5-STAR REVIEW: KILLING JOHNNY MIRACLE by J.K. Franko

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About The Book

Publication Date: August 31, 2023

Johnny Miracle thinks he’s got it all… and he’s in love, just not with his wife, Mary. He wants a divorce and he’s got leverage. Johnny knows her deepest, darkest secret. He’s going to use that to take everything: her vineyard, her money, and her priceless family heirloom. He’ll do whatever it takes to get it all.

But, as Grandma Nellie used to say, “No man, no matter how smart or strong, can compete with a motivated woman.” Mary is a motivated woman, she’s got her own agenda, and it doesn’t include losing. She’s going to kill Johnny. To get away with it, she needs a plan and an alibi. And she thinks she has both.

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The Review

Marital woes typically drive couples to the counselor’s office, not making plans for murder. However, Mary Miracle has had enough of her husband’s philandering.

Killing Johnny Miracle combines high-quality characters with a captivating storyline that is difficult to put down. Author J.K. Franko provides a rotten villain who has more than earned what Mary has planned.

The author takes readers back to the beginning of the relationship when everything seemed shiny and new, well before the cracks began to show. Johnny’s focus is on money, which means he has his eyes set on the vineyard owned by Mary’s grandmother.

As the story progresses, Johnny’s crimes continue to multiply, including theft and poisoning. Meanwhile, Johnny has gotten in big trouble with a local mobster who may do the deed before Mary does. Add in a layer of family secrets, and the end result is one of the best books I’ve read this year.

Killing Johnny Miracle delivers that sweet taste of revenge and justice— Texas-style—while showing Mary that nothing can stop a motivated woman.

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About The Author

J.K. Franko was born in Texas and spent his childhood in Corpus Christi where he attended St. Patrick’s Elementary and Incarnate Word Academy. He was educated by Irish nuns who thought his conduct poor and academic effort lacking. Franko admittedly spent too much time at the video arcade, playing hacky sack, and later hanging out with friends drinking beer and listening to eighties music (this was in the eighties) at Swantner Park.

He would not change any of that (if he could).

Franko got his act together in college, during what he calls his Tour of Texas: Del Mar College, Baylor University, University of Dallas, University of the Incarnate Word (BA Philosophy, cum laude), St. Mary’s Law School (Juris Doctor, summa cum laude), and UT Austin’s McCombs School of Business (MBA, Kozmetsky Scholar).

He worked for ten years as a trial lawyer in Texas, then went on to work as an executive in the Fortune 100 in Europe and Asia.

Franko has written a number of non-fiction books and articles. But storytelling has always been his passion.

Publication of Franko’s first three novels—the Eye for Eye trilogy—was complete in 2020, with international publication in translation beginning in 2021.

He will be publishing two books in 2023: Killing Johnny Miracle and The Black Book.