Violent Life

A vigilante revenge thriller that digs into how a monster is made: mentorship, loss and a psyche rebuilt for war. Book three of a dark psychological crime series that pits one lethal outsider against a conspiracy hiding at the top of the chain of command.Before the revenge. Before the kill list. This is how the monster was forged.Tom Lewis is broken. Gentle. Scarred. A boy who never grew past the bullet that shattered his life.But inside him waits Jimmy Blue silent, cunning, unstoppable.Four years before avenging his parents murder in Winter Falls, Tom finds something he never thought possible: peace. Under the watch of Kai ex-mercenary, ex-assassin he learns to stand tall, to hope again. For a moment, the monster sleeps.Then Kai is murdered. And Jimmy Blue wakes.Now Blue is back, more dangerous than ever. Partnered with a man just as lethal, he follows the chain of command to Washington, and a conspiracy guarded by the Secret Service. The odds are impossible. The cost will be blood.Because Jimmy Blue was forged in violence. And he s just getting started.Gritty, violent, and crackling with tension, A Violent Life is the third installment in award-winning Ian W. Sainsbury s Jimmy Blue Revenge Thrillers a dark series that blends psychological suspense with the savage thrill of vigilante justice.Praise for the Jimmy Blue Revenge Thrillers:????? "e;Jimmy Blue would have Jack Reacher shaking."e;????? "e;I love vigilante thrillers and this is one of the best I've read."e;????? "e;Jimmy Blue scared the tar out of me. And I loved every minute!"e;????? "e;The wording made it seem like I was watching a movie, not reading a book."e;????? "e;Once you start reading you won't be able to put it down because you'll desperately want to find out what happens next."e;????? "e;The violence is intense but appropriate to the situation."e;????? "e;This is Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde on steroids."e;????? "e;A clever, unique, well-written, brutal story unfolded before me...and I want more."e;????? "e;If you like Jack Reacher, this character is so much more interesting."e;????? "e;Cracking story, well planned out and full of excellent painted characters."e;????? "e;Although some compare this to the Reacher books, this is a totally different ball game. This is an antihero hero. A very dark twist."e;????? "e;The hero becomes the villain, but only when the mark deserves his or her fate."e;????? "e;I could not put it down. It's one of those novels where you root for the bad guy."e;