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Ghosts and Madmen
A Gripping Conspiracy Thriller
Series: James Tarr Conspiracy Thrillers
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When the past becomes a deadly obsession, only the strongest will survive the reckoning. Dave Anderson thought his troubles were over. The mob boss hunting him is dead, his heroic stand against a cartel made him a local legend, and the fingerprints that nearly destroyed him...
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When the past becomes a deadly obsession, only the strongest will survive the reckoning.
Dave Anderson thought his troubles were over. The mob boss hunting him is dead, his heroic stand against a cartel made him a local legend, and the fingerprints that nearly destroyed him are gone. Now, with no one left to chase him, all he has to do is figure out what comes next—a point the larger-than-life Sheriff 'Shotgun John' Osterman keeps hammering home.
But in the world Dave lives in, the past never dies—it comes back with a vengeance.
The government has a long memory, and Mexican cartels don't forgive easily. Just as Dave starts to think he's free, his past pulls him back into a world of danger. His only way out might come from an unexpected ally and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity... if he can survive long enough to take it.
In this relentless instalment of James Tarr's Conspiracy Thriller series, the action explodes as Dave faces his deadliest challenge yet, pushing him to his limits in a fight for survival and redemption.
Ghosts and Madmen
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ James Tarr, please keep writing stories!
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I have lost more sleep reading this book (and all his others) because you just can't put them down.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It was still amazing as I unravelled the characters and the intertwined plots.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A great series with solid action and accurate hardware.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This series keeps getting better and better every book!
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I wish I could read them for the first time all over again.
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781036707149
Publisher: Vinci Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 19 June 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vinci Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 27.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 446
About the Author
We're all a product of our experiences. The more experiences, the harder the road was to get to where you are now, the more you have to draw on when it comes time to write. In my life I've been a police officer, armored car driver, and spent most of 20 years working as a private investigator in and around the artful ruin that is modern Detroit. I've had close family members murdered, invested decades into a marriage that went bad, raised kids that turned out great, got fired from jobs I desperately needed....and through it all I wrote. There were words in my head that I just needed to get onto paper, mostly fiction, but I never thought I could make any money at it. But life has a way of giving you what you need. I now find myself in the slightly surreal position of writing for a living. Right now non-fiction articles are my bread and butter, and I write regularly for outdoor magazines. That work put me in contact with Dillard Johnson, whose autobiography CARNIVORE I co-wrote. CARNIVORE was published in 2012 by Harper Collins and has done very well. However, there isn't anything in the world that I love doing more than writing fiction. My first published fiction novel, FAILURE DRILL, came out in 2004, and I have six more novels done, with more on the way. Keep up with me at OfficialJamesTarr dot com.
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