Hankins’s latest offering is big on suspense…A Blood Thing is the type of page-turner that you’ll want to tell everyone you know about as soon as you turn the final page.” —The Real Book Spy
“Plenty of sharp turns and tense moments…Calculated, intense, and vengeful.” —Novelgossip
“A Blood Thing by James Hankins is a suspenseful thriller that puts a family on the edge of ruin and explores how far siblings will go to protect each other…Hankins doles out family secrets…at exactly the right pace.” —Criminal Element
“Defining what makes James’s writing so fine is a tough task…But this book is such a perfect craft that it may be his best novel yet. Highly recommended.” —San Francisco Review of Books
“Unique in its approach and bracing in its execution, A Blood Thing bleeds terrific reading entertainment on every page.” —Providence Journal
“[A] superbly confident novel of suspense…with an enjoyably tricky final act.” —Open Letters Review
“A Blood Thing is a great book…This is a quick and enjoyable murder mystery to read.” —Fresh Fiction
“Two brothers put to the ultimate test. How far will they go to save a sibling they love, and at what cost? James Hankins’s characters are perfectly imperfect, the dilemma they face increasingly intense, and the ending anything but certain for everyone involved in A Blood Thing.” —Robert Dugoni, #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite Series
“This dark, edgy tale touches a multitude of human emotions and is filled with sacrifice, loss, and terror. Hang on tight and remember to breathe.” —Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author
“Both a family saga and a political thriller, Hankins’s latest novel puts a governor’s family on the brink of destruction and explores how far siblings will go to protect each other. This is James Patterson on steroids.” —Charlie Donlea, USA Today bestselling author of The Girl Who Was Taken
04/16/2018
A glut of two-dimensional characters mars this meticulously plotted thriller from Hankins (Shady Cross). Andrew Kane, the governor of Vermont, and his siblings have lived a life of privilege. Their father and grandfather were both state senators, and their great-grandfather was a federal judge. But when Kane’s mentally challenged younger brother, Tyler, is framed for the brutal murder of a local woman, a mysterious blackmailer demands a pardon for a violent criminal. If Kane refuses, the extortionist will reveal more damning (albeit false) evidence. Kane, who has built a career on integrity, reluctantly agrees in the hope this act will lead to Tyler’s freedom. More demands follow. Too late, Kane realizes that his brother’s arrest was just part of a much larger, more nefarious plan to destroy him. But with no emotional investment in the characters, readers won’t care what happens to Kane and his family. Agent: Michael Bourret, Dystel, Goderich & Bourret Literary Management. (June)
