Baby's Breath by Russell Jones

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A spectacularly satisfying thriller.

...a master of descriptive prose and storytelling ... I was lost in this book, my emotions constantly changing ... Even in the midst of the darkest times, there were laugh out loud moments.

Emotionally shattering and unputdowable

By the end of the first chapter, I was hooked ... Fast paced, witty and full of twists and turns making it nigh on impossible to put down

What a great book!

Well written, believable characters, a healthy dose of humor and a really good story. I didn't see the ending coming and it didn't disappoint

Crackles with tension throughout the entire story

This is a great read ... shocking and surprising but you're left wanting to know more

This is a terrific read

A real page-turner from start to finish. Erin is a wonderful character - deeply flawed but so identifiable. How Russ Jones gets inside her head is remarkable.

Russ Jones knocks it out of the park!

A compelling read all the way through. Unputdownable! More please.

An insanely good book!

Gripping, descriptive, compelling story. Well worth a read if psychological thrillers are your bag!

Fantastic!

A really good story, laughs, twists, suspense, karma, love, etc. all that good stuff.

Astounding first novel

Intriguing, disturbing, witty, clever, but most of all thoroughly enjoyable and difficult to put down.

What a Fantastic Book... I Didn't Want It To Come to An End!

So many twists and turns you are required to keep your wits about you throughout this fantastic, thrilling book and I most definitely did not see that ending coming

Pacey, twisty thriller that will leave you breathless.

Don't start it if you have anything pressing to do, because you absolutely won't want to put it down! The way this story pulls you through feels almost physical

This book is extraordinary.

From the very beginning, you're hooked into Erin's life, and as the story unfolds, you realise that she isn't the woman you thought she was. She's done some pretty despicable things and made some awful choices in her life, and yet the writer manages to have you absolutely on her side.

Reviews of Baby's Breath from Amazon readers

Erin Callahan is no hero.

She's a liar, a drunk, an addict, and a homewrecker.

She's also a traumatized survivor of a horrific school shooting, haunted by her own worst decisions.

But her brokenness is also her weapon.

Armed with little more than a chip on her shoulder and a stubborn refusal to stay down, she stumbles into the dark underbelly of her small Ohio town. Her search for a simple truth accidentally makes her the enemy of the most powerful people in the state, and she's the one person reckless enough to take them on.

She doesn't fight for justice. She fights because she's got nothing left to lose.

Baby's Breath

Erin Callahan survived the massacre. Her nightmare is just beginning.

A bouquet arrives on her doorstep with a chilling five-word note: I killed them for you.

Suddenly, she's a suspect to the cops, and a prize to a killer who sees himself as her savior. To unmask the real monster, Erin must plunge into the dark past she fought to escape... and confront the truth of what she's capable of.

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Fallen Feathers

She survived the monster. Now she must hunt the saints.

A year after the massacre, Erin Callahan is losing her grip. Haunted by nightmares and on the brink of losing her home, she's slipping back into the darkness she fought to escape.

A stranger's offer seems like a lifeline: a small fortune to prove the powerful Dominion of Light church conned a dying man. But the simple case of fraud unravels into a decades-old mystery.

Hunted by ruthless enforcers and a threat from her past, Erin must expose the truth before she's buried along with it.

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About the author

I'm Russell Jones: a middle-aged Englishman whose life contains a frankly disappointing number of car chases. Two, at most.

So naturally, I write psychological thrillers.

My background is in comedy — incuding the Sunday Times Bestseller The Decade in Tory — but I've always believed the best way to understand the darkness is to write through it. And then run away.

I'm a one-man-band: I write the books, design the covers, build the website... Eat your heart out, Lin-Manuel Miranda.

It's an exhilarating, terrifying process, but I love it. And I hope these stories leave you as breathless as they left me.

Why connect with me on Bluesky, when you could go outside and talk to real people?