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TJ99 (Tijuana Noir) Kindle Edition

by Mark Rogers (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.6 18 ratings

Part of: Tijuana Noir (8 books)

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A NOVEL OF HARD DECISIONS MADE FAST

Back a man into a corner.
Take away his ability to earn a living.
Imperil his family.
Do these things and a man will either stand down or stand up.

When the bottom falls out of the U.S. economy, Rafe goes tumbling down, unable to find work, his unemployment drying up, his bills stacking up.

Rafe becomes a 99er. There’s no more help on the horizon. He’s on his own.

Instead of slowly circling the drain, Rafe and his Mexican-born wife Paloma decide to leave Southern California behind and make a new life in Tijuana, Mexico.

Life hums along just fine south of the border until one bad move finds Rafe sucked into the Tijuana underworld of drug cartels.

Years of laidback living have ill-prepared Rafe for life-or-death stakes. He has to up his game in a big way—and fast.

Men with no qualms against torture and killing are coming for Rafe and his family.

It’s kill or be killed for this TJ99er.

"Mark Rogers knows that the stylish, polished picture frame in which we live is riddled with holes, in which worms live."—James Sallis, author of Drive

About the author:
Mark Rogers is a writer and artist whose literary heroes include Charles Bukowski, Willy Vlautin, and Charles Portis. He lives in Baja California, Mexico with his Sinaloa-born wife, Sofia. His award-winning travel journalism for USA Today and other media outlets has brought him to 56 countries. His crime novels have been published in the U.S and UK. Uppercut, his memoir of moving to Mexico, is published by Cowboy Jamboree Press. NeoText publishes his Mexico noir series and Gray Hunter series.

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Earlier praise for the writing of Mark Rogers:
"Mark Rogers knows that the stylish, polished picture frame in which we live is riddled with holes, in which worms live."James Sallis, author of Drive
"Mark is a hardcore gritty writer. He king-hits your senses. No bullshit. He might give up a few jazz sentences, but that's about all, and that's when he's feeling expansive, which is very rare."Vanya Vetto, author of Garuda's Travels"Mark Rogers is in Mexico, and has been on a Balzacian spree these last few years, pumping out first-rate novels at the rate, it seems, of approximately two a year. I'm hooked on them."John Foy Lord author of Fun City Solitaire --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

About the Author

Mark Rogers is a writer and artist whose literary heroes include Charles Bukowski, Willie Vlautin, and Charles Portis. He lives in Baja California, Mexico with his Sinaloa-born wife, Sofia. His award-winning travel journalism for USA Today and other media outlets has brought him to 56 countries. His crime novels have been published in the U.S and UK, including Koreatown Blues from Brash Books. Uppercut, his memoir of moving to Mexico, will be published December 2020 by Cowboy Jamboree Press. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09YMNS7VY
Publisher ‏ : ‎ NeoText (May 5, 2022)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 5, 2022
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 934 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 240 pages

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Mark Rogers is a writer and artist whose literary heroes include Charles Bukowski, Willy Vlautin, and Charles Portis. He lives in Baja California, Mexico with his Sinaloa-born wife, Sofia. His award-winning travel journalism for USA Today and other media outlets has brought him to 56 countries. His crime novels have been published in the U.S and UK. Uppercut, his memoir of moving to Mexico, is published by Cowboy Jamboree Press. NeoText publishes his Mexico noir series and Gray Hunter series.

Contact: markrogers627@gmail.com

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Linton Robinson

A Cool, Different Tack on TJ Lit.

Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2023

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Mark is one of the few "gringo writers" who has a good solid grasp of Tijuana reality. This story does really well to place the lead character in TJ and up against tough realities that just might kill him.
Anybody who lives at, or has any interest in the border should check it out, not to mention people who like a good, solid, well-written pulp adventure.

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col2910

Really good. My kind of reading!

Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2022

TJ99 is the first in Mark Rogers series of Tijuana Noir novels. He's published five to date.

Like my previous encounters with Rogers' work, I enjoyed it.

America has eaten up and spat out another victim. The job has gone and the bank is taking back the home. Estrangement from grown family, makes a move south a slightly more attractive option for Rafe and his wife, especially as they can crash with her family until Rafe finds work and things improve.

So far so good, until a detestable and feckless family member gets Rafe involved in drug cartel business. Danger, escalation, kidnapping, cross border smuggling - people and drugs and an unlikely fightback.

I enjoyed the story. It's a tough read in places, especially one man's desperation as the economy and circumstances and life have ground him down. Its an increasingly common tale, as not just in the US and even the UK, the rich and powerful seem to want a bigger slice of the cake to the detriment of those at the lower end of the food chain. Don't you hate bankers and big business and enabler politicians that rig the game in favour of those who always have more than they could ever need?

I liked how Rafe wasn't quite broken and had enough spirit to fight for the women he loved. There is also an uplift, in a form of reconciliation with his son.

Hope and optimism, sometimes in short supply is never quite extinguished.

4 from 5

Gray Hunter, The Death Dealer (with Adam Rocke) and Red Thread have been enjoyed before.

Read - September, 2022
Published - 2022
Page count - 240
Source - Kindle Unlimited
Format - Kindle

Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2021

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I’ve read several of Mark’s books and have been down to Rosarito many times so was really looking forward to TJ99.
I started it when I boarded a flight home to LA from Nashville and, like the others before it, finished reading in one sitting. Made the 4 hour flight fly by! Mark’s great story telling and the suspense he creates makes it impossible to stop turning pages.
Can’t wait to read the next one!

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Don Dalen

Good escape literature

Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2021

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Are you tired of constant stream binging and longing for the intimacy of a curl-up-and-read-me actual book? Did you binge on Ray Donovan? Then you'll love reading TJ99. It runs on south of the border testosterone, full of messed up characters that somehow evoke sympathy and Rogers is a real good writer. Love this book.

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NRRM222

Fast Paced and Suspenseful

Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2020

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A flawed, down on his luck American brings us inside the dark world of the Mexican cartel and his fight to protect his newfound Mexican family and his estranged son. Great escape!

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DebZee

Tijuana Noir? Yes please!

Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2020

I’ve been to Tijuana a couple of times and this novel captures the weird atmosphere down there. Border towns have a weird vibe – Tijuana isn’t typical Mexico and it isn’t anything like the U.S., either. There were moments in the book when I wanted to shake the main character, Rafe and say, “Get a grip!” Well, he finally does. The book moves fast. Some of my favorite parts weren’t the most dramatic scenes, but the easygoing marriage that Rafe and Paloma have. I had a Mexican boyfriend in LA who always turned up his nose at people calling Tijuana “TJ.” I never could figure why and he’d never did explain. I definitely recommend the book.

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Aletes99

A Throwback to the Golden Age of Paperback Originals

Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2020

Around the time that Hammett and Chandler were first published in Black Mask, a new style of writing was born. The golden age of noir paperback fiction spanned the 40s, 50s, and 60s, when writers like Thompson and Goodis, Willeford and Westlake and John D. MacDonald, plied their craft with fast-paced, crisp, and colorful prose that exposed the underbelly beneath America's shiny facade.

TJ99 reminded me of these. It won’t waste your time or money. Highly recommended.

Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2021

Loved this story. Mark paints a vivid picture of Tijuana and all its grit and glory. Read the book in one sitting. Highly recommend.!