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Kingpin

Joe DeMarco #17 / 19
by Mike Lawson
Kingpin (Joe DeMarco #17) by Mike Lawson
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Carson Newman doesn’t think of himself as a gangster. He doesn’t have a consigliere or operate out of the back room of a bar. No, Carson’s a different sort of gangster, a billionaire Boston real estate developer, who only breaks the law when necessary—and he doesn't usually get his hands dirty.

Joe DeMarco, on the other hand, is paid to get his hands dirty. So, when John Mahoney, the former Speaker of the House, calls, DeMarco knows it’s time to get to work. Brian Lewis, an intern who worked for Mahoney, has been found dead, seemingly from a drug overdose. But Brian didn’t seem like a drug user, and even more concerning, he seemed to be on the cusp of releasing a report that identified a group of politicians who had taken bribes.

Brian’s mom is convinced that Brian was murdered because of what he’d learned, and it doesn’t take long for DeMarco to come to a similar conclusion. A conclusion that points to Carson Newman's empire.

In a city full of shadowy agreements and duplicitous deals, DeMarco will soon learn that to get to the bottom of Brian’s death, he’ll have to look at people perched the very top of the world.

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Release date: February 6, 2024

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Mike Lawson

Mike Lawson

I was raised in Pueblo, Colorado with a passel of brothers and one sister, then attended college at Seattle University and got a degree in engineering. After college, I went to work for the U.S. Navy as a nuclear engineer and spent about thirty years working for the Navy’s nuclear power program. I spent some time in Washington D.C., but most of my career was at a large naval shipyard in Bremerton, Washington. At the shipyard I managed a number of different organizations related to overhauling nuclear powered submarines, cruisers, and aircraft carriers. I ended my career as a member of the government’s Senior Executive Service and as the top civilian at the shipyard. The influence of my former career on my writing is discussed briefly in the “Behind the Books” section of this website.

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So how’d I go from nuclear engineering to writing? The short answer is I like to write, it’s fun for me, so I tried my hand at it. I tell people that if you want to be a writer you need some talent, a lot of persistence, and a whole lot of luck. In 2004, I got very lucky: a fantastic agent liked The Inside Ring and got me a two-book deal with a publisher. By the end of 2025, I will have published eighteen in my DeMarco series, three in my Kay Hamilton series, and my standalone, Redemption.

Regarding my personal life, let’s just leave at: I’m married, live in the Pacific Northwest, and when I’m not writing, I mostly play golf – or in reality, do whatever my wife tells me to do.

Joe DeMarco

Joe DeMarco consists of nineteen books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

The Inside Ring (Joe DeMarco #1)
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The Payback (Joe DeMarco #2)
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Dead on Arrival (Joe DeMarco #3)
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Dead Man's List (Joe DeMarco #4)
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House Justice (Joe DeMarco #5)
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House Divided (Joe DeMarco #6)
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House Blood (Joe DeMarco #7)
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House Odds (Joe DeMarco #8)
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House Reckoning (Joe DeMarco #9)
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House Rivals (Joe DeMarco #10)
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House Revenge (Joe DeMarco #11)
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House Witness (Joe DeMarco #12)
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House Arrest (Joe DeMarco #13)
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House Privilege (Joe DeMarco #14)
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House Standoff (Joe DeMarco #15)
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Alligator Alley (Joe DeMarco #16)
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Kingpin (Joe DeMarco #17)
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Untouchable (Joe DeMarco #18)
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The Asset (Joe DeMarco #19)
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