Dee didn’t set out to be brave. But once she sees what powerful people are hiding, looking away is no longer a choice.
Begin with The Silence of ChildrenFiction with a moral imperative.
The reading route
Four suspense novels about Dee: no superhero, just a woman with grit, sarcasm and a sense of justice that won’t quit, protecting children the system has failed. Read them in order.
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She tries to look away, but can’t.
Dragged into her father’s dangerous mission to save a girl from her abusive carers, Dee finds powerful predators operating behind a mask of respectability. Making an enemy of the man who controls their hidden network puts her own family in danger.
Awarded the B.R.A.G. Medallion.
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Then · the price
Where does protector end and vigilante begin?
A raid on a suspect’s house turns up a kidnapped girl who has no intention of waiting for the law. As vigilante instincts clash with the slow grind of due process, Dee must decide who to trust: the FBI, her fugitive father, the elusive biker Greg, or no one at all.
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Then · loyalty tested
This time, she’s on her own.
Two boys living rough in a city park, a flight from foster care, and the man Dee calls “the vampire dude” hiding in plain sight in her sister’s home. Forced to operate outside the law, she must protect the boys and outsmart a manipulative predator.
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Then · the reckoning
Cut off one head, and two more rise.
When Dee’s sharp-tongued ex-boss, Janine, asks her to check up on her husband, Dee expects marital drama. Instead she is pulled back into the shadows she swore she’d leave behind, against a conspiracy that has been growing like a Hydra.
About the book →“This book made me think about what people are willing to ignore for self-prevention.”
Standalone thrillers
Two people with nowhere safe to go: a teenage runaway caught between the police and a brutal drug gang, and a fugitive chasing a thirty-year-old secret across continents. No series to commit to. Start either tonight.
Standalone · Noir
Is she a witness, a suspect… or the killer’s next target?
Scarred by a trauma she won’t talk about, teenage runaway Jessie lands in the sights of the police and a ruthless drug gang, and in the middle of a covert operation with no idea who to trust. DI Redwall sees more than a lost cause. He sees a survivor.
“One of those books you don’t want to put down from the moment you pick it up.” Reader review
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Standalone · International conspiracy
Is Tom a ruthless killer, or the world’s last hope?
Tom races from London’s dark underbelly to the heart of America after the truth behind a decades-old military secret. Journalist Helen is chasing the story of a lifetime, carrying the child of a man the world wants dead, and her unborn child is seen not as a life, but as leverage.
“Skillfully and artfully executed, with gripping turns and twists and psychological depth.” Reader review
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Also standalone
Some deaths don’t just happen—they’re deliberately caused. The Rags call him the Stinger Killer, a predator who turns car wrecks into massacres.
Fantasy
A Wild Hunt loosed through a tear in time. A redundant banker slipping between London and Morthia. A daemon king’s daughter caught in a fight for a throne.
Young Adult · timeslip fantasy
Their world doesn’t know death.
When a rift is torn in the fabric of time, immortals break into the world. The Wild Hunt rides flaming horses through the night sky and hunts anything that moves.
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Two DarkSeers left in Morthia. One too many.
Redundancy catapults Martin Curnow from the London banking scene into madness, or so he thinks. Morthia is real, and whoever gets Martin wins. To survive, he must uncover his parents’ story.
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The daughter of the dreaded Daemon King.
The rightful heir wants his throne back. Aspen becomes a pawn between two powerful factions, not to mention a magician with a grudge.
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