When a young woman vanishes from an exclusive oceanfront community in the middle of the night, Detective Casey Wray's takes on a case that leads her in chilling, unexpected directions ... A twisty, breath-taking police procedural. First in a heart-pounding new series.
'Urgent, thrilling and richly imagined. Without doubt his best yet' Chris Whitaker, author of We Begin at the End
'Reynolds captures the claustrophobic feel of a small town ... a tense slice of American noir' Vaseem Khan, author of Midnight at Malabar House
'Compelling and stylish, with devious twists and a cleverly crafted ending. Very, very impressive' G J Minnett, author of The Syndicate
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When a young woman makes a distressing middle-of-the-night call to 911, apparently running for her life in a quiet, exclusive beachside neighbourhood, miles from her home, everything suggests a domestic...]]> Tue, 27 Jul 2021 19:55:18 +0300 https://writing.library.land/rod-reynolds/564908-blood_red_city.html https://writing.library.land/rod-reynolds/564908-blood_red_city.html
When crusading journalist Lydia Wright is sent a video of an apparent murder on a London train, she thinks she's found the story to revive her career. But she can't find a victim, much less the killers, and the only witness has disappeared. Wary she's fallen for fake news, she begins to doubt her instincts—until a sinister call suggests that she's not the only one interested in the crime. Michael Stringer deals in information—and doesn't care on which side of the law he finds himself. But the murder on the train has left him exposed, and now he'll stop at nothing to discover what Lydia knows. When their paths collide, Lydia finds the story leads through a nightmare world, where money, power and politics intersect, and information is the only thing more dangerous than a bullet. Blood Red City twists and feints to a superb, unexpected ending that will leave you breathless.]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2020 19:30:58 +0200 https://writing.library.land/rod-reynolds/423172-cold_desert_sky.html https://writing.library.land/rod-reynolds/423172-cold_desert_sky.html
No one wanted to say it to me, that the girls were dead. But I knew.Late 1946 and Charlie Yates and his wife Lizzie have returned to Los Angeles, trying to stay anonymous in the city of angels. But when Yates, back in his old job at the Pacific Journal, becomes obsessed by the disappearance of two aspiring Hollywood starlets, Nancy Hill and Julie Desjardins, he finds it leads him right back to his worst fear: legendary Mob boss Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel, a man he once crossed, and whose shadow he can't shake.As events move from LA to the burgeoning Palace of Sin in the desert, Las Vegas - where Siegel is preparing to open his new Hotel Casino, The Flamingo - Rod Reynolds once again shows his skill at evoking time and place. With Charlie caught between the FBI and the mob, can he possibly see who is playing who, and find out what really happened to the two girls?]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2018 01:52:03 +0200 https://writing.library.land/rod-reynolds/423171-black_night_falling.html https://writing.library.land/rod-reynolds/423171-black_night_falling.html
And now I stood here, on a desolate airfield in the Arkansas wilderness, a stone's throw from Texarkana. Darkness drawing in on me. Cross country to see a man I never imagined seeing again. On the strength of one desperate telephone call...'Having left Texarkana for the safety of the West Coast, reporter Charlie Yates finds himself drawn back to the South, to Hot Springs, Arkansas, as an old acquaintance asks for his help. This time it's less of a story Charlie's chasing, more of a desperate attempt to do the right thing before it's too late.Rod Reynolds' exceptional second novel picks up just a few months on from The Dark Inside, and once again displays the feel for place, period and atmosphere which marked out his acclaimed debut.]]> Sun, 27 Nov 2016 01:52:02 +0200