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In many murder mysteries, the call girl gets killed. This novella turns that tired troupe on its head. A skilled and versatile sex worker learns that one of her clients, a prominent businessman, was brutally murdered just hours after their last date. With her unique access to the upper echelon of Washington D.C. society, she embarks on an investigation that leads to a shocking discovery. Glendall C. Jackson III, an award-winning non-fiction writer, creates a vivid portrait of high-end sex work.
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Glendall C. Jackson III is an award-winning writer who has long specialized in deeply-reported non-fiction. Naked Came the Detective, a mystery that explores the hidden world of high-end sex work, is his first novel. He has previously published two non-fiction books, one of which was a national best seller, under a different name.
Naked Came the Detective has won numerous awards including the 2023 Best Indie Book Award (best novella), 2023 Paris Book Festival (wild card category), 2024 Independent Book Award (best novella), 2024 American Fiction Award (best novella), 2023 Firebird Book Award (best novella), the 2023 BookFest Award (best noir mystery) and 2024 Book Excellence Award (best private investigator mystery). It was named a Distinguished Favorite (novella) in the 2024 Independent Press Awards and was runner-up in the sleuth-mystery category of the 2023 Pencraft Book Awards. It received a Bronze Award (mystery) in the 2024 Reader Views Literary Awards and a Bronze medal (novella) in the 2024 Independent Publisher Book Award (“Ippy”). The book was a finalist in 2024 Hawthorne Prize for fiction across all categories. It was also a finalist in the novella category of the 2023 Best Book Awards, the 2023 American Writing Awards. and the 2024 Next Generation Indie Award. Shelf Unbound magazine named it a top 100 Indie book of 2023.
Glendall C. Jackson III is an award-winning writer who has long specialized in deeply-reported non-fiction. Naked Came the Detective, a mystery that explores the hidden world of high-end sex work, is his first novel. He has previously published two non-fiction books, one of which was a national best seller, under a different name.
Naked Came the Detective has won numerous awards including the 2023 Best Indie Book Award (best novella), 2023...
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