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As bodies fall and the city trembles, Tom clings to the last scraps of his humanity—while Jimmy delivers the only justice he trusts.   You’ll root for him. You’ll fear him. And you won’t be able to look away.   Dark, brutal, and impossible to put down, Winter Falls is book one of award-winning Ian W. Sainsbury’s Jimmy Blue Revenge Thrillers—a vigilante series with a psychological edge. Readers who love Jack Reacher and Dexter will find their next obsession in Jimmy Blue.   Praise for the Jimmy Blue Revenge Thrillers:★★★★★ \"Jimmy Blue would have Jack Reacher shaking.\"★★★★★ \"I love vigilante thrillers and this is one of the best I've read.\"★★★★★ \"Jimmy Blue scared the tar out of me. And I loved every minute!\"★★★★★ \"The wording made it seem like I was watching a movie, not reading a book.\"★★★★★ \"Once you start reading you won't be able to put it down because you'll desperately want to find out what happens next.\"★★★★★ \"The violence is intense but appropriate to the situation.\"★★★★★ \"This is Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde on steroids.\"★★★★★ \"A clever, unique, well-written, brutal story unfolded before me...and I want more.\"★★★★★ \"If you like Jack Reacher, this character is so much more interesting.\"★★★★★ \"Cracking story, well planned out and full of excellent painted characters.\"★★★★★ \"Although some compare this to the Reacher books, this is a totally different ball game. This is an antihero hero. A very dark twist.\"★★★★★ \"The hero becomes the villain, but only when the mark deserves his or her fate.\"★★★★★ \"I could not put it down. It's one of those novels where you root for the bad guy.\"\"Jekyll and Hyde meets Jack Reacher in a slam-bang thrillfest that you won't want to stop.\" Mark Dawson, USA Today bestselling author.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57483321409909,"sku":"9781036711986","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781036711986.jpg?v=1786444299"},{"product_id":"run-hide-die","title":"Run, Hide, Die","description":"A dark vigilante thriller that traps its split-psyche antihero on the open ocean with killers on every side. Book two of a psychological revenge series where the hunted man carries his own monster with him, and survival means letting it loose.   Trapped between killers and cops, his only way out is to unleash the monster.   Tom Lewis is broken. Gentle. Slow. A man the world overlooks.   But inside him lives something else.   Jimmy Blue. Cold. Brilliant. Merciless.   He avenged his parents. Now he’s taking on London’s crime lords. London’s streets are littered with bodies, and the police are closing in. To escape, Tom boards a freighter bound for New York.   But the freighter offers no sanctuary. Seven passengers are worth fortunes dead. The crew are killers—and the passengers are pawns in a deadly game. And across the ocean, the cops are waiting with handcuffs.   Tom can’t survive what’s coming.   But Jimmy Blue might.   Once Jimmy Blue boards, there’s no hiding. No escape. Only death.   Dark, brutal, and impossible to put down, Run, Hide, Die is book two of award-winning Ian W. Sainsbury’s Jimmy Blue Revenge Thrillers—a vigilante series with a psychological edge. Fans of Jack Reacher and Dexter will find their next obsession in Jimmy Blue.   Praise for the Jimmy Blue Revenge Thrillers:★★★★★ \"Jimmy Blue would have Jack Reacher shaking.\"★★★★★ \"I love vigilante thrillers and this is one of the best I've read.\"★★★★★ \"Jimmy Blue scared the tar out of me. And I loved every minute!\"★★★★★ \"The wording made it seem like I was watching a movie, not reading a book.\"★★★★★ \"Once you start reading you won't be able to put it down because you'll desperately want to find out what happens next.\"★★★★★ \"The violence is intense but appropriate to the situation.\"★★★★★ \"This is Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde on steroids.\"★★★★★ \"A clever, unique, well-written, brutal story unfolded before me...and I want more.\"★★★★★ \"If you like Jack Reacher, this character is so much more interesting.\"★★★★★ \"Cracking story, well planned out and full of excellent painted characters.\"★★★★★ \"Although some compare this to the Reacher books, this is a totally different ball game. This is an antihero hero. A very dark twist.\"★★★★★ \"The hero becomes the villain, but only when the mark deserves his or her fate.