Deep Dirty Truth

By Steph Broadribb

Single-mother Florida bounty-hunter Lori Anderson returns in another nail-biting, high-voltage read. When Lori is kidnapped, and her family threatened, she has 48 hours to save them … or lose everything…

‘A real cracker’ Mark Billingham

‘My kind of book’ Lee Child

‘Like Midnight Run, but much darker … really, really good’ Ian Rankin

A price on her head. A secret worth dying for. 48 hours to expose the truth…

Single-mother bounty-hunter Lori Anderson finally has her family back together, but her new-found happiness is shattered when she’s snatched by the Miami Mob – and they want her dead. Rather than a bullet, they offer her a job: find the Mob’s ‘numbers man’ who’s in protective custody after being forced to turn federal witness against them. If Lori succeeds, they’ll wipe the slate clean and the price on her head – and those of her family – will be removed. If she fails, they die.

With North due in court in 48 hours, Lori sets off across Florida, racing against the clock to find him and save her family. Only in this race the prize is more deadly – and the secret she shares with JT more dangerous – than she ever could have imagined.

In this race only the winner gets out alive…

‘Lori thinks with viper-like speed, speaks with strength and acts from her gut. Steph Broadribb has constructed a thoroughly believable world full of substantial yet flawed characters. I quite simply love this series, I leap in with total faith and just let myself go. Deep Dirty Truth is a thrilling, assertive and energetic read’ LoveReading

'Sharp, thrilling and one hell of a ride. This series just gets better and better!’ Chris Whitaker

‘Brilliant and pacey’ Steve Cavanagh

‘Perfect for fans of Lee Child and Janet Evanovich’ Alex Caan

‘Broadribb’s writing is fresh and vivid, crackling with life … an impressive thriller, the kind of book that comfortably sits alongside seasoned pros’ Crime Watch

‘Fresh, fast and zinging with energy’ Sunday Mirror

‘Romping entertainment that moves faster than a bullet’ Sunday Express

‘Stylish with an original take on the lone wolf/bounty hunter theme. This is a novel alive with tension and intriguing twists. … There’s a good deal of wit at the expense of the complacent, anachronistic, loud mouthed quick-fisted mobsters. Just a whole hell of a lot of fun’ New Books Magazine

‘This is every bit as lively an outing for Broadribb’s heroine as its predecessor, and the pace is satisfyingly unrelenting’ Barry Forshaw’s Book of the Month, CrimeTime

‘Fast-faced, page-turning thriller …  It is so refreshing to read a thriller with a female central character. Especially when that female is as all-round compelling as Lori Anderson’ CrimeSquad

‘Nerve-wracking and so fast-paced you won’t have time to even stop and breathe … a totally cracking book three’ Jen Med’s Book Reviews

‘A compelling and thrilling read, with a kickass protagonist readers are going to love’ By-the-Letter Book Reviews

‘With a heroine who jumps off the page and a fantastic supporting cast, this series is a sure-fire winner for anyone with a pulse’ SJI Holliday

‘Fast and furious … a book you genuinely can’t put down’ TripFiction

‘The best one yet’ Ginger Nut

‘A tightly plotted, breathlessly paced, action packed, character driven novel that reads like the best blockbuster action movies’ Beardy Book Blogger

‘Addictive, fun, bang on the money from first page to last!’ Liz Loves Books

‘Superb’ Hair Past a Freckle

• Language: English
• Publisher: ORENDA BOOKS
• Release date: Nov 5, 2018
• ISBN: 9781912374564

Steph Broadribb

Steph Broadribb was born in Birmingham and grew up in Buckinghamshire. A prolific reader, she adored crime fiction from the moment she first read Sherlock Holmes as a child. She’s worked in the UK and the US, has an MA in Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) and trained as a bounty hunter in California. Her other novels include the first book in the Retired Detectives Club—Death in the Sunshine—which was a bestseller in the UK, USA, Australia and Canada, along with the Lori Anderson bounty hunter series and the Starke/Bell psychological police procedural books (writing as Stephanie Marland). Her books have been shortlisted for the eDunnit eBook of the year award, the ITW Best First Novel award, the Dead Good Reader Awards for Fearless Female Character and Most Exceptional Debut, and longlisted for the Guardian ‘Not The Booker’ Prize. Along with other female authors, she provides coaching for new crime writers via www.crimefictioncoach.com. You can find out more about Steph at www.stephbroadribb.com, and get in touch via Facebook (@CrimeThrillerGirl) and Twitter (@crimethrillgirl).

Reviews for Deep Dirty Truth

[atticusfinch1048 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Deep Dirty Truth – Winner Winner Chicken DinnerDeep Dirty Truth is the third book in Steph Broadribb’s Lori Anderson series, and what a winner this is. Once again, we see a strong female lead character who breaks all the stereotypes as Lori Anderson is a kick ass, as strong as an ox character, who can still be female without being cast as butch.Lori Anderson has been kidnapped after dropping her daughter off at school and finds herself a few hours later in a dress and being presented to Old Man Bonchese, the head of the Miami Mob. The man that has put a price on her head for killing her former husband and a made guy with the Mob. He puts a proposition to her, find his former right-hand man Carlton North and return him to the mob, and he will remove the price on her head. Fail then the price remains and extends to those who she loves.It is when he tells her, that North is in protective custody with he FBI so that he can be a witness at a trial in Tallahassee. Lori realises she is on a hiding to nothing, but knows she has to succeed whatever the cost. What she did not realise was that breaking North out of protective custody was the easiest part of the job. It would be getting him back to Old Man Bonchese avoiding the FBI and more importantly members of the Miami Mob who want to see North and Anderson dead and would not stop at anything.With daughter and her lover well out of reach of the mob, North and Lori fight to what could be there end to get back to Miami. While at the same time trying work out who is friendly and who would happily put a bullet in them.Steph Broadribb has written one of the best books of 2019 it is that good to state that so early. It is no wonder this series is being optioned for film, still see Reece Witherspoon as Lori, but that might be more about me than her.Winner, winner, chicken dinner!