Blood Ties

If you're a Spenser fan, the Ronan series is the spiritual successor: gritty crime fiction with heart, where the PI's integrity shines through the chaos.

In the gritty streets of Lowell, Massachusetts, private eye Ronan Marino - ex-Air Force special agent, lottery millionaire, and vigilante for the desperate, thought his dangerous days were over. Until a mobbed-up trucking boss is executed with Ronan's business card in his hand.

Then a defiant teen named Ava arrives at his door, claiming she's the daughter he never knew. Her missing mother - and Ronan's ex-wife - left behind stolen mob cash and deadly secrets tying her to the Armenian syndicate, a rogue CIA agent, and a black-market arms deal primed for global mayhem.

With his family targeted and enemies closing in, Ronan races through betrayal and bullets to safeguard his newfound daughter. But in a world where blood ties cut deeper than loyalty, can he outrun the past - or will it bury them all?

Blood Ties is a pulse-racing Ronan Marino Mystery, fusing noir grit and explosive action with heart.