\"★★★★★ \"I could not put it down. It's one of those novels where you root for the bad guy.\"","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57483322163573,"sku":"9781036711993","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"a-violent-life","title":"A Violent Life","description":"A vigilante revenge thriller that digs into how a monster is made: mentorship, loss and a psyche rebuilt for war. Book three of a dark psychological crime series that pits one lethal outsider against a conspiracy hiding at the top of the chain of command.   Before the revenge. Before the kill list. This is how the monster was forged.   Tom Lewis is broken. Gentle. Scarred. A boy who never grew past the bullet that shattered his life.   But inside him waits Jimmy Blue—silent, cunning, unstoppable.   Four years before avenging his parents’ murder in Winter Falls, Tom finds something he never thought possible: peace. Under the watch of Kai—ex-mercenary, ex-assassin—he learns to stand tall, to hope again. For a moment, the monster sleeps.   Then Kai is murdered. And Jimmy Blue wakes.   Now Blue is back, more dangerous than ever. Partnered with a man just as lethal, he follows the chain of command to Washington, and a conspiracy guarded by the Secret Service. The odds are impossible. The cost will be blood.   Because Jimmy Blue was forged in violence. And he’s just getting started.   Gritty, violent, and crackling with tension, A Violent Life is the third installment in award-winning Ian W. Sainsbury’s Jimmy Blue Revenge Thrillers—a dark series that blends psychological suspense with the savage thrill of vigilante justice.   Praise for the Jimmy Blue Revenge Thrillers:★★★★★ \"Jimmy Blue would have Jack Reacher shaking.\"★★★★★ \"I love vigilante thrillers and this is one of the best I've read.\"★★★★★ \"Jimmy Blue scared the tar out of me. And I loved every minute!\"★★★★★ \"The wording made it seem like I was watching a movie, not reading a book.\"★★★★★ \"Once you start reading you won't be able to put it down because you'll desperately want to find out what happens next.\"★★★★★ \"The violence is intense but appropriate to the situation.\"★★★★★ \"This is Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde on steroids.\"★★★★★ \"A clever, unique, well-written, brutal story unfolded before me...and I want more.\"★★★★★ \"If you like Jack Reacher, this character is so much more interesting.\"★★★★★ \"Cracking story, well planned out and full of excellent painted characters.\"★★★★★ \"Although some compare this to the Reacher books, this is a totally different ball game. This is an antihero hero. A very dark twist.\"★★★★★ \"The hero becomes the villain, but only when the mark deserves his or her fate.\"★★★★★ \"I could not put it down. It's one of those novels where you root for the bad guy.\"","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57483322851701,"sku":"9781036712006","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"desolation-station","title":"Desolation Station","description":"A vigilante thriller that torches a small town's peace and unleashes the series' split-psyche antihero on the arsonists responsible. Book four of a dark psychological revenge saga about the cost of quiet lives and the monsters that guard them.   The Firestarters thought they could burn everything. They lit the wrong fuse.   Tom Lewis has found peace at last. A quiet home. A quiet life. A chance to forget the monster inside him.   But peace never lasts. Not for Tom. Not while Jimmy Blue still waits in the dark.   The Firestarters are tearing across America, leaving towns reduced to ash, bodies in the rubble, and no witnesses left alive.   Until now.   When they bring their inferno to Pike Point, North Carolina, they unleash something worse than fire. Tom’s fragile life is gone—and Jimmy Blue is free.   They thought no one could survive the flames. They didn’t count on Jimmy Blue.   Dark, unforgiving, and impossible to put down, Desolation Station is book four of award-winning Ian W. Sainsbury’s Jimmy Blue Revenge Thrillers—a vigilante series with a psychological edge. Fans of Jack Reacher and Dexter will find their next obsession in Jimmy Blue.   Praise for the Jimmy Blue Revenge Thrillers:★★★★★ \"Jimmy Blue would have Jack Reacher shaking.\"★★★★★ \"I love vigilante thrillers and this is one of the best I've read.\"★★★★★ \"Jimmy Blue scared the tar out of me. And I loved every minute!