Seth Harwood and Jack Palms Make Their Last Stand

It may, or may not be a wrongful conviction, but you’ve been found guilty and sentenced to death. Tell us how you’ll spend your last hours.

Victim: Seth Harwood, author of the Jack Palms crime series, compares notes with his protagonist, Jack, on how they’d spend their final hours.

What’s on the menu for your last supper?

Seth: lobster, a steak. I guess they call that surf and turf, but now like they have in Vegas.

Jack: a sweet soft plunger of heroin.

Priest, prostitute, lawyer, lover? Who’s your last visitor.

Seth: my life, got to be the case!

Jack: prostitute or a lover, depending on which is more available.

What’s the last book you’d choose to read?

Seth: Atonement, Ian McEwan

Jack: Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? by Raymond Carver

Given the choice, what’s your preferred method of execution?

Seth: lethal injection

Jack: drug overdose

Ideally, what will it say on your headstone or in your obituary?

Seth: this guy was a writer

Jack: something about a second movie he got to star in, either the sequel to Shake ‘Em Down or another action picture.

Want to find out more about Jack Palms? Seth’s book is available for free download online here