Ex-boxer, ex-paratrooper, Joe once had meaning in his life. People who cared for him, people who needed him. Then he lost everything, and now he is a hitman for London's most vicious criminals.Brenda was the only woman who ever loved him. The only woman who believed he could escape the underworld. She died protecting others: now Joe wants revenge on her killers. With nothing left to lose, Joe prepares for the fight of his life...This is a poignant thriller about love, reven...

Former soldier and ex-boxer Joe has always invited violence. But now Hackney's most vicious gangs all want to kill him. Why?As he tries to unravel the knot of events that have made him a target, Joe is drawn back into his past, back to the memory of the only woman he ever loved, Brenda, whose unsolved murder still haunts him. Then a twelve year old runaway enters his life. Kid is traumatised, mute, and sees Joe as her saviour. Life has made Joe a machine. Can Kid - as Brenda once di...

Before he became an assassin in London's underworld, Joe was a soldier in the British army. Outside his home in East London, a turf war is raging; Joe has no choice but to join the fight. It's the only way he can find out what happened to the woman he loved - the only way he can bring her killers to justice. Revenge drives him forward. Either they die, or he does. There's only one way to find out...

A broken city.Joe was a soldier in the British army. Now he's part of the underworld in London's east end.A hunted man.Joe is on the run from Hackney's most vicious gang. He doesn't know why, but they want him dead.A ray of hope.A twelve-year-old girl, a runaway, needs Joe's protection. She'll save his life. But can he save hers?

Fighting is all he knows.Before he became an assassin in London's underworld, Joe was a bare-knuckle boxer. Before that he was a soldier in the British army. But nothing prepared him for this.Revenge drives him forward.On the streets of East London, a turf war is raging. And Joe has no choice but to join the fight. It's the only way he can find out what happened to the woman he loved – the only way he can bring her killers to justic...

She died for him. Now he will kill for her…Ex-boxer and ex-paratrooper Joe once had meaning in his life. Then he lost everything, and now he is a hit-man for London's most vicious criminals. Brenda was the only woman who ever loved him. The only woman who believed he could escape the underworld. She died protecting others; now Joe wants revenge on her killers. With nothing left to lose, Joe prepares for the fight of his life...A poignant thriller about love, revenge and redem...

“Terrific entertainment . . . A powerful portrait of Los Angeles in our time: swift, colorful, gripping, a real knockout.”—Dean KoontzThe day starts like any other in L.A. The sun burns hot as the Santa Ana winds blow ash from mountain fires to coat the glittering city. But for private investigator Joe Pike, the city will never be the same again. His ex-lover, Karen Garcia, is dead, brutally murdered with a gun shot to the head.Now Karen's powerful father c...

The New York Times bestseller: "A remarkably timely and pulse-quickening tale of deception, divided loyalty, and moral haziness."— Raleigh News & ObserverHarry Pappas, chief of the CIA's Persia House, receives an encrypted message from a scientist in Tehran. But soon the source of secrets from the Iranian bomb program dries up: the scientist panics; he's being followed, but he doesn't know who's on to him, and neither does Harry. To get his agent ...

From the Edgar Award–winning author of Red Leaves: An "intelligent and elegant" thriller in the grand tradition of Eric Ambler and Graham Greene ( The Wall Street Journal).When the body of famed true-crime writer Julian Wells is found in a boat drifting on a Montauk pond, the question is not how he died, but why? Philip Anders, Wells's best friend and literary executor, vows to find out what drove the enigmatic author to take his own life....

"In Atlanta Blues, Robert Lamb writes with the authority and sensitivity of (Joseph) Wambaugh at his best. This haunting novel will keep you awake – reading it the first night, thinking about it afterward." ~ Richard Layman, author and publisher"Crackling with narrative energy and hardboiled dialogue, Bob Lamb's new novel is a cat-and-mouse thriller that blows Elmore Leonard out of the water and gives Joseph Wambaugh a tight run for the money." ~ Wade Tabor, author, Miller's Rules ...

While representing a wealthy tycoon and his ambitious and devious grandson, hard-boiled lawyer Jake Stone is saved from a vicious beating in a shady alley by a lovely young woman with a knack for the martial arts. Snowflake, she calls herself and quickly latches onto Jake for a wild ride through the underbelly of corporate America and beyond. But is she who she says she is, just a humble paralegal looking for a job, or is she a corporate spy, a gun runner, an assassin, or simply a nice gir...

One beautiful Hawaiian morning Storm Kayama walks into her lucrative Honolulu law office to find her adopted uncle, Miles Hamasaki, at his desk, stiff and cold. Years before, Miles had fulfilled a promise to Storm's father to raise Storm with his own family. But now questions emerge about Hamasaki's death and her adopted family, and Storm's suspicions rise.Heading to the Big Island for a weekend away from escalating pressures, Storm narrowly escapes a terrible accident. Later, with...