A.J. Lape

Darcy Walker

1 - Grade a Stupid (Nov-2012)
2 - No Brainer (Jun-2013)
3 - 100 Proof Stud (May-2014)
4 - Defcon Darcy (Feb-2015)
5 - Foolproof (Mar-2016)

Darcy Walker Investigations

1 - Side Hustle (Sep-2018)
2 - Gut Check (Jun-2021)
3 - Ride or Die (Nov-2020)
4 - Medusa Effect (Aug-2021)
5 - 5 Pounds of Pressure (Mar-2022)
6 - Heist & Seek (Feb-2023)
7 - White Noise (Feb-2024)

Rivera and Gutierrez

1 - Vice (Jan-2021)
2 - Vice Versa (Jun-2022)
3 - Of Vice and Men (Aug-2023)

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  Grade a Stupid
  

  • Nov-2012
  • / Mystery
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  Darcy Walker - 1
  

  AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER IN TEENS MYSTERIES & THRILLERS SPIES AND DETECTIVE STORIES!Fifteen years ago, Darcy Walker's parents thought it was a good idea to giveher a unique name: Darcy, meaning "dark walker." Whether that was astroke of genius or stro...

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  No Brainer
  

  • Jun-2013
  • / Mystery
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  Darcy Walker - 2
  

  AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER IN TEENS MYSTERIES & THRILLERS SPIES AND DETECTIVE STORIES!Two weeks before junior year, Darcy hops a plane to Orlando for a little R&R with her best friend Dylan and his family. Fresh off the heelsof solving three murders in ...

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  100 Proof Stud
  

  • May-2014
  • / Mystery
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  Darcy Walker - 3
  

  AN AMAZON TOP 10 BESTSELLER IN TEENS MYSTERIES & THRILLERS SPIES & DETECTIVE STORIES! 
  
  Sometimes life smacks you right in the kisser with a whole lot of ohhhh craaaaap. 
  Just ask Darcy Walker.
  
  100 Proof Stud picks up four months a...

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  Defcon Darcy
  

  • Feb-2015
  • / Mystery
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  Darcy Walker - 4
  

  Fisher Stanton, Valley High School's Nantucket wannabe, has a cheating girlfriend. When he hires Darcy Walker to chase her to a local club, in true Darcy fashion she stumbles upon a dead body. Thing is, this body has secrets...and Darcy's mysterious ...

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  Foolproof
  

  • Mar-2016
  • / Mystery
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  Darcy Walker - 5
  

  Jon Bradshaw needs a girlfriend stat. When he convinces Darcy Walker to be his wingman at a speed-dating event, one debacle leads to another, and before you know it, they’re the proud new owners of a dead body. Problem is, the body has a tie to Dar...

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  Side Hustle
  

  • Sep-2018
  • / Amateur Sleuth
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  Darcy Walker Investigations - 1
  

  Join Darcy Walker in season one of SIDE HUSTLE, a three-part serial where she leaves the Cincinnati, Ohio, area for the bright lights and bustling action of Los Angeles, California. Crimes are darker, people are more colorful, but one thing remai...

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  Ride or Die
  

  • Nov-2020
  • / Police Procedural
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  Darcy Walker Investigations - 3
  

  This novel is the third installment in A.J. Lape's electrifying Darcy Walker Investigations series—an evolution of teenage heroine to pizza delivery driver to police officer on the streets of LA.Darcy Walker is a rookie police officer working ...

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  Vice
  

  • Jan-2021
  • / Thriller
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  Rivera and Gutierrez - 1
  

  In the dark and dirtier parts of Los Angeles, justice calls for a detective who's very good at being bad. And an anti-hero who's the devil himself. Ruby Rivera has come a long way from running guns for a motorcycle club in Las Vegas. She's now a vice...

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  Gut Check
  

  • Jun-2021
  • / Police Procedural
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  Darcy Walker Investigations - 2
  

  A. J. lives in Cincinnati with her husband, two daughters, an ADD dog, a spoiled hamster, and an unapologetic and unrepentant addiction to Coca-Cola. When she's not writing, she's reading, binge-watching the heck out of some show or eavesdropping-sla...

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  Medusa Effect
  

  • Aug-2021
  • / Police Procedural
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  Darcy Walker Investigations - 4
  

  A birthday death and a church with secrets are a nightmare in the making for LAPD rookie Darcy Walker in this nail-biting crime thriller by A.J. Lape.Darcy Walker isn't making enough bank to pay her bills. But delivering pizzas as a side hustle hits ...

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  5 Pounds of Pressure
  

  • Mar-2022
  • / Police Procedural
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  Darcy Walker Investigations - 5
  

  Being the hero is her job. It also comes at a price.Darcy Walker is settling into life walking a beat. But when she delivers a warrant off the clock, her life changes in an instant, giving her a deadly lesson she won't soon forget. Going back to her ...

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  Vice Versa
  

  • Jun-2022
  • / Thriller
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  Rivera and Gutierrez - 2
  

  A vice operative. A mob-boss intent on revenge. Can they take down a hardened criminal, or will they destroy each other first?Vice detective Ruby Rivera is one piece of evidence away from taking down notorious drug dealer, Mookie Spinks. But when her...

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  Heist & Seek
  

  • Feb-2023
  • / Police Procedural
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  Darcy Walker Investigations - 6
  

  A flash mob. And bounty hunters after her head. Can Darcy Walker outthink them both?Darcy Walker is benched after an off-duty incident and finds herself behind a desk as a 911 dispatch operator. But when a caller tells her a high-end smash-and-grab...

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  Of Vice and Men
  

  • Aug-2023
  • / Thriller
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  Rivera and Gutierrez - 3
  

  Trust no one. Suspect everyone.Gutierrez's organization is in turmoil. A mysterious figure is inciting AVO soldiers to carry out unsanctioned hits, and despite his best efforts, he's unable to uncover the mastermind behind it. In the midst of the cha...

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  Vice or Consequences
  

  • Jan-2024
  • / Thriller
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  The deadliest wounds are often unseen.In the gritty underworld of Los Angeles, mob boss Gutierrez is on a mission to purge his organization of traitors. However, as he inches closer to the truth, a mysterious adversary targets his loyal gang members ...

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  White Noise
  

  • Feb-2024
  • / Police Procedural
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  Darcy Walker Investigations - 7
  

  Once is chance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is a serial killer.When Iris Castillo's bound and battered body is dumped in Santa Monica Canyon, Darcy Walker vows to find her murderer. But as clues quickly surface, the investigation soon leads Dar...

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