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Jess Kimball Thriller
Series · 13
books · 2012-2021

Books in series

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#0.5

Fatal Enemy

2012

Librarian's Note: Alternate covers for this ASIN can be found here. Jess Kimball's Impossible Mission: Protect Crime Victims Relentless victims' rights advocate Jess Kimball and Jack Reacher both deliver justice when the legal system fails. Reacher waits until trouble finds him and then he does whatever it takes. But Jess pursues legal justice and draws lines she will not cross. How can she win against killers who refuse to follow the rules? Jess Kimball hadn’t been in the same room with Richard Martin for more than a dozen years. Worse things than Richard had happened to her since she’d seen him last. He’d find out soon enough that she wasn’t a gullible sixteen-year-old anymore. She was his enemy now and he was hers, whether he knew it or not. Jess decided long ago she would never yield to him again. Richard Martin would make his choice tonight. Would they become fatal enemies? In this tense battle of nerve and guile, who will survive?
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#1

Fatal Distraction

2012

Jess Kimball's Impossible Mission: Protect Crime Victims Relentless victims' rights advocate Jess Kimball and Jack Reacher both deliver justice when the legal system fails. Reacher waits until trouble finds him and then he does whatever it takes. But Jess pursues legal justice and draws lines she will not cross. How can she win against killers who refuse to follow the rules? Three years ago, beloved Florida Governor Helen Sullivan’s world shattered when her only son died in a senseless car crash, killing his best friend, too. Helen quickly discovered Eric’s crash was no accident and lured the killer to her son’s funeral to be caught. When the shooting ceased in the small country church, Helen believed her nightmare was over. Instead, she’d unwittingly escalated her duel with a cunning and patient assassin. Now, investigative journalist Jess Kimball is driven to find the horrifying truth. Is the Central Florida Child Killer guilty? Or is the real killer still out there? Helen and Jess together face the determined killer in a pitched battle of wit and nerve while Helen's husband struggles to live. Who will survive?
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#2

Fatal Demand

2014

Greed kills. Investigative Reporter Jess Kimball’s impossible mission to protect crime victims returns in this new novel from New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Diane Capri and Nigel Blackwell.\\ When investigative reporter Jess Kimball’s Taboo Magazine assignment reveals a modern Italian crime family operating inside the US, she joins forces with FBI Special Agent Henry Morris to stop the ruthless killers. Jess rushes against time from Dallas to New Orleans to Florida and New York to find and stop Luigi Ficarra and save the elderly parents of the man he holds hostage. In a chase down to the wire, Jess risks her own life to stop Luigi and from the demand that will be fatal. \\ (Fatal Demand is Expanded and Revised from the novella formerly titled Flight 12: A Jess Kimball Thriller)
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#3

Fatal Error

2015

Greed kills. Unless Investigative Reporter Jess Kimball’s impossible mission to protect crime victims succeeds in this new novel from New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Diane Capri and Nigel Blackwell. Fatal Error is the exciting sequel to Fatal Demand. In Fatal Demand, Jess Kimball and FBI Special Agent Henry Morris worked furiously to stop a spree killer. But one last victim remains, held hostage in Italy. When Jess accidentally thwarts the money-for-hostage exchange at the Rome airport, she becomes the killer's number one target. Jess begins Fatal Error as the hunter, but she becomes the hunted. Can she escape Enzo Ficarra's plan to avenge his brother's murder? Or will Jess make the Fatal Error? For fans of Lee Child, Jack Reacher, John Grisham, and James Patterson’s Women's Murder Club US and UK Author Diane Capri and Investigative Reporter Jess Kimball: New York Times Bestseller USA Today Bestseller #1 Thriller #1 Mystery #1 Hard-boiled Mystery #1 Police Procedural #1 Vigilante Justice #1 Conspiracy Thriller #1 Women Sleuth's Mystery #1 Legal Thriller #1 Anthology and more! Readers Love Jess Kimball and Clamor for More!
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#4

