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Becoming The Wolf (White Wolf)


R.H. Neil - 2016
    A fierce guardian of justice who uses Cincinnati’s forgotten underground—abandoned since the 1920’s—to wreak havoc on the city's most violent criminals.Now the predators have become his prey... As The White Wolf, JD Ward is pulled back into a world every bit as deadly as the one he'd left behind in the military. He finds himself hunted by a homicidal clan, a street gang, and a federal task force, forcing him to step out of the shadows to save Cincinnati from a cunning plan of revenge and total devastation. And the conspiracy turns out to be more treacherous than JD could have imagined, and more savage than he may be able to survive.

Becoming Saint Peter (Saint Peter Black #1)


Hamish Hudson - 2021
    He’s the CEO of a respectable investment firm and a generous philanthropist. But Peter is no saint. He’s a violent manipulator, hiding behind a mask of professionalism.Peter grew up in foster care with this twin brother, John. They inherited different traits from their abusive, alcoholic father. Peter is a violent sociopath. John is an alcoholic down and out, but a pacifist.When Peter dies in a car crash, John snatches the opportunity to get a better life. He becomes Saint Peter.Overcoming addiction, acting a new persona, and battling remorse, John struggles to conceal his true identity from the enchanting, empathetic Cassandra Rose. When cocaine snorting property developer, Ray Woods, wants to scam the government out of millions, John discovers that nothing is what it appears. As close colleagues expect him to be cold-bloodied killer, and someone discovers his secret, the stakes rise at every turn. Is John shrewd enough to play the role of Saint Peter?

Learning to Love


Sheryl Browne - 2013
    But when Andrea Kelly’s house burns down, taking all her earthly possessions with it, it’s the distant and aloof Doctor David Adams – the person she would least expect – who opens his door not just to her, but to her three kids and slightly dotty elderly mother as well. Andrea needs all the help she can get, dealing with aftermath of the fire and in the suspicious absence of her husband, Jonathan. But, as she gets to know David and his troubled son, Jake, she begins to realise that maybe they need her help as much as she needs theirs … Previously published by the author. Revised and updated by Choc Lit May 2016.

Revenge


Gaynor Torrance - 2014
    With no one reported missing, no apparent motive and no obvious suspect the investigation proves to be far from straightforward.As suspicion falls upon those associated with the privately-owned woodland, it soon becomes clear that there are sinister secrets they are determined to hide.Detective Inspector Jemima Huxley is put in charge of the case. But Jemima has dark secrets of her own…Can Jemima lay her personal demons to rest? Or will the case threaten to overwhelm her?And can she catch the killer before more women turn up dead…?REVENGE is the first crime novel in a new British detective series featuring DI Jemima Huxley - a chilling serial killer thriller with a dark twist.

Jack Daniels Series - Three Thriller Novels (Rum Runner #9, Last Call #10, White Russian #11)


J.A. Konrath - 2018
    She has since retired from the Chicago Police Department in order to raise her toddler daughter.But old grudges never die. They fester until the right opportunity comes along.While on vacation in the Wisconsin north woods, Jack learns--too late--that her old adversary is out of prison. He has revenge on his mind. And he's bringing an army with him.Outnumbered, outgunned, and cut off from the outside world, Jack Daniels is about to learn the meaning of last stand.L A S T C A L LThis is where it all ends. An epic showdown in the desert, where good and evil will clash one last time.His name is Luther Kite, and his specialty is murdering people in ways too horrible to imagine. He's gone south, where he's found a new, spectacular way to kill. And if you have enough money, you can bet on who dies first.Legendary Chicago cop Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels has retired. She's no longer chasing bad guys, content to stay out of the public eye and raise her new daughter. But when her daughter's father, Phin Troutt, is kidnapped, she's forced to strap on her gun one last time.Since being separated from his psychotic soulmate, the prolific serial killer known as Donaldson has been desperately searching for her. Now he thinks he's found out where his beloved, insane Lucy has been hiding. He's going to find her, no matter how many people die in the process.All three will converge in the same place. La Juntita, Mexico. Where a bloodthirsty cartel is enslaving people and forcing them to fight to the death in insane, gladiator-style games.Join Jack and Phin, Donaldson and Lucy, and Luther, for the very last act in their twisted, perverse saga.Along for the ride are Jack's friends; Harry and Herb, as well as a mob enforcer named Tequila, and a covert operative named Chandler.There will be blood. And death. So much death...W H I T E R U S S I A NJust when you get out...Former Chicago cop Jack Daniels thought she'd left her former life behind. She'd traded her badge for a toddler, and her lifelong pursuit of heinous serial killers for a boring house in the suburbs....they pull you back in.Then Jack sees some pictures. Pictures of men who were supposed to be dead. And once again, against the fierce insistence of her husband, Phineas Troutt, Jack reluctantly straps on her gun and goes hunting. Hunting for the worst of the worst.This leads to a trek across the Great Plains, searching for a modern slavery ring, on a collision course with three of the most horrible villains Jack has ever faced.But Jack, and her irritating buddy Harry McGlade, will face them, and much more. Because they're prepared to go to hell and back to rescue an old friend.The trick will be getting back in one piece. And--spoiler alert--they don't.About JA KonrathJA Konrath is the author of twelve novels in the Jack Daniels thriller series.

The Other Ann


Amy Cross - 2019
    A version of you that has survived an apocalyptic event. A version of you who somehow lived through the end of the world. Ann Garland lives alone, avoiding human contact wherever possible. She's perfectly happy. She just doesn't like being around people. And then an inter-dimensional portal opens, allowing two billion survivors to flood through from a post-apocalyptic alternate reality where the world has been destroyed. As humanity struggles to cope, governments worldwide implement a new law. Under the terms of the Rutherford Act, all citizens now have a duty to take in their doppelgangers from the other world. And that includes Ann. Ann's double is like her in every way, except that she's lived through World War 3. Soon, Ann begins to suspect that her double is hiding something. Her suspicions grow, until finally she comes to believe that the other Ann is out to kill her. Is Ann merely paranoid, or is her double aiming to take over her entire life and replace her? The Other Ann is a psychological horror story about a woman who has to face her double, and about the dangers that lurk within us all.

Behind Closed Doors


Kathryn Croft - 2013
    Watson and Elizabeth Haynes, that will haunt you long after you’ve finished reading... Olivia Taylor is distraught after the break-up of her marriage and believes she has suffered the worst life can throw at her. Full of hope, Olivia leaves her marital home and begins to build a new life with her nine-year- old daughter, Ellie. But meeting her new neighbour, Michael Crossman, is the beginning of an unspeakable nightmare for Olivia. As Olivia struggles to hold her life together and shelter her daughter from further pain, decisions driven by lust, loneliness and ignorance finally catch up with her, with horrifying consequences. It is only through the re-telling of her story that we piece together what has led her to become a mere shadow of the woman she once was.

iSEAL


Jude Hardin - 2014
    Four weeks as a lab rat and his military career will be back on course.Unfortunately, by the end of day one, he finds himself on the run from the police, the CIA, and a mysterious criminal mastermind named Oberwand.With no memory of his past, and with little hope for a meaningful future, Brennan must utilize every weapon in his binary arsenal just to stay alive.

To Catch a Killer


Emma Kavanagh - 2018
    To find someone who cares about her.But you can't can you?You've never had a case like this.I know everything about you. You know nothing about me.Even though I'm the man you're looking for.And you will never catch me...