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JT Ellison
Just how many serial killers can Nashville have???

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SLICES OF NIGHT by JT Ellison, Alex Kava & Erica Spindler on sale 12.24.11

Dec.18.2011

SLICES OF NIGHT by JT Ellison, Alex Kava & Erica Spindler on sale 12.24.11

From three of today's most acclaimed thriller writers, SLICES OF NIGHT offers readers a sneak peek into the lives of three very different investigators, in three very different settings, as they hunt for a killer who's able to disappear into the night.

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PUBLISHED: Sep.20.2011

Where All The Dead Lie

The headshot didn't kill Taylor Jackson. But it will haunt. In her showdown with the murderous Pretender, a bullet taken at close range severed the connection between Taylor’s thoughts and speech. Effectively mute, there’s no telling if her voice will ever come back. Trapped in silence, she is surrounded by ghosts— of the past, of friendships and trusts lost—of the specter of a...

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PUBLISHED: Mar.01.2011

So Close The Hand Of Death

It’s a hideous echo of a violent past. Across America, murders are being committed with all the twisted hallmarks of the Boston Strangler, the Zodiac Killer and Son of Sam. The media frenzy explodes and Nashville homicide lieutenant Taylor Jackson knows instantly that The Pretender is back…and he’s got helpers. As The Pretender’s disciples perpetrate their sick homages –...

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PUBLISHED: Sep.28.2010

The Immortals

It is Samhain — the Blood Harvest. Nonbelievers call it Hallowe’en. The night when eight Nashville teenagers are found dead, with occult symbols carved into their naked bodies. It’s a ritual the killers believe was blessed by Death himself. When children are victimized, emotions always run high, and this case has the public both outraged and terrified: a dangerous combination...

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PUBLISHED: Mar.01.2010

The Cold Room

He Can Only Truly Love Her Once Her Heart Stops Homicide Detective Taylor Jackson thinks she's seen it all in Nashville—from the Southern Strangler to the Snow White Killer. But she's never seen anything as perverse as the Conductor. Once his victim is captured, he contains her in a glass coffin, slowly starving her to death. Only then does he give in to his attraction. When he's...

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PUBLISHED: Jan.01.2009

Judas Kiss

Sex, lies and videotape. It was a murder made for TV: a trail of tiny bloody footprints. An innocent toddler playing beside her mother's bludgeoned body. Pretty young Corinne Wolff, seven months pregnant, brutally murdered in her own home. Cameras and questions don't usually faze Nashville Homicide Lieutenant Taylor Jackson, but the media frenzy surrounding the Wolff case is...

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PUBLISHED: Sep.01.2008

Ten victims, each with pale skin and long dark hair. All have been slashed across the throat, the same red lipstick smeared across their lips. In the mid-1980s the Snow White Killer terrorized the streets of Nashville, Tennessee. Then suddenly the murders stopped. A letter from the killer to the police stated that his work was done. Now four more bodies are found, marked with his...

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PUBLISHED: Jan.14.2008

All the Pretty Girls

When a local girl falls prey to a sadistic serial killer, Nashville Homicide Lieutenant Taylor Jackson and her lover, FBI profiler Dr. John Baldwin, find themselves in a joint investigation pursuing a vicious murderer. The Southern Strangler is slaughtering his way through the Southeast, leaving a gruesome memento at each crime scene—the prior victim's severed hand. Ambitious TV...

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PUBLISHED: Dec.21.2011

Sweet Little Lies

J.T. Ellison’s bestselling Taylor Jackson novels have garnered praise from many quarters and have been published all over the world. Her short stories have been aptly described as Hitchcockian in nature. Sweet Little Lies is an anthology of short (short) stories, a collection of Ellison’s published and anthologized work from 2005 - 2010, including her award-winning story...

