The Kira Brightwell Starter Collection

Jacquelyn Smith

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Kira Brightwell enjoys two things—outsmarting bad guys and kicking ass.

Well, that and listening to Nine Inch Nails. (Bonus, if she can manage all three at once.)

She never expected anyone to call her a hero... But when life throws a punch, Kira always finds a way to hit back.

This fast-paced starter collection includes the first three novels from the Kira Brightwell mystery series by the author of the Mackenzie Quinn mysteries, Jacquelyn Smith. (Originally published under the pen name Kat Irwin.):

Split Decision (Kira Brightwell Book 1)
Black and Blue (Kira Brightwell Book 2)
Low Blow (Kira Brightwell Book 3)

Split Decision (Kira Brightwell Book 1)

Kira Brightwell never planned to become a private detective. Or a local hero, for that matter.

She only wants to hone her MMA skills. And focus on her own personal need for vengeance and closure. While listening to Nine Inch Nails.

But people call Kira a hero for a reason. She never walks away from trouble.

And between her wits and her fists, she can take down just about anything that gets thrown her way.

Meet Kira in action in this first novel in the Kira Brightwell mystery series. If you love a clever heroine who kicks ass, grab this book.

Black and Blue (Kira Brightwell Book 2)

Kira Brightwell hates to lose—in the MMA cage or outside of it. But her failure to capture the serial abductor known as the Procurer rankles most of all.

Four months. Four months spent obsessing over the last time he slipped through her fingers with nothing to show for it.

Time to move on—at least for the moment. (For her own sanity, if nothing else.)

...Easier said than done.

This fast-paced, suspenseful novel pushes Kira deeper into uncharted territory as a problem solver for hire, with dangerous consequences. Follow the path of a clever heroine’s obsession in this second book from the Kira Brightwell mystery series.

Low Blow (Kira Brightwell Book 3)

Kira Brightwell knows how to take a punch. (Actually, she prefers throwing them.)

Abduction, theft, murder… She faces all these crimes and more on her own terms as a private detective for hire.

She also searches for any clues that might fulfill her quest for vengeance against the man known only as the Procurer.

...But a recent twist in circumstances leaves her rocked.

The growing legend of abduction survivor and local hero Kira Brightwell takes an unexpected turn in this third novel in the Kira Brightwell mystery series.

Disponibile da: 23/11/2023.

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