Three women. Two bodies. One deadly secret.
Pottery tycoon Charles Lancaster knows who kidnapped his wife.
He’s sure it was the brutally dangerous ex bare-knuckle fighter, Patrick Dunne. Patrick promised to avenge his son who died in a tragic accident in one of Charles’ factories. It’s an open and shut case…
…until a headless body turns up in a remote Peak District pool, its back tattooed with a cryptic Tarot card. As Detective Inspector Tom Blake and FBI profiler Lucy Stryker dig into the mystery, they unearth long-buried secrets about an historic conspiracy and a clandestine cult. But with a sadistic killer on the loose, and everyone hiding things, it’s not just the victim’s life that hangs in the balance. Will anyone get out alive?
Because when the powerful are pointing the finger, you’d better watch your back…
A Place of Reckoning is the explosive murder mystery, crime thriller from author, J.F.Burgess, an exciting new voice in British crime fiction. Perfect for fans of Peter James, M.W. Craven, Simon Mc Cleeve, and Mel Sherratt.
What readers are saying:
‘Building on the success of his debut novel, The Killer Shadow Thieves, the author now plunges DI Tom Blake into a darkness he could never have imagined.’ ★★★★★ Alyson Read, The Word Is Out – Alyson’s Reviews
‘What an amazing storytelling talent J.F.Burgess has!!! A Place of Reckoning is an utterly gripping psychological thriller: a real page-turner.’ ★★★★★ Audrey Gibson, Goodreads
‘DI Blake and Lucy Stryker make a fantastic team to solve this dark mysterious case. It’s a crime thriller full of suspense which will grip you until the end… hugely enjoyable!’ ★★★★★ Shiva Patel, Goodreads
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In a brazen attempt, someone just tried to murder the most powerful drug lord in all of Mexico at his ten-year-old daughter’s birthday party… AND THEY MISSED! In their wake they slaughtered innocent women and children sparking Armageddon. Vicente De Los Santos “The Boss of Bosses” pursues revenge and seeks blood while severely injured. Vicente’s eldest son, Ignacio, races to avenge his family’s honor, tracking down witnesses while carrying wicked secrets of his own. Santino races home to be by his family’s side, however suspects something deeply sinister.
Vicente’s brother Aurelio, an honest and fierce lieutenant in the Sinaloa State police, will investigate his family’s attack. He will quickly piece together a frightening enemy. Gabriella, a cunning business woman, ruthless in her own right comforts her young daughter Lucita, who was injured in the attack while attempting to keep her family from imploding. La Familia Loose Ends is a phenomenal introduction into the De Los Santos cartel dynasty. The first book in this five-part series exposes this highly complex and powerful family. La Familia Loose Ends catapults this twisted story into high gear, all leading to a tragic end.
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When Natalie Benyon’s eighteen-month-old daughter Ella disappears from a housing estate, the police and local community act quickly to organise a search.
Given the age of the child, once the local area is scoured, DI Winter Meadows draws the frightening conclusion that Ella has been abducted.
The attention of the police focuses on the family itself: the lifestyle of the mother, the boyfriend, the raucous party they had the night before Ella’s disappearance.
And a search in their garden reveals a chilling discovery that turns the case upside down and sends a shockwave through the community.
All of a sudden Meadows has a murder case on his hands – one that threatens to side-line the search for Ella. Can the detective join up the dots, solve the case and find the child?
SUFFER THE CHILDREN is the third book by Welsh crime writer Cheryl Rees-Price to feature Detective Inspector Winter Meadows. It can be enjoyed on its own or as part of the series. The full list is:
1. THE SILENT QUARRY
2. FROZEN MINDS
3. SUFFER THE CHILDREN
4. A KNOT OF SPARROWS
5. LIES OF MINE
6. RISE TO THE FLY
7. WINTER’S CRY
All these books are free with Kindle Unlimited and available in paperback. Also available on Kindle and in paperback is BLUE HOLLOW, a standalone crime thriller by the author.
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While Alexa and Clay have nothing but passion in mind, twelve cutthroat killers board her billionaire father’s super yacht.
Clay, an elite Delta Force captain, is home on leave and has no plans except to spend every minute with his girlfriend, Alexa.
Then the gang of ruthless pirates board her father’s yacht and find a handful of fat cats and a harem of good-time girls in full party mode.
The killers have but one demand: that Alexa deliver three hundred million to the boat or her father’s a dead man. To prove they’re not screwing around, the body count starts to rise.
Faced with no better alternative, Clay sneaks on board in a desperate attempt to save those on the ship. His chances— you guessed it—slim to none.
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A SUPERB THRILLER, BUILT WITH WATCHMAKER’S PRECISION, WHOSE ABSORBING PLOT IS FOLLOWED VORACIOUSLY AND INVITES REFLECTION.
In a pension on the Greek island of Naxos, a former Serbian army officer, the perpetrator of all sorts of atrocities during the Bosnian war, is found dead with clear signs of torture. Next to the corpse is a flower, a Narcissus. Denis Martel,
an aging Interpol French inspector is, reluctantly, assigned to the case.
Thousands of miles away, Adrian Seaten a billionaire and arrogant executive is driving back from shooting a TV commercial with Laura, an employee from his advertising agency, when they have an accident. Two mysterious men will come to their
rescue. We cut to an episode from Adrian’s past, on Harvard University’s campus, during the celebrations of graduation night. He is partying with three other students, abusing drugs and alcohol but the night will take a sinister turn.
In “The Nemesis Factor”” these plots, seemingly far from each other, run in parallel, intersect and finally converge, trapping the reader in an original and cinematic thriller that will pose more than one moral dilemma and will keep you hooked until its surprising outcome.
EDITORIAL REVIEWS
“An amazing thriller, addictive and absorbing. What a discovery!!!” SER Radio
“The Nemesis Factor” contains all the ingredients that identify the most commercial thriller: It has a complex plot, full of critical moments to keep the reader’s attention, short chapters in order to prevent the action from slow down, introducing erotic
and sentimental elements into a fast-paced story that takes characters to travel to different continents in a continuous game of mirrors, in which nothing is what it seems.” Diario Córdoba
“Reading this novel is like immersing yourself in a cinematic thriller with parallel storylines and a rhythm that takes your breath away“. Clara Magazine
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