Payback: Joe Beck Book #2 (A Private Investigator Crime Thriller)

by Alastair Brown

An outlaw private eye meets a woman who has a horribly-blackened eye and offers to do something about it.

Unlicensed outlaw private eye Joe Beck stops off at bar in Trinidad, Colorado. Inside, he meets a woman named Brandi, a brunette bombshell who's working behind the bar. She's slim, tanned and attractive. She has it all. Except, her left eye is horribly blackened, something she admits to having been caused by the hand of an abusive ex-boyfriend.

Beck offers to deal with the guy, no questions asked in a move that sees him sucked into the dealings of a couple of crooked cops and a local outlaw biker gang.

What's going on in Trinidad? And will the guy Joe Beck is after get the comeuppance he deserves?



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Reviews“Had me gripped from the start. Enjoyed the end. Good book.”Alanna, posting on Goodreads.com

“Good short read. Read it with Kindle Unlimited on my commute to work. Took about an hour and a bit. Nice way to pass a little bit of time. Really like the Joe Beck character!”Martyn Proctor, posting on Goodreads.com

“A great short read packed with action. Enjoyed the cactus scene! Looking forward to the next one in the series.”Adam Copeland, posting on Goodreads.com

Books it's similar toIf you like Lee Child's Jack Reacher, Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp, J.B. Turner’s Jon Reznick, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, L.T. Ryan’s Jack Noble, Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch, David Baldacci’s John Puller, James Patterson’s Alex Cross, Mark Dawson’s John Milton, or Robert Crais’s Elvis Cole, this unputdownable Joe Beck thriller is for you.

Other books in the Joe Beck thriller you enjoy gripping action-packed thrillers packed with suspense, action, and loaded with twists & turns, the Joe Beck series is for you. You’ll be engrossed from start to finish and some of the scenes in the books will shock you!

Here’s the full

Army of Introducing Joe Beck (Joe Beck #1)It’s a gripping thriller set in McAllen, Texas, that sees Joe Beck abducted at gunpoint by a sinister group of men he's never seen before alongside a prostitute he’s barely just met.

Payback (Joe Beck #2)It’s a short thriller set in Trinidad, Colorado, that sees Joe Beck tackling a case of domestic abuse while coming at odds with crooked cops and outlaw bikers.

Easy Money (Joe Beck #3)It’s a gripping thriller set in Detroit, Michigan, where Joe Beck is set on finding a wanted man for the price on his head but soon falls into the crosshairs of a ruthless crime syndicate operating in the dark of the Detroit night.

74 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 7, 2020

About the author

Crime-thriller writer and author of the no-holds-barred, all-action Joe Beck books.

Joe Beck is an unlicensed outlaw private eye who roams the length and breadth of America righting wrongs and reaping riches while serving up his own hard brand of vigilante justice to those who deserve it most.

Books by Alastair Brown:

- Army of One: Introducing Joe Beck
- Payback: A Short Joe Beck Thriller
- Easy Money: A Joe Beck Thriller

Reviews

[Adam Copeland · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great short read packed with action. Enjoyed the cactus scene! Looking forward to the next one in the series.

[john alder · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good fast paced read. I had previously read the first book in this series, ‘An Army of One’ and already had a good insight into the main character, Joe Beck. I enjoyed this book and nothing was lost with it being a short story. My next book will be ‘Easy Money’, which is the third in the series. Well done to the author Alistair Brown. A well deserved 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[david hatzala · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wild series!

Never read a series with so much action and violence. Dude! What are you thinking when you write this stuff. Joe is a BMF for sure. But killing kids with bats set me back in my chair! It's fictional but I'm sure that people do that stuff somewhere in the US. Read the series quickly, couldn't put it down.

[William M. Bulling · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Second Book !!!!

Another woman in need, Joe taking act with deadly results. Bikers this time misspelling drugs. Situation cleaned up with the bad guys in jail or in the ground.

[Elaine and Tess the Springer. I won’t be on GR for a bit. · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the first book I have read from this author and I liked it. There is a lot of story packed into a short book. It is fast paced with plenty of action. I didn’t like it enough to read the series.

[Gladdis M · Rating 4 out of 5]

Only problem I found was it was too short! I wanted more of it!

[Martyn Proctor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good short read. Read it with Kindle Unlimited on my commute to work. Took about an hour and a bit. Nice way to pass a little bit of time. Really like the Joe Beck character!

[Alanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Had me gripped from the start. Enjoyed the end. Good book.

[JCH · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this in an hour on the train. Really enjoyed it. Would have like it to be longer. That's my only criticism.

[Roger · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good short book.

[pat williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read all three books and Jack Reacher has some 'll oomph catching up to do!
Really enjoyed all three looking forward to more in a similar vein.

[Edwrd Poole · Rating 5 out of 5]

Joe Beck cool dude.I have already started the next book in this series!!!!

[alan cupitt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good read

Joe Beck at his best a great short story would have preferred a longer story but I enjoyed every word

[rohan singh · Rating 1 out of 5]

Like a short action packed story , with many very "convenient just in time " occurrences to help take the story to a close . I found it just average .

[Bill Hooten · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, I'm really liking Joe Beck! This was really short, and a lot happened in these few pages. I will keep reading this series, and look forward to the third one in this series.

[Teresa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am now a Joe Beck fan!