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Kate Jones Thriller #1-3
The Kate Jones Thriller Series, Vol. 2, Books 1-4: Cruising for Death / Yucatan Dead / A One Way Ticket to Dead
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The Kate Jones Thriller Series, Vol. 2 includes 3 action-packed adventure thrillers: CRUISING FOR DEATH, YUCATAN DEAD, and A ONE WAY TICKET TO DEAD.
CRUISING FOR DEATH: A mysterious artifact. A ruthless enemy. Paradise lost...
Kate Jones is on a luxury cruise in the Caribbean when a passenger dies of an apparent heart attack and the ship is boarded by modern-day pirates. Along with two other passengers, Kate is kidnapped by a long-lost enemy who wants to settle an old score.
Kate's vacation turns into non-stop action when she finds herself on a jet ski surrounded by sharks, staked down over patch of fast growing bamboo, and drugged in a Voodoo ceremony, all because of a mysterious artifact only she can recover. Add a 16th century Spanish shipwreck, hidden treasure, and an Obeah priestess and you've got trouble in paradise.
Can Kate recover the mysterious artifact in time, or will she face certain death?
It's adventure in paradise and promises all the fast-paced action readers have come to expect from the Kate Jones Thriller Series.
YUCATÁN DEAD: Retribution. Revenge. Murder. If your deadliest enemy was at your door, would you cut and run, or stand and fight?
For Kate Jones, being on the run was never going to be easy. But with a new identity and a new life, she was beginning to believe she'd made it through the worst.
Then, in an act of twisted revenge, Kate's kidnapped and imprisoned deep in the Yucatán by her deadly enemy, his intention to make her pay for her sins before her excruciating death. Fate intervenes and she's given a second chance by a group of off-the-grid commandos waging war against a vicious drug cartel. In return, she'll have to fight for her life--and theirs.
From peaceful northern Arizona to the steamy jungles of Mexico, Kate Jones must decide for herself if she'll cut and run...
...or turn and fight the evil that pursues her.
A ONE WAY TICKET TO DEAD: A powerful enemy. A fight for survival. A shocking betrayal.
Digging up the past can be deadly…
After years of running from her ex, Kate Jones is ready to bury the past and try to piece together a new normal. But first there’s a loose end to tie and it involves digging up old ghosts that are best left alone.
Unaware her actions have attracted the notice of a powerful enemy Kate is plunged into a deadly fight for survival, as both her life and the lives of the children of a man she once loved hang in the balance. And, with the possibility of an informant inside the DEA, she doesn’t know who she can trust.
From the emerald green shores of Seattle to the lush Yucatán jungle and unforgiving Sonoran desert, Kate Jones must once again face her past...and hope she survives.
The Kate Jones Thriller Series, Vol. 2 includes 3 action-packed adventure thrillers: CRUISING FOR DEATH, YUCATAN DEAD, and A ONE WAY TICKET TO DEAD.
CRUISING FOR DEATH: A mysterious artifact. A ruthless enemy. Paradise lost...
Kate Jones is on a luxury cruise in the Caribbean when a passenger dies of an apparent heart attack and the ship is boarded by modern-day pirates. Along with two other passengers, Kate is kidnapped by a long-lost enemy who wants to settle an old score.
Kate's vacation turns into non-stop action when she finds herself on a jet ski surrounded by sharks, staked down over patch of fast growing bamboo, and drugged in a Voodoo ceremony, all because of a mysterious artifact only she can recover. Add a 16th century Spanish shipwreck, hidden treasure, and an Obeah priestess and you've got trouble in paradise.
Can Kate recover the mysterious artifact in time, or will she face certain death?
It's adventure in paradise and promises all the fast-paced action readers have come to expect from the Kate Jones Thriller Series.
YUCATÁN DEAD: Retribution. Revenge. Murder. If your deadliest enemy was at your door, would you cut and run, or stand and fight?
For Kate Jones, being on the run was never going to be easy. But with a new identity and a new life, she was beginning to believe she'd made it through the worst.
Then, in an act of twisted revenge, Kate's kidnapped and imprisoned deep in the Yucatán by her deadly enemy, his intention to make her pay for her sins before her excruciating death. Fate intervenes and she's given a second chance by a group of off-the-grid commandos waging war against a vicious drug cartel. In return, she'll have to fight for her life--and theirs.
From peaceful northern Arizona to the steamy jungles of Mexico, Kate Jones must decide for herself if she'll cut and run...
...or turn and fight the evil that pursues her.
A ONE WAY TICKET TO DEAD: A powerful enemy. A fight for survival. A shocking betrayal.
Digging up the past can be deadly…
After years of running from her ex, Kate Jones is ready to bury the past and try to piece together a new normal. But first there’s a loose end to tie and it involves digging up old ghosts that are best left alone.
Unaware her actions have attracted the notice of a powerful enemy Kate is plunged into a deadly fight for survival, as both her life and the lives of the children of a man she once loved hang in the balance. And, with the possibility of an informant inside the DEA, she doesn’t know who she can trust.
From the emerald green shores of Seattle to the lush Yucatán jungle and unforgiving Sonoran desert, Kate Jones must once again face her past...and hope she survives.
714 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 23, 2014
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About the author
D.V. Berkom
50 books365 followersDV Berkom is the USA Today bestselling author of action-packed, riveting adventure and crime thrillers. Known for creating resilient, kick-ass female characters and page-turning plots, her love of the genre stems from a lifelong addiction to reading spy novels, action/adventure stories, and thrillers.
