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The Embalmer: A Gripping Steve Jobz PI Thriller (A Steve Jobz Thriller Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Vincent Zandri (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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THE EMBALMER IS DYING TO DATE YOU. QUESTION IS, ARE YOU WILLING TO DIE FOR A DATE WITH HIM TOO?

You might think that a guy with the name of Steve Jobz would be one lucky man. That he'd be rich and have the world at his fingertips. But instead, Jobz (which is short for Jobzynski) is barely making ends meet at the New York State Department of Unemployment Insurance Fraud. A former cop who was forced to retire early after shooting a young man during a convenience store holdup, Jobz has since resigned himself to wasting away his days in a four-by-four cubicle inside an office space that's more boring than watching the paint dry.

However, when his overbearing boss and best friend calls him in on a job that the Albany Police Department is heading up, Jobz has a chance to get out of the office for a while. But what he doesn't realize is that he's about to come face to face with a serial killer who embalms his victims alive. What he is also about to face down, is his own worst nightmare come true when that serial killer turns out not to be a stranger.

The Embalmer culminates with an explosive climax and promises to keep readers glued to their chairs for hours. The first-in-series novel combines wry humor with some serious hard-boiled action, adventure, and romance. For fans of Michael Connelly, Robert B. Parker, Charlie Huston, Jim Crumley, Lee Child, Brett Battles, and more.

Scroll up and grab a copy of The Embalmer today. Then binge the entire series.

"Gritty, fast-paced, lyrical and haunting." - Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author of Six Years.

"Tough, stylish, heartbreaking." -Don Winslow, New York Times bestselling author of Savages.
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Praise from New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Vincent Zandri "Sensational . . . masterful . . . brilliant." - New York Post ★★★★★

"(A) chilling tale of obsessive love from Thriller Award-winner Zandri (Moonlight Weeps)...Riveting." - Publishers Weekly ★★★★★

"...Oh, what a story it is...Riveting...A terrific old school thriller." - Booklist ★★★★★

About the Author

Winner of the 2015 PWA Shamus Award and the 2015 ITW Thriller Award for Best Original Paperback Novel for MOONLIGHT WEEPS, Vincent Zandri is the NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and AMAZON KINDLE No.1 bestselling author of more than 25 novels including THE REMAINS, EVERYTHING BURNS, ORCHARD GROVE and THE CORRUPTIONS. He is also the author of numerous Amazon bestselling digital shorts, PATHOLOGICAL and DOG DAY MOONLIGHT among them. Harlan Coben has described THE INNOCENT (formerly As Catch Can) as "...gritty, fast-paced, lyrical and haunting," while the New York Post called it "Sensational...Masterful...Brilliant!" Zandri's list of domestic publishers include Delacorte, Dell, Down & Out Books, Thomas & Mercer, and Polis Books. An MFA in Writing graduate of Vermont College, Zandri's work is translated in the Dutch, Russian, French, Italian, and Japanese. Recently, Zandri was the subject of a major feature by the New York Times. He has also made appearances on Bloomberg TV and FOX news. In December 2014, Suspense Magazine named Zandri's, THE SHROUD KEY, as one of the "Best Books of 2014." Recently, Suspense Magazine selected WHEN SHADOWS COME as one of the "Best Books of 2016". A freelance photo-journalist and the author of the popular "lit blog," The Vincent Zandri Vox, Zandri has written for Living Ready Magazine, RT, New York Newsday, Hudson Valley Magazine, The Times Union (Albany), Game & Fish Magazine, and many more. He lives in Albany, New York. For more go to WWW.VINCENTZANDRI.COM

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B072VQG6TQ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bear Mystery; 1st edition (July 21, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 21, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 817 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 373 pages
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"Vincent Zandri is one of the most acclaimed thriller writers working today!" -- Publishers Weekly

"The story of Vincent Zandri is the story of our times."

--Business Insider

"Vincent Zandri hails from the future."

--The New York Times

“Sensational . . . masterful . . . brilliant.”

--New York Post

"Gritty, fast-paced, lyrical and haunting."

--Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author of Six Years

"Tough, stylish, heartbreaking."

--Don Winslow, New York Times bestselling author of Savages and Cartel.

"...big time author..."

