Kerry Barnes

Billy Murphy built his empire on loyalty, strategy, and power, while Jesse Murphy built his career by enforcing the law. Two brothers, two sides, one war, from which neither can escape. Kenny Ruck is out of prison and out for revenge. His target? Cas Ferrier, Billy’s closest ally. But the real...

A gripping gangland thriller from bestselling author Kerry Barnes. Perfect for fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers. You’ve met the Murphy brothers. Now meet the sister. . . Nellie Murphy wants out of her family’s shadow–and an empire of her own. So when smooth-talking ex-con Radley...

Bonds are tested in a gripping story of betrayal, vengeance, and deadly ambition . . . Carrie and Dottie raised Billy and Jesse Murphy to have each other’s backs, no matter what. But on one fateful night, as Billy takes his girlfriend Willow on a date, his world takes a devastating turn. A few...

The second instalment of Kerry Barnes’s 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...

‘A shocking, gripping read’ Dreda Say Mitchell‘Sweeps along at a breakneck pace.’ Anna Smith 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...

The brand new 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...

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...

When Harper Kane is ready to push her grief aside and take down Teddy Ryder, she is suddenly faced with more shocking news.

He brutalised the wrong woman and now Harper Kane is coming for him....

Harley Mason, you may love her or hate her, but never underestimate her. As the Masons settle down to a more normal life following the death of three family members, a shocking discovery of a schoolgirl found dead in nearby woods starts the finger pointing once again....

Outcast is the latest gripping gangland crime thriller from Kerry Barnes, perfect for fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers. After serving eight years inside for armed robbery, Mitchell Swan comes home to find his family in chaos and his violent father-in-law to blame. Within hours, he...

Dottie Ellis falls for bad boy Jimmy, who sweeps her off her feet. But after discovering she is pregnant and learning that Jimmy has gone back to his ex-girlfriend Carrie Verne, her happiness falls apart. Heartbroken, Dottie runs home, only to unearth a family secret that rocks her to the core

With her loving partner Rohan, her daughter Dixie-Lee, and a stunning new home, Georgie Deacon should at last be content–but she isn't. She senses she is being watched, and frightening flashbacks come back to haunt her. But worse is yet to come.... After only two days working in a prestigious...

The first mistake was to underestimate Georgie. The second mistake was to underestimate her daughter. When Georgie Deacon's husband, Dixie, is found shot dead in the street, the police assume it's a revenge killing. However, things are not what they seem when two of her brothers-in-law are...

Georgie Deacon thinks nothing of it when a gang of girls led by Yasmin, a member of the notorious Marx family, knock at her door and threaten to hurt her daughter—that is until her daughter doesn't return home....

Before leaving prison, having served 12 years, Harper Kane makes a promise - to find out what happened to an inmate’s missing teenage daughter....

1964–London. Dolly Vincent is born to an East End gangster but is sent away for her own protection....

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...

When Jimmy Carson, twice the size and with twice the bravado, leaves prison, he's hellbent on getting his family back.