The Poet by
Series: Samantha
Jazz Series #1
Release Date: March 9, 2021
THE POET
New York Times bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones brings
a fresh, modern take to the thriller genre that will keep you guessing until
the very end.
“The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.” -Jean
Cocteau
Some call him friend or boss.
Some call him husband or dad.
Some call him son, even a favorite son.
But the only title that matters to him is the one the media
has given him: The Poet.
A name he earned from the written words he leaves behind
after he kills that are as dark and mysterious as the reason he chooses his
victims.
One word, two, three, a story in a poem, a secret that only
Detective Samantha Jazz can solve. Because he’s writing this story for
her.
She just doesn’t know it yet.
This title is a standalone that follows a single case.
There is no cliffhanger. But the world of Samantha Jazz will continue with The
Girl Who Forgot!
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EXCERPT
I move on to what I know. “The Poet,
an organized killer, a planner. Highly intelligent. Well employed.
These types like to appear stable and we’re most likely looking at someone in
a circle of family to shelter himself, even convince himself he’s
normal. None of this is on paper. And I don’t feel like I have room for error
on this one.”
“The Poet?”
“That’s what I’m calling him.”
“Whatever you call him, do you really think he’s a serial
killer?”
“I know he’s a serial killer. We just have to find
his victims.”
“I’ll get you your profile for peace of mind.”
“Thank you, Wade,” I say, gratitude in my voice.
“Thank me by being careful. If this asshole came after
Roberts, you could be next.”
“If Roberts was his type, I am not.”
“Be careful, Detective Jazz,” he says, and this time
he uses his best Special Agent Wade Miller voice, the detective title
meant to make the “I’m serious” point.
“I am. I called you for a reason. I’m going to get
him before he ever has the chance to get me.”
We disconnect a few seconds later and I pull up the poem
compilation Chuck put together for me on my MacBook. I gravitate toward the
poem The Poet left called “Fate, The Jester.” His message could
be in those few lines or in another verse inside the full poem. I read it all
slowly, all eight paragraphs, dissecting each one, but I return to the three
lines he left in Summer’s mouth:
Who laugh in the teeth of disaster,
Yet hope through the darkness to find
A road past the stars to a Master
A master, a statement that seems to reference superiority
and drives home my earlier thoughts. The Poet judged Summer beneath him.
Perhaps he judges us all beneath him. He believes he’s above the law, and
that’s dangerous to those who come into contact with him.
That means I need to become dangerous to him, and quickly.
THE SERIES CONTINUES WITH THE GIRL WHO FORGOT!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57319878-the-girl-who-forgot
ABOUT LISA
New York
Times and USA Today bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones writes dark, edgy
fiction including the highly acclaimed INSIDE OUT series and the upcoming,
crime thriller The Poet. Suzanne Todd (producer of Alice in Wonderland and Bad
Mom's) on the INSIDE OUT series: Lisa has created a beautiful, complicated, and
sensual world that is filled with intrigue and suspense.
Prior to
publishing Lisa owned a multi-state staffing agency that was recognized many
times by The Austin Business Journal and also praised by the Dallas Women’s
Magazine. In 1998 Lisa was listed as the #7 growing women owned business in
Entrepreneur Magazine. She lives in Colorado with her husband, a cat that talks
too much, and a Golden Retriever who is afraid of trash bags.
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