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Ellie Reckless
Series · 3 books · 2023-2024

Books in series

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#3

Hunt the Prey

2023

"I hate him... he destroyed my life... but now I have to keep him alive?" Meet disgraced ex-DI Ellie Reckless, a self-proclaimed 'cop for criminals', and the person the underworld calls when they can't call the police. For months now, she's built up a series of favours, all so she can set them off like dominos - proving that Nicky Simpson, YouTube sensation and wannabe gangster, was the man who destroyed her life - and killed the man she loved. And in return, Nicky has watched her carefully, waiting to see whether she's too much of a threat to keep alive. But when Nicky's life is threatened, he's forced to turn to Ellie and her team for help; his cost? A favour, freely given, in turn for Ellie and Tinker Jones becoming his personal bodyguards, while the others in her group hunt the threat down - and remove it. Now in close contact with the man she hates more than anything in the world, Ellie's caught in a dilemma - if she fails, all her troubles go away, but she'll never prove her innocence. But if she succeeds, the one favour he has to give her as payment could provide her with every answer she needs to end her nightmare. But what happens when the unthinkable happens - and she starts to doubt that Nicky Simpson is the man she's been hunting all this time?
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#4

Find the Lady

2023

Maybe you win, maybe you lose... It all depends on the card you choose... Meet disgraced ex-DI Ellie Reckless, a self-proclaimed ' cop for criminals ', and the person the underworld calls when they can't call the police. For the first time in years, Ellie Reckless is at peace . Cleared of murder, and with her lover's death avenged, Ellie has her whole life ahead of her. But with one of her team still recovering from a vicious and crippling attack, and the London police blaming her for the loss of "one of their best," Ellie finds herself distracted, especially when a new case lands with her team; the self-proclaimed "Queen of Conjuring," Zoey Park has disappeared during a stage performance - and not because of a trick gone wrong. Now hunting a woman who doesn't want to be found, one who knows better than anyone how to become invisible, Ellie and her team start questioning the motives of their client, and wonder whether they're on the right team here - as they fall into a conspiracy involving street gang magicians, sleight-of-hand con men and money laundering escapologists, on the late-night London cabaret scene... Should they be finding Zoey... or helping her stay hidden?
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#5

Burn the Debt

2024

"You work for me now, Reckless - or else I'll burn your debts, and everything you love... to ash!" For years, Ellie Reckless and her team have been the go-to problem solvers for London’s Underworld, initially doing favors to clear her name, and later operating as a legitimate force. But the streets of London are about to get hotter. But now a new player has appeared; Becky Slade, a fierce bare-knuckle fighter from a family with a vendetta. The Slades have clashed with the Simpsons for control over South London for decades, and now that Ellie has eliminated the Simpsons, Becky wants her on side. Becky’s proposition is join her, handing over all remaining debts to the Slades, or be crushed beneath her feet. With old friends turning traitor and her back against the wall, Ellie faces an impossible choice. She must either help Becky Slade conquer London, or find a way to rise above her threats. The only hope lies in a piece of advice from an ex-gangster, months to use her debts to seize control first. But can Ellie do this and still keep her soul, while holding together the team she created and battling a woman who's never lost a fight?

Author

Jack Gatland
Jack Gatland
Author · 37 books

Jack Gatland is the pen name of #1 New York Times Bestselling Writer Tony Lee, who has been writing in all medias for over thirty years including comics, graphic novels, middle grade books, audio drama, TV and film for DC, Marvel, BBC, ITV, Random House, Penguin USA, Hachette and a ton of other publishers and broadcasters on licenses such as Doctor Who, Spider Man, X-Men, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Doctors, Wallace and Gromit and Shrek. As Tony, he’s toured the country talking to reluctant readers with his ‘Change The Channel’ school tours. He’s currently a member of the Writer’s Guild of Great Britain, the Society of Authors, The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers and the Crime Writer’s Association. As Jack, he’s writing a new series of Crime Thrillers starring Detective Inspector Declan Walsh, recently seconded to the City of London Police department known as the Last Chance Saloon. The first twelve of these, LETTER FROM THE DEAD, MURDER OF ANGELS, HUNTER HUNTED, WHISPER FOR THE REAPER, TO HUNT A MAGPIE, A RITUAL FOR THE DYING, KILLING THE MUSIC, A DINNER TO DIE FOR, BEHIND THE WIRE, HEAVY IS THE CROWN, STALKING THE RIPPER and A QUIVER OF SORROWS are available now, with book thirteen, MURDER BY MISTLETOE released in December 2022 – with further adventures continuing throughout 2023. In addition to that, the first book in a new series of Adventure Mysteries starring Robin-Hood style con-man forger-turned treasure hunter Damian Lucas, THE LIONHEART CURSE was released in January 2022, and he has both a new series of crime procedurals, spinning out of the DI Walsh series and featuring ‘Cop for Criminals’ Ellie Reckless including PAINT THE DEAD and STEAL THE GOLD, and a new spy series, spinning out of the DI Walsh series and featuring burned MI5 agent Tom Marlowe including SLEEPING SOLDIERS and TARGET LOCKED. He can be found at www.tonylee.co.uk and www.jackgatland.com.

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