The Echo of Violence

by Jordan Dane

  Special thanks to my editor, Lucia Macro, for your spot-on insight into this book, making the story and the characterizations stronger. As always, you rock. And thanks to all the staff at Avon Books who had a hand in this project, with a special shout-out to my terrific agent, Meredith Bernstein. It’s great having you in the trenches.

  Last but certainly NOT least, I would like to thank all of you crazy readers who have written me about this series and my other books. I especially love getting e-mails through my website at www.JordanDane.com, written in the wee hours of the morning after you’ve finished one of my novels and feel the urge to send me your thoughts in your jammies. You really make my day and I love hearing from you. So please, keep it up. You are the reason I write. And I hope you enjoy Alexa’s story as much as I did writing it. Jackson Kinkaid still haunts my dreams—in a very good way.

  About the Author

  Ripped from the headlines, JORDAN DANE’s gritty suspense plots weave a tapestry of vivid settings, intrigue, and dark humor. A thrilling ride of mystery and suspense–all in the first degree! She’s a member of Romance Writers of America, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and the International Thriller Writers. Jordan and her husband share their Oklahoma residence with an intelligent canine and two cats of highborn lineage.

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  Resounding praise for the novels of JORDAN DANE

  “Jordan Dane crafts nail-biting thrillers with fully realized but very damaged characters and plots that twist and turn and double back to bite the unwary. Her novels are twenty-first-century noir with guts and heart and a wicked sense of humor.”

  Jonathan Maberry, multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Patient Zero

  “A wonderful author who sets you up on a roller coaster, rising, falling, twisting.”

  New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham

  “Dane’s smooth style, believable characters, and intense pacing will remind readers of Lisa Jackson, Lisa Gardner, and Tami Hoag…. Her tight plotting and male characters are exceptional, bad guys and good.”

  Publishers Weekly

  “Breathtaking action, nail-biting suspense, and sizzling tension…Dane proves she’s a talent worth watching.”

  Amanda Stevens

  “High suspense and hot sex…all in the first degree.”

  Maggie Price, award-winning author of The Ransom

  “Jordan Dane will wring your emotions dry as she takes you on a wild ride…”

  USA Today bestselling author Merline Lovelace

  “Jordan Dane will make you think twice before you ever walk alone in the dark again.”

  Robin Burcell, award-winning author of The Bone Chamber

  By Jordan Dane

  THE ECHO OF VIOLENCE

  THE WRONG SIDE OF DEAD

  EVIL WITHOUT A FACE

  NO ONE LIVES FOREVER

  NO ONE LEFT TO TELL

  NO ONE HEARD HER SCREAM

  Coming Soon

  RECKONING FOR THE DEAD

  Copyright

  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

  THE ECHO OF VIOLENCE. Copyright © 2010 by Cosas Finas, LLC. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

  Excerpt from Reckoning for the Dead copyright © 2011 by Cosas Finas, LLC

  First Avon Books paperback printing: September 2010

  EPub Edition © July 2010 ISBN: 978-0-06-201388-0

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