Books 7-9 (But Not Forlorn, But Not Formidable, and But Not For Love) of the Amazon best-selling Clint Wolf Mystery Series by award-winning author BJ Bourg is now available as a boxed set:BUT NOT FORLORNThe political race to determine the next mayor of Mechant Loup is heating up…literally. When one of the candidates is burned to death in a fiery blaze, Clint Wolf and Susan Wilson go straight … Wilson go straight from their honeymoon to investigating a brutal homicide. While there are a number of suspects, evidence and witnesses are lacking, and narrowing the list down becomes a challenge.
A late night attack on a Mechant Loup police officer leads to a curious discovery, but exactly how this discovery factors into the case is anybody’s guess. Clint will have to reach out to the local media for help…and it might turn out to be the best decision he’s made throughout the case. However, no one will be rejoicing when this investigation is over, and it’s unlikely anyone from the police department will ever be the same again.
BUT NOT FORMIDABLE
It’s a warm September afternoon in the sleepy town of Mechant Loup, a tornado has just ripped through town, and Detective Clint Wolf is searching for a missing school teacher. Not only are details sketchy and witnesses nonexistent, but a formidable Category 4 hurricane is heading straight for the Louisiana coast–and it’s threatening to erase every scintilla of evidence that might lead to the missing woman.
Even as the outer rain bands of the hurricane begin battering Mechant Loup, Clint makes a grisly discovery in the dead of night and suddenly realizes he’s dealing with a cold-blooded killer–but that revelation leaves him with more questions than answers.
When the pieces of the investigative puzzle finally start falling into place, Clint will have to answer a question of his own–did he finally meet a suspect he couldn’t take down?
BUT NOT FOR LOVE
On the living room floor of a lonely farm house in Chateau Parish, Louisiana, there rests the body of a young woman named Allie—the victim of a horrific attack.
A little farther to the south, Detective Clint Wolf is leaving the Mechant Loup Police Department when he hears the screams of a terrified female. Jumping into action, he responds to the area and arrests the woman’s husband for attacking her with a pipe. Almost immediately after Clint wraps up the arrest and returns home, Police Chief Susan Wilson receives a welfare call from Allie’s mother saying she hadn’t heard from Allie in hours.
When Clint responds to the welfare concern with Mallory Tuttle, a detective from the Chateau Parish Sheriff’s Office, they discover Allie’s body. An investigation ensues and it isn’t long before they make an arrest for murder. However, when another woman is killed days later, they delve deeper into Allie’s case and unearth some disturbing similarities.
A tip from a young boy and a trip to the northern mountains of Georgia might shed some light on the motive, but locating the killer will be anything but easy—or safe.
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Continuing to love this series. I love seeing the development of the characters and the team. As always, filled with twists and turns.
If you do not know what to read, start this series, all of them are good.
This set is the third of the 3 book box sets. BJ Bourg’s writing has gotten more refined as the series advanced. After 9 books you would think the characters would get boring and the story plots similar. Not so with this series. I enjoyed book 9 as much as I did book one.
B.J. Bourg is a great storyteller. He used the speech of the characters and the tempo of their behavior to draw the reader into what seems to be a crime with just enough foreshadowing to lead to the killer. But beware! You will NOT have figured it out! And that’s what makes his books such fine reads. Masterful.
I like that the Clint Wolfe novels are not about deranged serial killers as so many novels are today. A murder, several twists and turns and a solution. More real life. Character development gives us people who are interesting for reason or another.
What I do get a little tired of is the constant my wife is worried about me and I am worried about my wife. I get it you love your spouse and you both have risky jobs.
Beach-reading entertainment. Not thought-provoking, but interesting enough.
Really enjoy the Clint Wolf sets, write more
Great mysteries. Liked the characters and the setting. Well written with enough clues and red herrings to make it fun. Very little brainless stuff.
I’ve read this much of the series so far and can’t wait to get #10 and 11. The characters are very real and engaging. The stories are unpredictable and often very surprising. You WON’T be disappointed!
These books just kept me so involved I totally enjoyed all of them couldn’t put the book down
A good series using a married couple working in the same police department. Presents a nice balance between ongoing personal issues and police procedural. Small town in Louisiana is a nice change for this Northerner.
Loved this series –
Good read. Kept my interest.
I’ve read the entire series wonderful reading if you like reading Law Enforcement and Louisiana. Clint Wolf and his wife are the Best.
A great mystery series.
I read books 1-12 straight thru. The rest of my books on Kindle are just sitting there waiting for me, I can’t put these books down. Not sure just what it is, but I will miss them when I am done.
I just started this series of three and have enjoyed the first one and now on the second. The main characters are people you can relate to and like. I find them to be good reads as you usually have no idea who the culprit is until the end, and even if you do, you don’t know why. I would recommend this to others.
Good Read!
I have never read any books by this author before but I’m a fan now. His books are fsbulous,real page turned. What a great author
I love this BJ Bourg series and his London Carter series! He can’t write them fast enough for me.