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Learn moreTo keep the light of his life, he’ll have to do some dark things.
After Matt Caine loses his wife in a car accident, all he has left is his daughter, Anna. But just as the little girl—who survived the accident—finally starts thriving, Matt’s former in-laws threaten to take her away via a bitter custody battle. Desperate to keep Anna and in debt to some dangerous local thugs, Matt has no good options. But he does have Jay, one very bad friend.
Just out of jail and plagued by drug addiction, Jay tempts Matt with a foolproof kidnapping scheme. But what sounds like the perfect solution to all his problems eventually leads Matt through a nightmarish maze of betrayals and reversals, pushing him to his breaking point—and beyond. Now, with his entire life hanging in the balance, Matt makes a pledge of brutal payback.
John Rector is the bestselling author of the novels Lost Things, The Grove, The Cold Kiss, and the 2012 International Thriller Award nominated Already Gone. He resides in Omaha, Nebraska.
Reviews
“John Rector is quickly becoming a master of suspense and drama.…Just when you think the story can’t get any more complicated, it does. It has more twists than a pretzel, but is much more satisfying.” —New York Journal of Books
“Out of the Black is a stimulating ride that makes you feel something and keeps you turning the pages. Rector understands economy of language, and that makes this novel feel like a great novella on steroids.” —Out of the Gutter
“This is a tightly plotted thriller and one that you will read to the last page.” —Bookviews
Praise for the International Thriller Award Winner and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author John Rector:
“John Rector piques our curiosity at every page turn and leaves us hanging at each chapter ending.” —New York Journal of Books
“It’s time to get on board, before Rector stops being ‘the next big thing’ and becomes the phenomenon he deserves to be.” —Los Angeles Review of Books
“John Rector is quickly becoming a master of suspense and drama.” —New York Journal of Books
“Swift and savage and smart, Rector [writes]…superior pulp in the grand James M. Cain tradition.” —Max Allan Collins, author of Road to Perdition
“…one of the very best new writers to enter the scene in a very long time…John Rector is a game changer.” —Spinetingler Magazine
“A bestselling author who doesn’t make us embarrassed to have his books on our shelves.” —The Nerd of Noir
“[Rector’s] consistent excellence in storytelling is already proving his calling card.” —Books and Writers
“Rector brings some really impressive writing and strong characters into a genre that is often teeming with contrived, cringe-worthy dialogue and flat, unoriginal characters.”—Baltimore Reads
“John Rector writes a lean, mean mystery.” —Lincoln Journal Star
“If Rector came out with a book tomorrow, it would be at the top of my ‘to-be-read’ list by nightfall! He has refined his craft, opening new possibilities for the future. Wherever he goes, I’ll follow.” —Grift Magazine
“Rector’s gorgeous, streamlined prose goes down like a fine single malt.” —Blake Crouch, internationally bestselling author of Dark Matter and the Wayward Pines Series
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