Fatal Fall

2016

Investigative Reporter Jess Kimball’s impossible mission to protect crime victims thrills in this new novel from New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Diane Capri and Nigel Blackwell. In Fatal Fall, when Jess Kimball’s investigator finds a boy that could be her missing son, Jess races to Seattle to claim him and crosses paths with a rich and powerful Senator who will stop at nothing to keep his twisted, secret life private. Can Jess discover the senator's past and expose him before he kills again, or will she and the boy be the next victims? For fans of Lee Child, Jack Reacher, John Grisham, and James Patterson’s Women's Murder Club US and UK Author Diane Capri and Investigative Reporter Jess Kimball: New York Times Bestseller USA Today Bestseller #1 Thriller #1 Mystery #1 Hard-boiled Mystery #1 Police Procedural #1 Vigilante Justice #1 Conspiracy Thriller #1 Women Sleuth's Mystery #1 Legal Thriller #1 Anthology and more! Readers Love Jess Kimball and Clamor for More!
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#4.5

Fatal Edge

2017

Exciting short read! Investigative Reporter Jess Kimball’s impossible mission to protect crime victims continues in this new short from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Diane Capri. In Fatal Edge, Jess Kimball’s assistant, Mandy Donovan fills in for Jess when a spoiled rich man’s girlfriend goes missing and he says he’s not to blame. Along with her new P.I. boyfriend, Mandy heads up to the ski resort in Wyoming where the woman was last seen and lands in the path of a killer. Can Jess get there before Mandy becomes the next victim?
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#5

Fatal Game

2017

Investigative Reporter Jess Kimball’s impossible mission to protect crime victims continues in this new novel from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Diane Capri and Nigel Blackwell. In Fatal Game, a heart surgeon is in jail. His wife kidnapped. Her driver murdered. The police files are thick. Video footage and telephone calls. Statements and witnesses. The evidence is obvious, but the doctor claims it’s not true. Out of options, he begs Jess Kimball to nail the ruthless killer whose crimes are the ultimate game. But Jess isn’t playing. Not now. Not ever. Because justice is never a game.
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#6

Fatal Bond

2017

A Thrilling Suspense Novel Heart pounding thriller and suspense from award-winning New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author DIANE CAPRI and Nigel Blackwell He kills from afar. Until Jess Kimball makes it personal. An explosion ripped through a close-knit community in Iowa, leaving five dead, dozens hospitalized, and the country outraged. One of their own is charged with planting the bomb based on airtight evidence. Shattered and bewildered, his mother begs Jess Kimball to investigate. Since her own son was taken, Jess has never refused a heartbreaking plea from a desperate mother. She rushes to Iowa to find the truth. Instead, she learns the only alibi witness has already fled the country. Unwilling to admit defeat, Jess traces the witness to Spain. Teamed with a British operative, Jess is thrust into the international search for a lethal insecticide. Together they race against time to find and stop a ruthless killer before he destroys them all. Relentless Reporter Jess Kimball thrills in this exciting new novel from award-winning New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Diane Capri and Nigel Blackwell. Read one Jess Kimball thriller and you'll be hooked. Strong female characters, a fully developed plot, and thrills till the end. Make some coffee. You'll read all night. For fans of Lisa Gardner, Karin Slaughter, Lee Child, Jack Reacher, John Grisham, and James Patterson’s Women's Murder Club US and UK Author Diane Capri and Investigative Reporter Jess Kimball: New York Times Bestseller USA Today Bestseller #1 Thriller #1 Mystery #1 Hard-boiled Mystery #1 Police Procedural #1 Vigilante Justice #1 Conspiracy Thriller #1 Women Sleuth's Mystery #1 Legal Thriller #1 Anthology and more! Readers Love Jess Kimball and Clamor for More! Start reading now and you’ll be hooked! Try Jess Kimball today for thrillers with twists, turns, emotions and heart. But lock the doors first. This one's a nail biter.
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#6.5