--Digital Journal

Considered one of the most prolific writers of his generation, Vincent Zandri is the winner of the 2015 PWA Shamus Award and the 2015 ITW Thriller Award for Best Original Paperback Novel for MOONLIGHT WEEPS. He is also the NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and AMAZON KINDLE OVERALL NO.1 bestselling author of more than 130 novels and novellas including THE REMAINS, MOONLIGHT RUNS, THE EMBALMER, THE SHROUD KEY and QUIETLY INTO THE NIGHT. His list of domestic publishers includes Delacorte, Dell, Down & Out Books, Thomas & Mercer, Polis Books, Blackstone Audio, Tantor Media, and more. He is also the CEO of Bear Media. An MFA in Writing graduate of Vermont College, his work is translated in the Dutch, Russian, French, Italian, and Japanese. Having sold over 1 million editions of his books, Zandri has been the subject of major features by the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Business Insider. He has also made appearances on Bloomberg TV and the FOX News network. In December 2014, Suspense Magazine named Zandri's, THE SHROUD KEY, as one of the "Best Books of 2014." Suspense Magazine selected WHEN SHADOWS COME as one of the "Best Books of 2016". He was also a finalist for the 2019 Derringer Award for Best Novelette. A freelance photojournalist, freelance writer, and the host of the popular YouTube Podcast, "The Writer's Life," Zandri has written for Strategy Magazine, RT, Living Ready Magazine, New York Newsday, Hudson Valley Magazine, The Times Union (Albany), Game & Fish Magazine, CrimeReads, Altcoin Magazine, The Jerusalem Post (ghost), Market Business News (ghost), Duke University (ghost), Colgate University (ghost), New York University (ghost), The Rice University Gazette (ghost), Yale University (ghost), Digital Journal (ghost), and many more. He also writes for Scalefluence. An Active Member of MWA and ITW, he lives in New York and Florence, Italy. For more go to WWW.VINZANDRI.COM

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Linda L
5.0 out of 5 stars Steve jobs is not famous or rich
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023
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After being kicked out of the police force, Steve drinks too much and coasts through life. His job investigating unemployment scams leads him into tracking a serial killer. Good plot, humor & strong characters.
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Sandra Knapp
4.0 out of 5 stars Good read.
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2021
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This is a murder mystery about a really sadistic and sick serial killer, and the Detective who brought him down, with the help of an ex-Detective and who, as it turns out, was closer to the murderer than either of them knew. Confused? So was I for a while, but in a fun way. Read it and find out for yourself.
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rlptwo
5.0 out of 5 stars A Rags to Riches (Not Really) Kind of Story
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2022
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I am a fan of Vincent Zandri's work, having read many of them. As is the usual, this book is an entertaining, hard-hitting and totally immersive story of an unemployment insurance investigator who shares (in sounding) a name with a former Apple CEO. This alone catches in Steve's craw since his life has been a disaster with a drug crazed tweaker murders his father and nearly so his mother while asleep in their bed. This is followed some time later by his barely avoided incarceration because he had the audacity to kill a robber of a convenience store while he was pointing a loaded and cocked handgun at the proprietor. His, "to riches" conversion occurs much later while working for the state in a mind-numbing, unrewarding job. He gets this chance to help the Albany, NY police in a very weird case.

There is action aplenty, twists you won't see coming, humor that will make you laugh and suspense that will keep you so focused you'll be done with the book before you know it. Enthusiastic five stars!
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MasterI-Gray
3.0 out of 5 stars AN EMBALMER OF HELL?🔥🔥🔥
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2017
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Mr. Zandri took his sweet time developing the story, slowly but in crescendo until the final note.

The play with the Jobs/Jobz name and the really unsecured character almost the whole book was a little boring but the m8nd of Miller is good.

Pumpkin, phsyco working at the same job as Jobz really a little obscure part. Harry's character fight the author hard, will be the next main character (personality, fast mouth, etc).

