Witness

Sometimes, falling in love can be murder...

Five assassins...

One target...

Ten million in cash...

Winner take all.

Former Miami homicide detective Kari Phillips doesn't know she's being hunted.

When she entered the Federal Witness Protection Program, she was given a new identity and was moved to a new location. She feels safe now. She's almost finished with the training she needs to start a new career, and her interest in love and intimacy has suddenly been reignited in a big way. Everything's going great...

Until a mysterious black SUV starts showing up.

Has the man Kari testified against managed to locate her somehow?

Unaware that five professional killers are engaged in an unprecedented competition - with a tremendous amount of money on the line - Kari is determined to find out why she's being tailed.

And, as her list of friends starts getting shorter and shorter, it soon becomes clear that the man she's falling in love with is the only person on the planet she can trust.

Previously published under the title A Thin Ribbon of Smoke

Also by Jude Hardin

The Reacher Experiment series
DEAD RINGER
MOVING TARGET
NO ESCAPE
KILL SHOT
357 SUNSET
REDLINE
END GAME
RICOCHET
GONE

The Nicholas Colt series:
COLT
LADY 52
POCKET-47
CROSSCUT
SNUFF TAG 9
RATTLED (Short story)
KEY DEATH
BLOOD TATTOO
SYCAMORE BLUFF
THE JACK REACHER FILES: FUGITIVE
THE JACK REACHER FILES: VELOCITY (Short story)
THE BLOOD NOTEBOOKS

Note: Although published at a later date, the events in COLT and LADY 52 precede those in Jude Hardin's debut thriller POCKET-47. All of the books listed work as stand-alone thrillers, depending on reader preference. Nicholas Colt also appears in several short stories, including the one titled RATTLED and the one titled RACKED.

Praise for Jude Hardin's Thrillers:

POCKET-47 sucked me in and held me enthralled. Author Jude Hardin keeps the pace frantic, the thrills non-stop, but best of all is his hero, the wonderfully ironic Nicholas Colt. This is a character I'm eager to follow through many adventures to come.
- Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of DIE AGAIN: A RIZZOLI & ISLES NOVEL

The best PI debut I've read in years, fit to share shelf space with the best of Ross Macdonald, Sue Grafton, and Robert B. Parker. POCKET-47 is so hot you may burn your hands reading. Highly recommended.
- J.A. Konrath, author of the Jack Daniels mysteries

Hardin gets everything right in his powerhouse thriller debut, which introduces rock star - turned - PI Nicholas Colt.
- Publishers Weekly on POCKET-47

KEY DEATH is an exhilarating thriller that punches way above its weight. It hits you hard and fast with crackling suspense, hair-raising twists and stunning revelations. Word of advice: don't start on this one unless you're prepared to stay up all night.
- John Ling, author of THE BLASPHEMER

Colt is a physical, no-holds-barred PI, reminiscent of Robert B. Parker's Spenser and Lee Child's Jack Reacher, and his debut is action-packed. With a hefty toll of dead bodies, some described in cringe-inducing detail, this is crime fiction at its rawest. Hard-boiled connoisseurs should make Colt's acquaintance now.
- Booklist on POCKET-47

With CROSSCUT, Jude Hardin takes the PI novel and psychological suspense to a new, unrestrained level. Fast, fierce, and relentless.
- David Morrell, New York Times bestselling creator of Rambo


Genre: Thriller