“A MASTERPIECE OF THRILLER AND MYSTERY. Blake Pierce did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. Full of twists, this book will keep you awake until the turn of the last page.” --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone) CITY OF PREY (An Ava Gold Mystery—Book 1) is the debut novel in a long-anticipated new series by #1 bestseller and USA Today bestselling author Blake Pierce, whose bestseller Once Gone (a free download) has received over 1,000 five star reviews. In the rough streets of 1920s New York City, 34 year-old Ava Gold, a widower and single mom, claws her way up to become the first female homicide detective in her NYPD precinct. She is as tough as they come, and willing to hold her own in a man’s world.But when a psychotic serial killer unleashes a rampage, murdering young women across the city, Ava will have to search the dark canals of the twisted killer’s mind if she has any hope of hunting him down. With psychological profiling still in its infancy, and mocked by most, Ava will be even more alone as she follows her instinct, and hunts him down in a dangerous game of cat and mouse.Just when it seems the stakes couldn’t be higher, Ava comes to an awful realization: she herself may be the next target.Amidst the speakeasies, jazz clubs, mafia-run prohibition rings, horrific mental asylums and dangerous back alleys of the city, can Ava achieve what all the men cannot: enter the sick mind of a killer, and stop him before more women die?A heart-pounding suspense thriller filled with shocking twists, the authentic and atmospheric AVA GOLD MYSTERY SERIES is a riveting page-turner, endearing us to a strong and brilliant character that will capture your heart and keep you reading late into the night.Books #2 and #3 in the series—CITY OF FEAR and CITY OF BONES—are now also available.

"I love you so much, more than anyone can ever do. I give you my whole heart, I’m so possessive of you that I get jealous whenever I see anyone around you. I don’t want anyone to get close to you, and I don’t want you to get close to anyone. If there’s a door to your heart, I’ll guard it! I’ll lock the door, and won’t let you welcome anyone in, because you belong to only me, Ava, and I, Dwayne Dante belongs to just you! "
These are the confession of the most-feared mafia king to his traitor’s daughter.
She is just a weak girl with nothing to her name, while he’s the underworld king. He is the most-feared creature among the living, and just by the sight of him, no one dares to move or make a sound, while she’s part of those that fears him. He is her captor, she’s his captive.
This is a story of a girl, and a boy who met at the age of four, and fourteen respectively. They grew on each other until everything fall apart when they turn six, and sixteen. Let’s find out how these two story begin again on this exciting journey of the mafia book series 1 that’s about Ava Errico, and Dwayne Dante, mostly known as the world’s Terminator.