\"★★★★★ \"The wording made it seem like I was watching a movie, not reading a book.\"★★★★★ \"Once you start reading you won't be able to put it down because you'll desperately want to find out what happens next.\"★★★★★ \"The violence is intense but appropriate to the situation.\"★★★★★ \"This is Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde on steroids.\"★★★★★ \"A clever, unique, well-written, brutal story unfolded before me...and I want more.\"★★★★★ \"If you like Jack Reacher, this character is so much more interesting.\"★★★★★ \"Cracking story, well planned out and full of excellent painted characters.\"★★★★★ \"Although some compare this to the Reacher books, this is a totally different ball game. This is an antihero hero. A very dark twist.\"★★★★★ \"The hero becomes the villain, but only when the mark deserves his or her fate.\"★★★★★ \"I could not put it down. It's one of those novels where you root for the bad guy.\"","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57483323605365,"sku":"9781036712013","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"anger-management","title":"Anger Management","description":"A psychological vigilante thriller where the antihero's greatest enemy is the other mind sharing his body. Book five of a dark revenge series that turns a cross-country hunt into an internal war for control, with only one identity able to walk away.   On the road to revenge, nothing stands in Jimmy Blue’s way. Except Tom Lewis.   Tom Lewis is broken. Brain-damaged. A gentle giant who struggles to find his words.   But inside him lives Jimmy Blue — lethal, relentless, merciless.   Now Jimmy has a target. A brutal plan. And a straight shot from Los Angeles to Dallas. Anyone who gets in his way won’t live long enough to regret it.   But vengeance is never simple. Pinned down in Phoenix, under siege from the police and a sadistic gangster, Jimmy faces an enemy he can’t fight with fists or blades.   Tom.   Because Tom wants control. Tom wants peace. And if Tom wins, Jimmy dies.   One body. Two minds. Only one will survive the road.   Violent, psychological, and impossible to put down, Anger Management is book five of award-winning Ian W. Sainsbury’s Jimmy Blue Revenge Thrillers—a vigilante series with a psychological edge. Fans of Jack Reacher and Dexter will find their next obsession in Jimmy Blue.   Praise for the Jimmy Blue Revenge Thrillers:★★★★★ \"Jimmy Blue would have Jack Reacher shaking.\"★★★★★ \"I love vigilante thrillers and this is one of the best I've read.\"★★★★★ \"Jimmy Blue scared the tar out of me. And I loved every minute!\"★★★★★ \"The wording made it seem like I was watching a movie, not reading a book.\"★★★★★ \"Once you start reading you won't be able to put it down because you'll desperately want to find out what happens next.\"★★★★★ \"The violence is intense but appropriate to the situation.\"★★★★★ \"This is Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde on steroids.\"★★★★★ \"A clever, unique, well-written, brutal story unfolded before me...and I want more.\"★★★★★ \"If you like Jack Reacher, this character is so much more interesting.\"★★★★★ \"Cracking story, well planned out and full of excellent painted characters.\"★★★★★ \"Although some compare this to the Reacher books, this is a totally different ball game. This is an antihero hero. A very dark twist.\"★★★★★ \"The hero becomes the villain, but only when the mark deserves his or her fate.\"★★★★★ \"I could not put it down. It's one of those novels where you root for the bad guy.\"","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57483324359029,"sku":"9781036712020","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"an-inside-job","title":"An Inside Job","description":"Tom Lewis has a monster in his head. You’d better pray it doesn’t see you.   The plan is perfect. Almost perfect.   Stealing Carlson Lloyd’s fortune will set the gang up for life.   At first, the robbery goes ahead with flawless precision. The insider sees to that.   Then it all goes horribly, tragically, wrong.   The survivors scatter, leaving the police no clues. The perpetrators won’t face justice.   There’s one loose end, but it’s probably nothing.   The quiet gardener. A gentle giant.   A man with no home, no history, and nothing to say for himself.   But he’s just a gardener. Right?From Kindle Storyteller Award Winner, Ian W. 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