Fatal Past

2017

Exciting short read! Investigative Reporter Jess Kimball’s impossible mission to help crime victims continues in this new short from New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Diane Capri. In Fatal Past, Jess Kimball’s past mingles with the past of those buried in the Paris catacombs Sam Sommers has just retired from the Denver PD and has a few weeks of R&R scheduled before he starts his new personal security firm. His plans are derailed when he locates a long dead body of a young woman whose death was never solved in the catacombs beneath the city of Paris. When they return to the maze of tunnels beneath the cobblestoned streets, they race against the clock to stop a monster still hiding in the shadows. For fans of Lee Child, Jack Reacher, John Grisham, and James Patterson’s Women's Murder Club US and UK Author Diane Capri and Investigative Reporter Jess Kimball: New York Times Bestseller USA Today Bestseller #1 Thriller #1 Mystery #1 Hard-boiled Mystery #1 Police Procedural #1 Vigilante Justice #1 Conspiracy Thriller #1 Women Sleuth's Mystery #1 Legal Thriller #1 Anthology and more! Readers Love Jess Kimball and Clamor for More!
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#7

Fatal Dawn

2018

Jess Kimball’s son was stolen. She will never rest until she gets him back. Is this her chance? The phone call that changes Jess Kimball's life forever leads her on a breathless and dangerous chase through the Rocky Mountains.. When she catches up with the blackmailing bastard she’ll make him sorry. And then she’ll make him pay. The most gripping thriller yet in this high-octane series starring relentless reporter Jess Kimball from award-winning New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Diane Capri and Nigel Blackwell. For fans of Karin Slaughter, Lee Child, Jack Reacher, John Grisham, and James Patterson’s Women's Murder Club US and UK Author Diane Capri and Investigative Reporter Jess Kimball: New York Times Bestseller USA Today Bestseller #1 Thriller #1 Mystery #1 Hard-boiled Mystery #1 Police Procedural #1 Vigilante Justice #1 Conspiracy Thriller #1 Women Sleuth's Mystery #1 Legal Thriller #1 Anthology and more! Readers Love Jess Kimball and Clamor for More! Start reading now and you’ll be hooked!
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#8

Fatal Heat

A Jess Kimball Thriller

2021

Jess Kimball helps a friend find and stop a killer in the deadly Arizona heat.
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#13

Licensed to Thrill

Volume 1

2012

Licensed to Thrill 1 contains the first 3 Hunt for Jack Reacher thrillers from USA Today and New York Times Bestselling Author Diane Capri More than 500 5-Star Reviews! THIS BOXED SET CONTAINS 3 #1 Bestselling Titles and Bonuses: Full Novel: Don't Know Jack (approximately 80,000 words) Full Novella: Jack in a Box (approximately 9,000 words) Full Novella: Jack and Kill (approximately 11,000 words) Bonuses: Reacher Report from Lee Child AND Two Diane Capri Essays about the Hunt for Jack Reacher Series Don't Know Jack - It's been a while since we first met Lee Child's Jack Reacher in Killing Floor. Fifteen years later, Reacher still lives off the grid, until trouble finds him, and then he does whatever it takes, much to the delight of readers and the dismay of villains. Now someone big is looking for him. Who? And why? Hunting Jack Reacher is a dangerous business, as FBI Special Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar are about to find out. By-the-book hunters who know when it's necessary to break the rules, but they Don't Know Jack. Is he friend or enemy? Only the secrets hidden in Margrave, Georgia will tell them. Jack in a Box - After Margrave, Otto and Gaspar tried to take a weekend break, but Jack Reacher had out of the box plans. Where do Otto and Gaspar turn next? Jack and Kill - FBI Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar get a lead on Jack Reacher. New Hope, Virginia, welcomed him yesterday. What trouble finds him there and who will end up dead? US and UK Author Diane Capri: New York Times Bestseller USA Today Bestseller #1 Thriller #1 Mystery #1 Hard-boiled Mystery #1 Police Procedural #1 Vigilante Justice #1 Conspiracy Thriller #1 Women Sleuth's Mystery #1 Legal Thriller #1 Anthology and more! Open this boxed set of The Hunt for Jack Reacher Series and you'll agree with fans of John Grisham, Lee Child, and more.
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#0.5-1

