Revenge in 3 Parts

by Valerie J Brooks

Overview

Finalist for the 2019 Nancy Pearl Book Award

Readers Favorite Award for Thrillers

International CIBA CLUE Thriller Finalist

Her sister is dead. The FBI, the mob, and a stalker all played a part. Now they'd better watch their backs...

Angeline Porter won't budge from her convictions. After getting disbarred for breaking the rules to put a criminal away, the former attorney still believes in doling out justice. So when her troubled sibling takes her own life, Angeline's quest for the truth turns into a frenzied hunt for vengeance.

Caught in a whirlpool of grief, her relentless chase for answers exposes an ugly chain of betrayal, sex, and extortion that puts her head-to-head with powerful mobsters. And with desperation forcing her down morally questionable paths, the driven woman's only way out may be to unleash her darkest side.

Can she deal out retribution before she loses her grip on reality?

Revenge in 3 Parts is the darkly dramatic first book in The Angeline Porter Trilogy of noir thrillers. If you like renegade heroines, psychological page-turners, and sexy undertones, then you'll love Valerie J. Brooks' wickedly wild ride.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781732373204
Publisher:	Black Leather Jacket Press
Publication date:	10/15/2018
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.66(d)

About the Author

Multi-award-winning author Valerie J. Brooks writes femmes-noir psychological thrillers where the women are badass and take center stage. The first in the Angeline Porter Trilogy Revenge in 3 Parts was a finalist for the Nancy Pearl Book Award and a winner in the International Readers' Favorites Thriller Awards. NY Times bestselling author Kevin O'Brien called her second novel in the trilogy Tainted Times 2 "... a real nail-biter from first page to the last."She received an Elizabeth George Foundation grant and was the recipient of five writing residencies. She teaches classes and workshops in writing noir and creating plot twists, plus reviews mystery, suspense, and thriller novels for "Mystery and Suspense Magazine."Brooks lives in Oregon's McKenzie River Valley with her husband, Dan, and their Havanese pooch Stevie Nicks.

Editorial Reviews

“Val Brooks has crafted a cunning tale of revenge, grief and unwanted desire.”

—Paul Skenazy, former thriller reviewer Washington Post, and author of James M. Cain

“With its breakneck pace, intriguing cast of characters, and unabashed eroticism, Revenge in Three Parts is a wild, wicked, and utterly delightful ride.”

—Tim Applegate, Fever Tree

“… a strong, intelligent, gutsy woman who writes her own rules.”

—Wendy Kendall, “Kendall and Cooper Talk Mysteries” podcast

“… a sexy fast-paced tale of family, love, and murder.”

—Cindy Brown, Agatha-nominated author of the Ivy Meadows mystery series

“With a whip-crack voice and delicious twists, Revenge is a thoroughly engrossing page-turner.”

—Bill Cameron, author of the award-winning Skin Kadash mysteries

“… a whirlwind of deceit, theft, blackmail, and worse.”

“… genuinely surprising plot turns.”

“… a striking and complicated protagonist.”

“… it’s the protagonist who will astonish readers the most.”

“… absorbing and logically sound.”

--Kirkus Review

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