The plot was simple on essence but catchy. A real book to satisfied your thirst when you don't want to think too hard.
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Frost
4.0 out of 5 stars Fast, Furious Fun..and Wild
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2018
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For me " The Embalmer" was a read-it-in -one-sitting book. Just as the headline says, it was a fast, furious , fun and wild thriller.
The bad guy in the novel is an industrial strength wierdo who picks-up and kills women by embalming them while they are alive. Then he "restores them to life" by using the mortician's arts , dresses them, poses them and places them for public viewing. And believe me that synopsis little conveys the work of this guy. There is more weirdness for the reader to , uh, enjoy, in the book.
Our hero is one Steve Jobz, employed by the state of NY as a claims processor for unemployment fraud. It is boring job which Jobz tolerates with booze, a few hime-rolled spliffs and an unhealthy helping of self-disgust. But a change comes about when the police ask him to help them out by searching the records for an unemployed ex-funeral home worker who might have the required gruesome skills to be the killer.
It would be unfortunate if you are too put off by the occasional use off crude four-letter words at the beginning of the book, because you would be missing the way the character of Steve Jobz develops into a uniquely quirky hero. As the book continues, he gets more confident that he is not a complete loser and might have a future worth the trying .
I recommend the book with the clear notice that it is not , and does not pretend to be a deep treatise on the nature and reasons why someone turns into a freakish murderer. It is a diversion into the madness of a landscape where a killer like this is nearly possible, with a bit of dark humor here and there ( especially from the interplay between Jobz and his formidable boss.) A second warning to anyone: read this book and you will learn more than you might want to know about the mortician's artifices.
It is not the "Silence of the Lambs" ; at least this killer doesn' t eat his victims. But " The Embalmer" is fun, especially with a glass of NYState Reisling at your side.
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Cheri
5.0 out of 5 stars Great, exciting read!
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2018
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There is a psychopath on the loose in the city of Albany who picks his prey from dating sites, drugs them, embalms them while they are still alive, and then rapes them. Steve Jobz is an ex-cop caught in a sad situation who ends up working in tax fraud when Detective Miller approaches him to help him figure out and locate this monster.
This is a well-written, fast paced story that you won't want to put down. Be sure to read to the very end for the endearing conclusion.
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MH Scaccia
5.0 out of 5 stars A true thriller!
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2018
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A beautiful woman sits on a park bench. A passing jogger stops dead in his tracks when he catches a glimpse of her intense eyes and her friendly smile. He approaches her to say hello, but she says nothing. She’s not being rude, she’s dead...and has been embalmed!

The level of terror in the book was surprising, and for this reader, much appreciated. Psychological thrillers are my favorite genre, and I find characters with sick minds and the ones who study and capture them fascinating and intriguing. Vincent Zandri excels at bringing to life each character with his descriptive prose.

The Embalmer by Vincent Zandri is imaginative and original. I recommend it to readers who love psychological thrillers, suspense, and serial killer books. It is for adult readers who enjoy probing into the minds of the characters, good and evil and all that lies between. It is not for sensitive readers. Overall, I give the book 5/5🌟
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Sue Thomas
5.0 out of 5 stars Most Enjoyable
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 21, 2023
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Most enjoyable read for a long time, the sense of humour is all Zandri, as dry as the bones in the accumulating bodies that are piling up. Yes it’s gory, messy and head banging but that comic strip running through it makes it acceptable to the thrilling fictional crime palate. Meeting one of my fave characters Detective Miller adds to the joy, then my favourite ever Zandri character Moonlight, who appears with his buddies to save the day towards the end, ties it all up in a pretty bloody red bow. I shall be reading more of PI Steve Jobz.
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sanjus
5.0 out of 5 stars A good treat for mature audience who are brave
Reviewed in India on September 29, 2018
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I have read this murder mystery and psychological thriller and found it as a treat for those who are brave enough to not get distracted with blood scenes or seeing a surgery on living body. The characters are developed well with good care and are quite entertaining. The book can glue the reader until it is finished. This book is recommend for mature adults only and not for children.
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Debjani Ghosh
4.0 out of 5 stars It's good
Reviewed in India on September 8, 2018
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Just as promised, the book delivers an explosive climax. The pace is fast but it's okay for a one time read only.
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Shrabastee Chakraborty
5.0 out of 5 stars A comparatively short yet extremely compelling read
Reviewed in India on September 29, 2018
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A bone-chilling horror with a unique but shocking modus operandi. The story haunts you, yet captivates you as well! Although I felt the identity of the murderer was a bit predictable, it actually made the story more suspenseful.
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Norma Miles
5.0 out of 5 stars "Caught up in a twilight zone."
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 18, 2018
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Meet Steve Jobz - yes, that's right: Jobz with a z. Not the guy everyone has heard of, no, not that Steve Jobs, who invented the p.c., is talented and famous and rich. No, this Steve Jobz was, briefly, once a cop but fired, and now works for the Insurance Fraud Industry, investigating false claims against the State. Boring, but it pays the rent. Steve Jobz, 'the middle aged man with the silly name, with a mother with altzheimers, father dead from a stabbing years before and a sardonic approach to his boring life, his creepy work colleagues and his big hearted boss. Then into his life comes a detective named Miller, who wants his help for a couple of days giving background insight into the murder case he's working on: a serial killer known as The Embalmer, who injects his female victims with preserving chemicals and poses their bodies like works of art.

Told in first person from Steve's point of view, this is a fun story and investigation, with an endearing main protagonist and a creepy undertone.. An excellent start to what I hope will become a long running series
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