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Nominated BEST NOVEL by International Thriller Writers

Jay Porter Takes on the Brutality of Small-town Political Power and Insatiable Greed

At an AA meeting, handyman and part-time investigator Jay Porter meets a recovering addict who needs his help. In the midst of another grueling northern New Hampshire winter, Amy Lupus' younger sister, Emily, has gone missing from the Coos County Center, the newly opened rehab run by Jay's old nemeses, Adam and Michael Lombardi.

As Jay begins looking into Emily's disappearance, he finds that all who knew Emily swear that she's never used drugs. She's a straight shooter and an intern at a newspaper investigating the Center and the horrendous secret hidden in it—or beneath it.

When Jay learns of a "missing" hard drive, he is flung back to five years ago when his own junkie brother, Chris, found a hard drive belonging to Lombardi Construction. For years Jay assumed that the much-sought-after hard drive contained incriminating photos of Adam and Michael's father, which contributed to Chris' death. But now he believes the hard drive harbored a secret far more sinister, which the missing Lupus sister may have unwittingly discovered.

The deeper Jay digs, the more poisoned the ground gets, and the two cases become one, yielding a toxic truth with local fallout—and far-reaching ramifications.

Perfect for Fans of Dennis Lehane

While all of the novels in the Jay Porter Series stand on their own and can be read in any order, the publication sequence is:

Lamentation
December Boys
Give Up the Dead
Broken Ground
Rag and Bone

Length: 248 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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"An estate recycler picks up the fragments of his life by helping others to pick up theirs. What a brilliant noir concept. And Broken Ground, the newest addition to the terrific Jay Porter series, has brilliant writing to match . . . The depth of the characters. The vividness of the New Hampshire winter setting. The importance of the novel's theme. Joe Clifford's a crime writer to pay attention to." --David Morrell, New York Times best-selling author

Praise for the Jay Porter Series

"The writing snaps. The story crackles. The characters are achingly real." --Meg Gardiner, Edgar Award-winning and best-selling author

"Clifford's edgy prose and masterful pacing, combined with flawed and profoundly human Jay Porter at the helm, make Broken Ground irresistible." --Wendy Walker, author of Emma in the Night

"Gritty and gripping, with prose that cuts to the bone. Joe Clifford has crafted a modern noir that pulls no punches." --Riley Sager, New York Times best-selling author

"Joe Clifford writes the kind of books that I love to read, mysteries that not only make you think, but make you feel. He is a master at creating characters that bind to your DNA and stay with you long after the last page is turned." --Allen Eskens, USA Today best-selling author

"Joe Clifford writes with empathy, wisdom, and wicked wit about characters at the edge of society, sobriety, and their own tenuous sanity. Broken Ground is a feast, and Jay Porter is a unique noir hero who shines brightly in a dark world." --Nick Petrie, author of Light It Up

"Joe Clifford's latest in the Jay Porter series is a tense, emotional tour de force ferried along on a mystery that's both timely and chilling. Don't miss this!" --Jamie Mason, author of Three Graves Full

About the Author

A former homeless junkie, Joe Clifford has dedicated his life to education and the craft of writing and helping other ex-junkies find a voice and a platform for their creative energies. He is a graduate of Central Connecticut State University and holds an MFA degree from Florida International University. He is the acquisitions editor for Gutter Books and the producer of Lip Service West, a gritty reading series in Oakland, California. Clifford is the author of several acclaimed books--two of which were Anthony Award nominees: Lamentation, his first novel in the Jay Porter series, and his anthology (editor) Trouble in the Heartland. Broken Ground is the fourth novel in his Jay Porter series. In all his Jay Porter novels, Clifford uses the backdrop of drug abuse to shine a light on the misunderstood and marginalized, while weaving personal tragedies into narratives that compel and transcend as well as entertain. Clifford lives with his wife, Justine, and two sons in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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ASIN : B07CW2JFYY
Publisher : Oceanview Publishing; Sew edition (5 June 2018)
Language : English
File size : 2170 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 248 pages

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Steven Davis

Clifford performs an amazing tightrope act-

Reviewed in the United States on 30 July 2018

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Sending Porter on a tension filled ride that skids between flaming bridges and freezing knuckles, without ever ONCE taking me out of the story and into my head. Let’s call this one Joe Clifford unleashes the beast - ratcheting up the volume to ten, while somehow keeping his antihero really raw and really human.
There are times that loving Clifford’s series feels like chewing the aluminum inserts out of gum packets, but it’s in service of a payoff, and boy is that payoff worth it! Does it take a brave reader to keep loving Jay? Yes! There may be some moments (at least there were for me), that feel like an uncomfortable reminder of what a stubborn jerk I’ve been in the past, aiming for martyr and hitting “just plain miserable”.
It’s all in service of letting this story run on all cylinders, and staying completely believable.
If you’ve been following this series from the beginning there are plenty of moments that feel like sweet relief, and if it’s your first time reading about Jay, there’s enough backstory to make it totally worth your time.

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Mets6986

Snappy series with a big picture

Reviewed in the United States on 11 June 2018

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It's always a good sign when you feel that tug of urgency in your stomach as you're reading, telling you to press on and finish the story. That happened with the last entry in this series ("Give Up the Dead") and it happened again with this one.

What I like in particular about this entry is that it takes the overarching story line of the series up another level. In the way it tackles power and corruption, now it's really in the same vein as Robert Towne's "Chinatown."

Jay Porter has also come to remind me a bit of another character, but from the small screen. That's the maverick journalist Carl Kolchak from "The Night Stalker" series. Kolchak also clashed often with authorities and higher powers as he sought to uncover the truth, and was also often dismissed as a crackpot.

Because of the way it sets up the finale of the series, with the big payoff to come, the mystery in this installment wasn't quite as compelling as the one in "Give Up the Dead" -- but there are other rewards. Jay's ongoing personal journey is one. Also, Clifford's knack for description remains very deft.

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rpc.

Half a book

Reviewed in the United States on 15 November 2019

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Not only is the hero of this book a total jerk, his story doesn't even end. Without anything in the plot being resolved, on the last page he's going to Boston to continue trying to find a solution to his problems that began in New Hampshire and Vermont.

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Angela G. Wright

I've a new author that I really like, in Joe Clifford! Can't wait to start book 2 of the Jay Porter series.

Reviewed in the United States on 16 November 2019

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I loved book 1. I really enjoy how Mr. Clifford writes & Jay Porter is a great character, with an equally good supporting cast of characters. It was very well written, an interesting story line. I'm totally hooked! It's unusual for me to find a book that catches my interest within the first few minutes. I give books & movies the same time frame to catch me. If they don't pique my interest inside 20 minutes time, chances are extremely high that they will not & therefore are a waste of my time. Happily, Broken Ground snagged me right out of the gate! It was easily the best book I've read in a very long time.😊
Angela G. Wright-

Jvz

Broken ground

Reviewed in the United States on 6 January 2020

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Confess couldn't finish book so cannot make good review
Didn't care what happened to main character. Lots of self destruction.

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