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PUBLISHED: Jul.01.2010

Thrillers: 100 Must Reads

The most riveting reads in history meet today's biggest thriller writers in Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads. Edited by David Morrell and Hank Wagner, Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads examines 100 seminal works of suspense through essays contributed by such esteemed modern thriller writers as: David Baldacci, Steve Berry, Sandra Brown, Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, Tess Gerritsen, Heather...

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PUBLISHED: Jun.22.2010

First Thrills: High-Octane Stories from the Hottest Thriller Authors

New York Times bestselling author Lee Child and the International Thriller Writers, Inc. present a collection of remarkable stories in First Thrills. Showcasing many of the organization's bestselling authors as well as rising stars in the genre, here are twenty-five brand-new, never-before published, stories packed with murder, mystery, and mayhem. *A cunning criminal thinks...

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PUBLISHED: Jan.22.2008

Killer Year: Stories to Die For

Killer Year is a group of 13 debut crime/mystery/suspense authors whose debut novels were be published in 2007. The graduating class includes such rising stars as Robert Gregory Browne, Toni McGee Causey, Marcus Sakey, Derek Nikitas, Marc Lecard, JT Ellison, Brett Battles, Jason Pinter, Bill Cameron, Sean Chercover, Patry Francis, Gregg Olsen, and David White. Each of the short...

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Surreal South 09, edited by Pinckney Benedict and Laura Benedict

"Sublimity, as we choose to define it, is that quality a story possesses when it is, in its entirety, completely unpredictable as well as completely inevitable and authentic.... A story-a real story, of the type that we've gathered here; not the mock-stories, the painless, bloodless vignettes that make up so much of today's "literary" fiction-involves apocalypse....

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Dec.16.2011 - 10:01 am

SLICES OF NIGHT: a novella by JT Ellison, Alex Kava and Erica Spindler, will release 12.24.11

Bestselling thriller authors Erica Spindler, Alex Kava and J.T. Ellison bring you face to face with their own unique brands of evil. One killer: A psychopath who flies under...

Oct.03.2011 - 3:33 pm

10.3.11

October already? How is this possible??? Well, it has been quite a day! Amanda Knox has been freed from jail in Perugia, Italy, which is very heartening. I admit shutting things...

Sep.22.2011 - 12:01 pm

A Bone-Chilling Setting

I started writing WHERE ALL THE DEAD LIE September 14, 2009. I’d just returned from vacation, and had an unbelievable amount of work on my plate. I was getting ready to shoot...

Sep.05.2011 - 1:16 pm

9.5.11

So much to do, so little time. We are finally home. It's raining and cloudy, a little cool. The cat has taken up permanent residence in my lap, and I'm plowing through a to do...

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May.17.2011 - 5:56 pm

In response to: Owning Your Creative Past

Goodness, Marc. What a

Goodness, Marc. What a story! I love that you've at least claimed your creativity though. And sad story - when I send...

May.17.2011 - 5:55 pm

In response to: Owning Your Creative Past

Regina, you're right. Art is

Regina, you're right. Art is raw - at least it should be. And Poetry isn't a dirty word. I adore reading it -...

Mar.16.2011 - 11:14 am

In response to: Twitter: 140 Characters is Just Enough Rope

Superb Post

I can't disagree with a thing you've said - well put!

Feb.18.2011 - 1:13 pm

In response to: So Close The Hand Of Death Is Here!

Dutch Lunch Revelry

Yes, ma'am. You're my celebration!!! I'm thrilled to share the baby's birthday with you : ) J.T. Ellison

Nov.01.2010 - 12:36 pm

In response to: If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It

Charles, I think it's

Charles, I think it's probably a generational thing. We're bombarded with choices, and so in touch with other writers...

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Aug.25.2011

Where All The Dead Lie

Published by Romantic Times

Ellison deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Lisa Gardner and Tess Gerritsen. Her latest novel examines life after experiencing a traumatic event while also...

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About JT

J.T. Ellison is the international award-winning author of seven critically acclaimed novels and has been published in over twenty countries. A former White House staffer, she has worked extensively with the Metro Nashville Police, the FBI and various...

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