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Ruby is looking for love– but her kiss is deadly…
A serial killer is on the loose and it appears to be a woman–her target, adulterous businessmen. After picking them up in bars, she brutally tortures her victims before decapitating them.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong detective Johnny Mann is still struggling to deal with his dead father's legacy of corruption and triad involvement. His nemesis CK Leung is determined to bring Johnny into the triad fold and has now deployed the most dangerous weapon–his daughter Victoria–beautiful but deadly.
Falling into a downward spiral, Johnny is on the verge of destroying everything he holds dear while Ruby continues her terrifying murder spree. Johnny needs to pull himself together fast, because Ruby is getting nearer and is closing in for the kill…
A nerve-shredding thriller that will grip fans of James Patterson and Karen Rose
| Territory | Publisher/Agent |
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| World | Darley Anderson Agency |
| UK & Commonwealth | HarperCollins / Avon |
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Troubled
by the revelation that his father’s killer is still alive, Detective Johnny
Mann makes a life changing discovery. He has a younger brother – an eighteen
year old Dutch boy named Jake, born from an affair of his father’s. Before
he can reach him he discovers that Jake has been captured by terrorists
in Thailand.
When Mann hears that the investigation has ground to a halt he knows he
has to help. Unknowingly Jake booked his gap year travels through an Amsterdam
based company tied to the mafia. Posing as a drug producer from China, Mann
has to infiltrate the gang and find his brother before it’s too late. Will
they discover the truth about their father or will Mann realize that he
never truly knew what his father was capable of?
Mann’s search for the brother he never knew he had takes him from the carefree,
teenage parties on the beaches of Thailand to the desperate drug-ridden
world of Amsterdam’s Red Light District. In order to win the game, Mann
must play it.
This is gritty and disturbingly realistic crime at its best.
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| World | Darley Anderson Agency |
| UK & Commonwealth | HarperCollins / Avon |
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***THE
FEMALE JAMES PATTERSON***
DETECTIVE JOHNNY MANN IS BACK
Missing children. An evil racket. A race against time.
Summoned to meet his boss, rebellious Detective Johnny Mann expects to be
told that he is being demoted. Instead he is ordered to lead the investigation
into the kidnapping of Amy Tang - the illegitimate daughter of a major player
in the skin trade, CK Leung. Mann is reluctant to help - he has crossed
paths with CK before- but he has no choice.
Nine-year-old Amy is the third child to be kidnapped and held for a vast
sum of money, but while the other two children were released after the vast
ransom was paid, Amy is still being held captive.
Mann's investigation takes him to London, where he teams up with DC Becky
Stamp. Within days of his arrival, an arson attack kills twelve women and
children. The charred bodies of the victims are found chained to their beds
- their injuries rendering them identifiable.
What is the link between the kidnapping of Amy in Hong Kong and the deaths
of these women and children and can Mann discover the truth before it's
too late.
Prepare to be terrorised all over again with this disturbingly addictive
thriller from the writer hailed as the female James Patterson.
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| World | Darley Anderson Agency |
| UK & Commonwealth | HarperCollins / AVON |
| The Netherlands | Luitingh-Sijthoff |
| Russia | AST |
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***THE
FEMALE JAMES PATTERSON***
A serial killer is on the loose. His target? Lone Western women lured to
Hong Kong by the promise of easy money. As The Butcher's killing spree escalates,
bags of mutilated body parts are found all over the island - and more girls
are disappearing.
Taking on his first homicide case, Detective Johnny Mann is determined to
stop The Butcher's brutal reign. Haunted by the memory of his father's death
by the Triads, he's the only man who can track down a killer who's paralysing
the city with fear.
Georgina Johnson has left her tragic past in England to start afresh in
Hong Kong. But soon her life is in peril as she is sucked into the sinister
world of the city's hostess clubs. Venturing into dark and dangerous places,
Mann unearths chilling evidence about the killings.
And then another body is found, one which brings the murders closer to home!
Bolt the doors, turn on the lights and pray for mercy.
| Territory | Publisher/Agent |
|---|---|
| World | Darley Anderson Agency |
| UK & Commonwealth | HarperCollins / AVON |
| Germany | Goldmann |
| The Netherlands | Luitingh-Sijthoff |
| Russia | AST |
| Turkey | Pegasus |
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