Becoming Saint Peter
Saint Peter Black Mystery Thriller, Book 1
The grass isn’t always greener on the other side. ..
Peter Black is considered to be a saint. He’s the CEO of a respectable investment firm and a generous philanthropist. But Peter is no saint. He’s a master manipulator, hiding behind a mask of professionalism.
Peter grew up in foster care with this twin brother, John. They inherited different traits from their abusive, alcoholic father. Peter is a sociopath, and John is an alcoholic down and out.
When Peter dies in a car crash, John snatches the opportunity to get a better life. He becomes Saint Peter.
Overcoming addiction, acting a new persona, and battling remorse, John struggles to conceal his true identity from the intuitive and enchanting Cassandra Rose. When cocaine snorting property developer, Ray Woods, wants to scam the government out of millions, John discovers that nothing is what it appears.
Is John shrewd enough to play the role of Saint Peter?
If you like Jeff Carson, John Stanford, Vince Flynn, Jack Higgins, Agatha Christie, or Alistair MacLean, then you’ll enjoy the Saint Peter Back mystery-thriller series.
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Saint Peter's Remorse
Saint Peter Black Mystery Thriller, Book 2
How can you atone for killing your twin brother?
John Black left his brother, Peter, to die in a car crash and assumed his identity. Now he’s the CEO of a criminal investment bank, but he’s tortured by guilt. When a beautiful woman comes into his life and enthusiastic criminal, Ray Woods, needs his help to manage a difficult investor, Peter seems to be getting his life under control again.
But guilt plagues him at every turn, and when Ray is double-crossed and confidential information leaks out about the investment bank, Peter needs to find answers before the true dealings of Janus Angelica are revealed.
Will Saint Peter slay his inner demons or succumb to their power?
Revealing Saint Peter
Saint Peter Black Mystery Thriller, Book 3
John is isolated and tired of living a lie. But coming clean isn’t an option.
Everyone knows him as Saint Peter Black – the generous philanthropist and CEO of an investment bank. But he’s an imposter. He stole the identity of his dead twin brother. And he got more than he bargained for. His brother’s investment bank was a front for extortion and fraud.
Only Cassandra Rose, the greedy finance director, knows the truth about John. And she’s getting too big for her boots.
Her ambition is dragging John deeper into the white-collar criminal underworld he never wanted to be part of.
When Cassandra plans to launch a major ransomware attack on a critical utility system, John pushes back. But Cassandra’s out of her depth. She owes a favour to the unforgiving, cigar-smoking cyber-criminal, Lexi Baryshev.
As the cyberattack escalates with catastrophic consequences, John reluctantly comes to Cassandra’s aid. But he can’t do it alone.
John can’t reveal his two-faced role as philanthropist and criminal without exposing who he really is. He’s trapped, yet he needs a new ally to neutralise Lexi’s assault.
Who can he trust? And will he reveal his true identity?
Saint Peter's Nemesis
Saint Peter Black Mystery Thriller, Book 4
After three months planning, everyone Peter cares about is in the firing line.
John Black, known to his friends and associates as Peter, is enjoying a quiet period as the CEO of Janus Angelica. He doesn’t need to hide his true identity from his friends any longer, and no one has heard a peep from Lexi Baryshev – the dangerous villain with a cruel streak.
But Lexi has been savouring her revenge. When she threatens Peter, tries to assassinate Cassandra, and puts Odell’s livelihood at risk, Peter looks for the simplest way out.
Fearful that he’s risking his friends’ by association and convinced that Lexi will stop at nothing, he tries to strike a deal and run away.
But Cassandra sees it differently.
From Liverpool to London and then a dramatic climax in a ghostly mausoleum near Glasgow, Peter evades Lexi’s assault and heads for the villain’s lair.
But will they escape unscathed from Lexi’s intricate web of retribution?
If you like Jeff Carson, John Stanford, Vince Flynn, Jack Higgins, Agatha Christie, or Alistair MacLean, then you’ll enjoy the Saint Peter Back mystery-thriller series.
For a fast, page-turning read full of twists and intrigue, download “Saint Peter’s Nemesis” now.
Saint Peter and the Italian Connection
Saint Peter Black Mystery Thriller, Book 5
From blazing warehouse fires to crippling currency devaluations, someone is coordinating an attack on John. Where does the trail lead, and who is the mysterious Lorenzo Truffa?
Still masquerading as his brother and reluctantly playing the role of Saint Peter, John’s criminal investment bank is on the brink of bankruptcy. Two years of diminishing criminal activities and high expenditure have hit their bank balance.
A coordinated arson attack on their money laundering operation, Chequered Past Antiques, wipes millions off their balance sheet. The biggest losers are three drug dealing gangsters. Now, they want their laundered money back – fast.
Surrounded by his friends, Cassandra, Odell and Ray, John is under more pressure than ever when an old enemy makes a surprise return.
The greedy Italian Fratelli brothers provide the clue to the true perpetrator of this attack. But can they be trusted?
This coordinated strike has stripped them of money, and options. Through a web of deception and misdirection, their journey culminates in a finale at a picturesque villa on the shore of Lago di Como.
Can John find the real puppet master behind this organised attack, and raise enough money to repay the gangsters?
Burying Saint Peter
Saint Peter Black Mystery Thriller, Book 6
John is on the run. The past has finally caught up with him.
Still masquerading as his dead twin brother, John has transformed Janus Angelica Investments into a legitimate enterprise. That’s when a vindictive government official starts digging into the firm’s illicit history.
John’s freedom, future happiness, and blossoming relationship with Cassandra are in jeopardy.
John has lived as an imposter for two years, playing the part of Saint Peter. He’s survived an assassination attempt from his nemesis, Lexi Baryshev. He’s ended all their nefarious activities. Along with friends, Cassandra and Odell, they have taken the firm completely legitimate.
Odell is due to retire. John and Cassandra’s almost-nearly relationship is inching forward step by step.
Finally, John will be the Saint Peter he always imagined – a respected CEO and generous philanthropist.
But from the grave, Lexi has one surprise left up her sleeve.
The Serious Fraud Office receives a hard drive of incriminating evidence. A government official, with a vendetta against John, takes on the case. He won’t stop until he brings them to justice, and settles his score with John.
As the net closes in, the friends split up. The solitary John must flee England. Forced to rely on the help of strangers, he races to the remote rendezvous point at the southern tip of Ireland.
It’s a high-stakes man-on-the-run thrill ride. Can John outrun the law, and will Cassandra go with him?