Dead Man's Payback: A Frank Mallory Thriller

By J.C. Moore

Hardboiled, character-driven, and built on cases that don't come with clean answers, the Frank Mallory P.I. series blends classic private eye storytelling with high-stakes action. Perfect for fans of Robert B. Parker, Lee Child, Don Winslow, and Vince Flynn. Smart, sharp, personal, and moving fast when it needs to.

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Some cases find you. This one tried to kill him first.

Frank Mallory used to do work he doesn't talk about. These days, he's a private investigator's assistant in New York City, taking routine cases, knocking on doors, and trying to keep his life pointed in a better direction.

Then someone tries to kill him.

The hit is clean and professional. Frank survives. His wife, Patricia, doesn't.

The police call it a robbery gone wrong. Frank knows better. He's seen this kind of work before, and it doesn't come cheap or happen by accident.

So he starts asking questions.

At first it's the usual places. Old contacts. Quiet conversations. The kind of people who remember him, even if they pretend not to. The deeper he digs, the more the past starts to close in. Old names surface. Old rules apply. And the line he's been trying to stay on gets harder to see.

New York has a way of holding onto its secrets. It also has a way of making you pay for them.

Frank Mallory is about to find out how much.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FNWWMJX1
• ISBN13: 9798262403394
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"