Kerry Barnes has 12 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 1 narrator, with an average listener rating of 4★ across 1 ratings. The most-rated is Ruthless.
Ruthless
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1964 - London. Dolly Vincent is born to an East End gangster but is sent away for her own protection. Mad Mick is hell-bent on his revenge and will stop at nothing to kill her. Estranged from her family, she becomes a successful barrister, but after defending a young Italian man she finds herself caught up in a secret held by a high court judge. Tortured and left for dead, she flees London and heads to New York. Only the Vincents know where she is...but even they don't know the truth. Now it’s 1990, and Francesca is back to face her demons...but this time she is not alone. One woman, three names.
©2016 Kerry Barnes (P)2018 W. F. Howes Ltd
The Hunted
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Kerry Barnes is back with an explosive new series! Having spent her life watching her father run his East London firm, Zara Ezra has learnt a thing or two about being a gangster, and she’s ready to take over when the time comes. Mike Regan, a blast from Zara’s past, is the head of his own firm, but when his son is kidnapped in the middle of a gangland feud, Mike has no choice but to accept help from the Ezras to get his little boy back alive. With a rival firm playing increasingly dirty, murder moves to the top of the agenda, and Zara has some big choices to make. It seems that the only way to come out on top is to play them at their own game.... But will she become The Hunter or The Hunted?
©2018 Kerry Barnes (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers
Raw Justice
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A Vincent is dead and the police have no idea who the killer is. The notorious Ruthers, a villainous family caught up in drugs and prostitution are the only link to the murder. Dolly returns to England to do what she does best and unravels a web of lies. With her family once more behind her she will stop at nothing to exact her revenge. But nothing prepares her for the most horrific discovery. The sinister secrets held within the judiciary are more disturbing than she could have ever imagined. The true meaning of the 'Gentlemen's Club' will shock her to the core. Older and wiser, Dolly comes face to face with her last living demon, and this time she is taking no prisoners.
©2017 Kerry Barnes (P)2019 W. F. Hows Ltd
Ruby's Palace
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The Vincents' nightclubs are popping up all over London. The O'Connells plan to get their hands on the Palaces...but gypsies have no place in the Vincents' business. Disregarding the warnings and the rumours of the disappearance of the entire McManners family, the O'Connells plot a scam so cruel even their own kind shuns them. Ruby Vincent is now 15, and she may look like her aunt Francesca, but she still has Jesse Right's blood running through her veins. Turning her back on the family, she goes in search of the truth. What she finds will haunt her.... She should have left the boogie man to rot in hell. ‘When you've made your bed, you must lie in it.'
©2017 Kerry Barnes (P)2018 W. F. Howes Ltd
Wicked Lies
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Eddie Raven’s legacy continues.... A gripping thriller with a shocking twist of fate. Behind the cold, damp walls of the cottage, 17-year-old Malakai River is left to fend for his younger sisters. In her selfish quest for freedom, his mother shacks up with a small-time gangster and recklessly leaves the children behind. When Jean River returns a year later, she makes two shocking discoveries - a decomposing body of a young woman in her cottage...and Kelly Raven. Malakai, battling to keep his sisters safe, steps into a world he knows nothing about, but he soon realises he has what most men fear - the face of his father. Yet even that won’t stop the enemy in the wings trying to destroy his family.
©2018 Kerry Barnes (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd
Cruel Secrets
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A gripping thriller that will shock you to the core. Controlled all her life by her religious mother, 15-year-old Kelly Raven commits the ultimate sin. She soon discovers that running away to the cold, frightening streets of London is less harsh than her previous life. A drug dealer, two fraudsters, and a prostitute are her new family now, and she becomes the woman she was destined to be. Little does she know that Eddie Raven is coming for her, but she is no sweet four-year-old child, and he is certainly no doting father. The Raven's blood may run through her veins, but in her case, blood is not thicker than water.
©2017 Kerry Barnes (P)2018 W.F. Howes Ltd
The Choice
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Another gripping, gritty crime thriller from Kerry Barnes that will have you hooked. The wrong choice may just get you killed.... Mike Regan and Zara Ezra believe the so-called Governor is safely locked away - in Zara’s hangar. But less than 24 hours later, the Governor is loose and out there, wreaking havoc. After what Zara made him do to his own son, she knows he’ll be back with more than murder on his mind. Moving the families to a safe place was all the firm could do to protect them. But now one of the boys goes missing. It can only mean one thing - the Governor has started his revenge. Zara is faced with an unimaginable choice just as she forced the Governor to make his - only this time, it could cost the man she loves his life.
©2018 Kerry Barnes (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers
Ugly Truth
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The latest crime thriller from best-selling author Kerry Barnes.
©2019 Kerry Barnes (P)2020 W. F. Howes Ltd
Deceit
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Someone’s watching you.... Living in a beautiful home on the edge of a council estate, Kara Bannon can’t imagine what it’s like to have nothing. An eerie phone call plays on her mind and within three days she loses everything – her job, her home and Justin, the only person she thought she could trust. Alone and terrified, she makes a decision that will change her life forever. Suddenly she has to enter a new world – Prison. Revenge is not always so sweet.... The gripping new gangland crime thriller from best seller Kerry Barnes. Perfect for fans of Kimberley Chambers, Martina Cole and Jacqui Rose.
©2018 Kerry Barnes (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers
Voice of Reason
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A heart-stopping thriller with so many twists and turns it will leave you breathless. When Dionne married a nightclub owner, Luke Mason, a whisper in her ear told her she would have it all - the money, the house and the luxury lifestyle. But she never expected her life to turn upside down the day they became parents to twins. After a Mason family member is murdered, a psychiatrist is asked to assist with the investigation. Dr Renee, a research psychiatrist, has spent her life’s work studying the existence of the ‘Gemini Gene’ - a gene believed to exist in a few high-functioning psychopaths. Little does she know that she is not alone in her quest. In the shadows lurks someone who also has a special interest in the gene. Will Dr Renee discover if the Gemini Gene exists, or will it be the voice of reason who has the answers?
©2020 Kerry Barnes (P)2020 W F Howes
The Rules
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The second instalment of Kerry Barnes’ explosive new series! Do you live by the rules or die by them? Holed up in prison, Mike Regan is offered a deal - his freedom in exchange for his firm taking down the gang that is supplying a new dangerous drug that has hit the streets. What starts as a game soon becomes a shocking revelation with devastating consequences. Meanwhile, Mike’s fiancé, Zara Ezra, has her own firm to run. But when the so-called Governor is out to take her down, she has her own decision to make - either fight, run, or write her own rule book....
©2018 Kerry Barnes (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers
Raising a Gangster
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A gripping story of revenge - the prequel to Cruel Secrets - from the gangland governor, Kerry Barnes! Bermondsey, London. With an absent father and a penniless mother, Cyril Reardon is determined to be the man of the house. As young as eight, Cyril is a charmer, a planner, and a risk-taker. A rare trip to the country, shows Cyril a completely different world, and it opens his eyes to how the other half lives. A young man wants Cyril shot dead but receives a nasty scar and a few injuries that set him on a path of revenge. Little does he know that all the time he was being raised a lord, Cyril Reardon was being raised a gangster. Only one of them is a gentleman. Only one of them plays the cards they were dealt.
©2020 Kerry Barnes (P)2020 W F Howes