A restless soul and adventurer at heart, she spent years moving around the US and traveling to exotic locales before she wrote her first novel and was hooked. More than a dozen books later, she now makes her home in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, Mark, and several imaginary characters who like to tell her what to do. Her most recent books include the Claire Whitcomb Western Series: Retribution, Gunslinger, and Legend, and the latest in the Leine Basso thriller series: Final Encounter, Terminal Threat, Fatal Objective, A Plague of Traitors, and Shadow of the Jaguar. DV's currently hard at work on her next thriller.
For more information, visit her website at www.dvberkom.com. To be the first to hear about new releases and subscriber-only offers, go to: bit.ly/DVB_RL
Books by DV Berkom:
The Kate Jones Thriller Series:
Vol. 1 (books 1-3): Bad Spirits, Dead of Winter, Death Rites, Touring for Death
Cruising for Death
Yucatán Dead
A One Way Ticket to Dead
Vigilante Dead
The Leine Basso Thriller Series:
A Killing Truth
Serial Date
Bad Traffick
The Body Market
Cargo
The Last Deception
Dark Return
Absolution
Dakota Burn
Shadow of the Jaguar
A Plague of Traitors
Fatal Objective
Terminal Threat
Final Encounter
The Claire Whitcomb Western Series:
Retribution
Gunslinger
Legend
A restless soul and adventurer at heart, she spent years moving around the US and traveling to exotic locales before she wrote her first novel and was hooked. More than a dozen books later, she now makes her home in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, Mark, and several imaginary characters who like to tell her what to do. Her most recent books include the Claire Whitcomb Western Series: Retribution, Gunslinger, and Legend, and the latest in the Leine Basso thriller series: Final Encounter, Terminal Threat, Fatal Objective, A Plague of Traitors, and Shadow of the Jaguar. DV's currently hard at work on her next thriller.
For more information, visit her website at www.dvberkom.com. To be the first to hear about new releases and subscriber-only offers, go to: bit.ly/DVB_RL
Books by DV Berkom:
The Kate Jones Thriller Series:
Vol. 1 (books 1-3): Bad Spirits, Dead of Winter, Death Rites, Touring for Death
Cruising for Death
Yucatán Dead
A One Way Ticket to Dead
Vigilante Dead
The Leine Basso Thriller Series:
A Killing Truth
Serial Date
Bad Traffick
The Body Market
Cargo
The Last Deception
Dark Return
Absolution
Dakota Burn
Shadow of the Jaguar
A Plague of Traitors
Fatal Objective
Terminal Threat
Final Encounter
The Claire Whitcomb Western Series:
Retribution
Gunslinger
Legend
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August 13, 2019
Honestly D.V. Could write the instructions for a washer machine and it would be great.
This is such a great series. All action and such a page turner. To have 3 books together is a readers heaven .
I have read them all and enjoyed every one.
I repeat my review of Cruising for death for your pleasure.
This series just gets better and better. Even when Kate is not looking for trouble , it finds her. A relaxing cruise with her boyfriend turns into another tense thriller. A longer story which I absolutely loved. Kept me on the edge of my seat once again. It is a must read for sure.
This is such a great series. All action and such a page turner. To have 3 books together is a readers heaven .
I have read them all and enjoyed every one.
I repeat my review of Cruising for death for your pleasure.
This series just gets better and better. Even when Kate is not looking for trouble , it finds her. A relaxing cruise with her boyfriend turns into another tense thriller. A longer story which I absolutely loved. Kept me on the edge of my seat once again. It is a must read for sure.
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October 29, 2020
Book #2 – Kate Jones … Cruising for Death
Can’t a girl enjoy a great cruise; with good friends, good times, to se the Caribbean, the islands, the locals
and enjoy life?
Does Kate get it? …. NOT really!
Sure she was on a boat or boats, is with friends old and new, good and bad, was in the Caribbean, saw the
islands, saw and enjoyed some of the local entertainment and talents.
All true .. but … NOT as the travel brochures would have written it and shown it to you.
Read how Kate can’t catch a break even on a holiday.
Can’t a girl enjoy a great cruise; with good friends, good times, to se the Caribbean, the islands, the locals
and enjoy life?
Does Kate get it? …. NOT really!
Sure she was on a boat or boats, is with friends old and new, good and bad, was in the Caribbean, saw the
islands, saw and enjoyed some of the local entertainment and talents.
All true .. but … NOT as the travel brochures would have written it and shown it to you.
Read how Kate can’t catch a break even on a holiday.
May 13, 2020
Really exciting books, especially if you like strong women!
Ok,these are terrific thrillers. You just have to keep reading, no matter how late it gets! But I will say this: Me Berkom puts her leading ladies through hell!!! I hope I can say that because it's true! I think that's what attracted me to her books in the first place. I bought them in series of three,so I could have them in order. You don't have to read them like that,but it made more sense to me. Enjoy!
Ok,these are terrific thrillers. You just have to keep reading, no matter how late it gets! But I will say this: Me Berkom puts her leading ladies through hell!!! I hope I can say that because it's true! I think that's what attracted me to her books in the first place. I bought them in series of three,so I could have them in order. You don't have to read them like that,but it made more sense to me. Enjoy!
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