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Killer Instinct

A Lesbian Thriller

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Killer Instinct

By: Barbara Winkes
Narrated by: TJ Richards
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From the author of the best-selling titles Secrets, and Indiscretions, comes a vigilante justice thriller....

Joanna’s career ends after she kills a murderer and fails to cover her tracks. After serving a prison sentence, she struggles to pick up the pieces. The only person from her old life still keeping in touch is Vanessa, the Internal Affairs inspector who was the lead investigator in Joanna’s case. Guilt and open questions define their tentative friendship.

When there’s a new development in one of Joanna’s old cases, she can’t stay away, even at the cost of losing everything...including Rue, the woman she’s been falling for....

Enough is enough....

©2018 Barbara Winkes (P)2025 Barbara Winkes Crime Crime Fiction Fiction Literature & Fiction Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Vigilante Justice
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A great story by Barbara Winkes beautifully read by T. J. Richard’s. I loved the characters of Joanna and Rue and their relationship, and also Vanessa. An excellent read.

Outstanding

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really enjoyed this book on my long spring walks. kept me walking for longer.

Great listen & really kept my interest 👌

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I kinda of knew how it was going to end but at the same time I would hand hated if it had ended badly 😊

I lief the speed and suspense

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Killer Instinct opens with a pretty traditional scene, where a woman escapes her killer. I don’t need the author to give me all the all the gory details to understand the killer is an awful person and I was happy to find that Barbara Winkes seems to be on the same page as me. In a few sentences, I got that this woman had just been through a very traumatic experience and was running for her life. It was just enough and the story could begin.

The most interesting part of the book is the main character, Joanna. She’s a former cop who had to spend a few years in prison for killing a serial killer in cold blood. She shares an unlikely friendship with the Internal Affairs inspector who sent her to jail at the time, Vanessa. What happened to the woman from the first scene reminds her of an old cold case. She can’t help getting involved, especially when her new lover Rue disappears.

I loved the relationships between Joanna and Vanessa on one hand and between Joanna and Rue on the other. Joanna’s internal struggles about the old case, the new one, the one that put an end to her career, all were absolutely captivating. TJ Richards’ narration was excellent, too.

Great story, excellent characters

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That’s my first book by Barbara Winkes, I loved the story and moving on to book 2.

Thrilling!

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