(Vanessa Munroe: Book 2)

The Innocent

Fearless heroine, Vanessa Munroe - brilliant, intelligent and utterly ruthless - is here to sort out the bad guys in this gripping series.Think Jason Bourne, meets Lara Croft and you're halfway there…

Vanessa Michael Munroe – the fearless heroine of the New York Times bestseller The Informationist – returns in a gripping thriller sequel for fans of Lisbeth Salander, Jack Reacher and Jason Bourne.

Munroe is a sensational character and Stevens is a sensational writer

The world may have found its next Lisbeth Salander

One of the best thrillers of the year!

A globe-trotting thriller. . . . The Informationist is an accessible, crisply told tale

Stevens’s blazingly brilliant debut introduces a great new action heroine, Vanessa Michael Munroe, who doesn’t have to kick over a hornet’s nest to get attention, though her feral, take-no-prisoners attitude reflects the fire of Stieg Larsson’s Lisbeth Salander….Thriller fans will eagerly await the sequel to this high-octane page-turner.

A heroine every bit as provocative as Stieg Larsson’s Lisbeth Salander.

Part Lisbeth Salander, part Jason Bourne, Munroe comes out swinging hard again. . . . A gritty, suspenseful novel.

Taylor Stevens has a remarkable life story - raised in a religious cult, the Children of God, she was denied basic education, her storytelling quashed by cult leaders, and her writing confiscated and burned. When she finally broke free of the movement, she was determined to write a novel - and she has now written three, The Informationist, The Innocent and The Doll. 
 
The Informationist was an instant bestseller on publication in America. Taylor Stevens has lived in central Africa but now lives in Dallas. 
 
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Vanessa Michael Munroe – the fearless heroine of the New York Times bestseller The Informationist – returns in a gripping thriller sequel for fans of Lisbeth Salander, Jack Reacher and Jason Bourne. 
 
Eight years ago, a man walked five-year-old Hannah out the front doors of her school and spirited her over the Mexican border, taking her into the world of a cult known as The Chosen. 
 
Now, after years of searching, childhood survivors of the group have found the girl in Argentina. But getting her out is a whole new challenge. 
 
For the rescue they need someone who is brilliant, fearless and utterly ruthless. 
 
They need Vanessa Michael Munroe. 
 
Because the only way to get Hannah out is for Munroe to go in …

(Vanessa Munroe: Book 1)

The Informationist

A New York Times bestseller, The Informationist introduces Vanessa Michael Munroe, a brilliant new heroine, in a thriller for fans of Lisbeth Salander, Jack Reacher and Jason Bourne.

One of the best thrillers of the year!

Written with the muscular force of Lee Child and the geo-political foresight of Frederick Forsyth, it announces the arrival of a new heroine.

With exotic locations, a twisty plot and plenty of violent action,  it’s a fresh and punchy thriller.

Lean and mean thriller featuring Vanessa Michael Munroe … owes much to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. But Stevens stamps the novel with her own bleak, punishing, bullet-flying outlook …Out of that gloomy intensity comes edgy suspense.

Stevens’s harrowing third Vanessa Michael Munroe novel…Munroe remains as compelling as ever: violent yet protective of innocence, imprisoned by not only her past but also the choices she has made in response to it, and painfully conscious of her closeness to sanity’s edge

A New York Times bestseller, The Informationist introduces Vanessa Michael Munroe, a brilliant new heroine, in a thriller for fans of Lisbeth Salander, Jack Reacher and Jason Bourne. 
 
 
'One of the best thrillers of the year!' Tess Gerritsen 
 
Vanessa Munroe deals in information - covert information. With an extraordinary intellect, a physique that allows her to pass as either male or female, and ruthless martial arts skills, she offers a unique service to anyone - government or individual - who'll pay her. 
 
Now a Texas oil billionaire has hired her to find his daughter, who vanished in Africa four years earlier. Where international investigators have tried and failed, Munroe follows a cold trail far into the lawless lands of central Africa. 
 
And then things spin out of control. 
 
Pulled deep into the mystery of the missing girl, Munroe finds herself cut off from civilisation and left for dead. Her only hope of discovering the truth - and of getting out of Africa alive - is to face up to the violent past that she's fought so hard to forget.

Taylor Stevens

Munroe is a sensational character and Stevens is a sensational writer

The world may have found its next Lisbeth Salander

With exotic locations, a twisty plot and pleny of violent action it's a fresh and punchy thriller

Written with the muscular force of Lee Child and the political insight of Frederick Forsythe. No wonder Terminator director James Cameron has snapped up film rights

(Vanessa Munroe: Book 3)

Information specialist Vanessa ‘Michael’ Munroe has a global reputation for getting things done, often dangerous and violent things. 
 
But her reputation has brought her dangerous enemies. 
 
On a busy Dallas street, Munroe is kidnapped by an unseen opponent and thrust into an underground world where women and girls are merchandise and a shadowy figure known as The Doll Maker controls her every move. 
 
Now everything pivots on one simple choice: Munroe must use her unique set of skills to deliver a high-profile young woman into the same nightmare that she once endured, or condemn to torture and certain death the one person she loves above all else.

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