Fatal Starts

2012

They stole her son. She wants him back. Bestselling JESS KIMBALL SUSPENSE THRILLER SERIES Begins Here. Special Edition. Special Price. Limited time. From award-winning New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author DIANE CAPRI in this special combined edition of the first novel and first novella in the highly addictive Jess Kimball Thrillers Series. Introducing Jess Kimball, the relentless heroine you'll really love. Jess is on a mission only she believes in, only she can complete. Her son was stolen. She wants him back. While she searches, she's on your side. Jess is a fiery woman, driven by her own past to fight for crime victims the justice system has failed. How can she win against killers who refuse to follow the rules? Fatal Enemy - Jess Kimball hadn’t been in the same room with Richard Martin for more than a dozen years. Worse things than Richard had happened to her since she’d seen him last. He’d find out soon enough that she wasn’t a gullible sixteen-year-old anymore. She was his enemy now and he was hers, whether he knew it or not. Jess decided long ago she would never yield to him again. Richard Martin would make his choice tonight. Would they become fatal enemies? In this tense battle of nerve and guile, who will survive? Fatal Distraction - Three years ago, beloved Florida Governor Helen Sullivan’s world shattered when her only son died in a senseless car crash, killing his best friend, too. Helen quickly discovered Eric’s crash was no accident and lured the killer to her son’s funeral to be caught. When the shooting ceased in the small country church, Helen believed her nightmare was over. Instead, she’d unwittingly escalated her duel with a cunning and patient assassin. Now, high profile investigative journalist Jess Kimball is driven to find the horrifying truth. Is the real killer still out there? Helen and Jess together face the determined killer in a pitched battle of wit and nerve. Who will survive? For fans of Mary Higgins Clark, Greg Iles, Karin Slaughter, Lisa Gardner, Lee Child, Jack Reacher, John Grisham, and James Patterson’s Women's Murder Club

Authors

Diane Capri
Diane Capri
Author · 74 books

Bestselling author Diane Capri is a recovering lawyer. She’s a snowbird who divides her time between Florida and Michigan. An active member of Mystery Writers of America, Author’s Guild, International Thriller Writers, and Sisters in Crime, she loves to hear from readers and is hard at work on her next novel. Connect with her online: Twitter: http://twitter.com/@DianeCapri Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Diane-... Here’s the Long version, if you’re looking for more info:

1 Amazon Bestselling Author Diane Capri’s work is what the #1 worldwide publishing phenomenon Lee Child calls “Full of thrills and tension, but smart and human, too.” Margaret Maron, Edgar, Anthony, Agatha and Macavity Award-winning MWA Past President, says: “Expertise shines on every page.” And Library Journal raves: “….offers tense legal drama with courtroom overtones, twisty plots, and loads of atmosphere. Recommended.”

Diane’s new Jess Kimball series kicked off with Fatal Distraction, opening as the #3 Bestselling Legal Thriller, behind John Grisham. Diane’s new Hunt for Jack Reacher series began with Don’t Know Jack, which garnered #1 Bestseller spots on Mystery, Hard-boiled Mystery, Police Procedural, Women Sleuths, and Legal Thriller lists both in the U.S. and U.K. Don’t Know Jack was followed by two bestselling short stories in the Hunt for Jack Reacher series, Jack in a Box and Jack and Kill. Diane’s Judge Wilhelmina Carson mysteries were praised by Romantic Times and garnered the coveted “Top Pick.” Diane’s savvy, spunky character, attorney Jennifer Lane, stars in her own romantic suspense series, which kicks off with Annabelle’s Attack. Diane is the past Executive Vice President of International Thriller Writers, past member of the Board of the Florida Chapter of Mystery Writers of America, and active in Sisters in Crime and other writing organizations. She comes to writing after a successful legal career and is married to her college sweetheart. She loves her nomadic snowbird existence preferring perpetual summer migrating from Florida to Michigan each year. Diane says she writes mystery and suspense for the same reason she reads: to find out what happens, why people do what they do, and how to bring justice to an unjust world.Her books are translated in twenty territories. Diane loves to hear from readers. Contact her at: DianeCapri.com/Contact to receive notice of new releases, subscribe to Diane’s blog, or simply connect with her.

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