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Justin Scott


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aka J S Blazer, Paul Garrison

Justin Scott has written twenty-three thrillers and mystery novels, including The Shipkiller, Normandie Triangle, A Pride of Royals, Rampage, The Widow of Desire, The Nine Dragons, and Treasure Island: A Modern Novel. With many of his books set at sea, he has been called "the Dick Francis of yachting."

His main pen name is Paul Garrison under which he has written five sea stories, though he was also written mysteries as J.S.Blazer and Alexander Cole. These days they all live in Connecticut with his wife, the filmmaker Amber Edwards.
 


Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Historical Mystery
 
Series
Ben Abbott
   1. Hardscape (1994)
   2. Stonedust (1995)
   3. Frostline (1997)
   4. McMansion (2006)
   5. Mausoleum (2007)
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Isaac Bell Adventure (with Clive Cussler)
   2. The Wrecker (2009)
   3. The Spy (2010)
   4. The Race (2011)
   5. The Thief (2012)
   6. The Striker (2013)
   7. The Bootlegger (2014)
   8. The Assassin (2013)
   9. The Gangster (2016)
   10. The Cutthroat (2017)
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Novels
   Many Happy Returns (1973)
   Deal Me Out (1973) (as by J S Blazer)
   Treasure for Treasure (1974)
   Lend a Hand (1975) (as by J S Blazer)
   The Turning (1978)
   The Shipkiller (1978)
   The Man Who Loved the Normandie (1981)
     aka Normandie Triangle
   A Pride of Royals (1983)
     aka A Pride of Kings
   Spy (1984)
   The Auction (1985)
   Rampage (1986)
   The Cossack's Bride (1988)
     aka The Widow of Desire
   The Nine Dragons (1990)
     aka The Hong Kong Edge
   Empty Eye of the Sea (1993)
   Treasure Island (1994)
   Forty Days and Forty Nights (2021) (with Amber Edwards)
   The Sister Queens (2024)
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Books containing stories by Justin Scott
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Alive in Shape and Color (2017)
18 Paintings by Great Artists and the Stories They Inspired
edited by
Lawrence Block
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In Sunlight or In Shadow (2016)
Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper
edited by
Lawrence Block
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Manhattan Mayhem (2015)
(Mystery Writers of America Presents)
edited by
Mary Higgins Clark

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Award nominations
1995 Edgar Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : An Eye for a Tooth
1974 Edgar Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Many Happy Returns


Justin Scott recommends
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Things Get Ugly (2023)
Joe R Lansdale
"Things Get Ugly is packed page by page with writing lessons for both beginners and old pros hoping to improve: Get right to it. Keep it moving by surprising. Trust the English language to observe as closely as Joe's line, 'thin and flexible as a feather.' The man can write."
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We All Fall Down (2019)
Daniel Kalla
"A great thriller hero never hesitates… Dr. Alana Vaughn is the woman readers will want on their side when stalked by the most terrible of all plagues in We All Fall Down."

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