to sit down, kneel down, or
kiss anyone else’s butt but their own by the time they untwist the damage that
my fist is going to do.”
Let
me introduce Kentucky cursing at its finest—interpreted only by a mutual
hillbilly.
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QUOTE-
QUOTE-
Murphy raised me, for God’s sake.
He wasn’t Mother Goose. Darcy Walker, No Brainer
Ten Things You Didn’t Know About AJ Lape
AKA - Ada Miracle Lape
1. I can dislocate my left shoulder on command.
2. I started running high school track when I was in the
sixth grade.
3. I would’ve been a police officer or journalist if life
didn’t land me where I am.
4. My favorite movie is It’s a Wonderful Life…cry like a
baby when George Bailey starts yelling, “I want to live again…I want to live
again.”
5. I had an academic scholarship.
6. I like to shoot 9mm guns (dying to shoot an Uzi) in my
spare time…look out Target World, every once in a while you have to walk your
inner hillbilly
7. I’m like Rain Man when it comes to fractions.
8. I used to write and record songs. I won Honorable
Mentions in the John Lennon Song Writing Contest and Music City Song Festival.
9. I’m a notorious sleepwalker.
10. I’ve cliff-dived off a 40-foot cliff into a
lake…wouldn’t recommend it…painful.
Darcy is once screwed up teenager, and you love her for it. She is extremely intelligent, has a vocab that leaves me in hysterics and bonds of friendship that boggle the mind.
Dylan is the all american perfect guy, who is everything to Darcy, even if she won't admit it completley.
No Brainer takes us on one heck of a trip to Orlando with Dylan's family. In true Darcy style, she inserts herself into a mystery and spends the next few weeks in one adventure after another.
Her brand of justification is awesome. She makes everything make so much sense in a warped way. She has the most odd relationship with Dylan her best friend / soulmate. They are without a doubt the perfect pair for each other.
This is one heck of a story, I loved getting to know Lincoln, Colton, Kyd, Twitchy, Zander and the rest of the gang. It gave us alot of insight into Dylan.
I love how Darcy gets these guys to be her "brothers", a 5 yr old kid, a seasoned tattoo artist and etc.. She is amazing and its even more amazing that she has their back, and they have hers. She builds herself this totally screwed up extended family, but it works.
I can't wait to for book 3. Damn cliffhangers!!!
This story has everything you could ask for. I couldn't put it down and wanted to cry when I hit the end. The story is so full and rich.
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