Payback
WHAT KIND OF TROUBLE COULD YOU GET INTO AT A FAMOUS WRITERS CONFERENCE?
Thriller Jubilee is a renowned week-long writers conference held every year at the luxurious Hotel Marisol on the sun-drenched island of Punta Maya. Attracting literary luminaries and reading fans alike, this year's conference is attended by one guest too many, a writer wannabe whose efforts have not received the recognition the author expects--one might say demands.
As conference officials discover participants are quietly disappearing, they wrestle with the question of whether to disclose that a serial killer may be on the loose, fearing that it could trigger a panic and permanently destroy the event--and the host organization.
Payback, third in the popular Brooks/Lotello Thriller series, is a fantasy murder mystery blended with today's real-world obsession with society's moral decay, for example the college admissions scandal and the failure of sports, academic, and church leaders to expel offenders within their ranks preying on those entrusted to such organizations.
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"A deftly plotted, highly entertaining island murder mystery, page-turning PAYBACK breaks new ground in the political and legal thriller genre and is sure to broaden author Ronald S. Barak's burgeoning fan base." --Best Thriller Magazine
"First The Amendment Killer, next The Puppet Master, and now PAYBACK, whenever Barak brings it, it's tense, timely, and terrific!" --Lee Child, #1 NY Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher novels
"PAYBACK, timely, poignant and terrifying. Every writer's nightmare, or fantasy." --Robert Dugoni, #1 international bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite novels
"Fasten your seatbelt, Barak has done it again! A breakneck thrill ride with an unforgettable antagonist. This one will keep you up way past your bedtime." --Liv Constantine, internationally bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish
"This time, in PAYBACK, Barak takes on the writing world in this entertaining and brilliant blockbuster." --K.J. Howe, author of the Thea Paris thriller novels, Freedom Broker and Skyjack
"Taken from today's news, PAYBACK is compelling and captivating. A must for readers and writers alike." --Jon Land, author of the Jessica Fletcher Murder She Wrote novels
"Ron Barak knows so much about writers and serial killers, it's downright scary. Warning: Replace the batteries in your smoke detector before reading. PAYBACK will have you turning the pages so fast, the book will catch fire!" --Paul Levine, #1 Amazon bestselling author of the Jake Lassiter series
"The Brooks/Lotello stories are immediately likable and pack a bone-jarring punch. In PAYBACK, Barak swings for the fences and knocks it out of the park." --Barry Lancet, award-winning author of The Spy Across the Table
"PAYBACK conjures the mastery of Agatha Christie when attendees of a remote writers retreat begin to mysteriously disappear. Ronald S. Barak's seemingly amateur sleuth, looking only to hone his writing skills, finds himself in the midst of murder rather than the middle of a manuscript--all of which gives a new meaning to the maxim: 'publish or perish.'" --Rick Pullen, bestselling author of Naked Ambition and Naked Truth
"PAYBACK is a cleverly plotted, tightly wound whodunit that keeps you on the edge of your seat 'til the very end!" --Charles Rosenberg, bestselling author of Death on High Floor
