Peter Ash just can’t help but be a Good Samaritan. And, once again, that need to help others has thrown him headfirst into dangerous gunfire. It all starts harmlessly enough, when he sees an incredibly pregnant woman by the side of the road. There’s no way any semi-decent man could drive by such a lady…
It’s been almost a year since former Marine Peter Ash’s misadventure in Iceland landed him on the FBI’s Most Wanted (see: The Wild One). Since then, he’s been keeping his head down and living simply in Milwaukee with his ladylove June Cassidy and just down the street from his old friend Lewis, supporting the former…
In Tear It Down, the new edge-of-your-seat adventure from national bestselling author Nick Petrie, Peter Ash pursues one case—and stumbles into another—in the City of the Blues. Wanda Wyatt lived in an old brick house on a residential street off of Ayers in North Memphis. Her block was crowded with tall trees and shrubs, and…
Light It Up by Nick Petrie is the third thriller starring war veteran Peter Ash, where a well-planned and flawlessly executed hijacking reveals the hidden dangers of Colorado's mellowest business, and Ash may find there’s more to this crime than meets the eye. When we last saw Peter Ash—Iraq vet, capable outdoorsman, and an all-around…
Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! This week, a new Nick Petrie Peter Ash thriller and Deanna Raybourn's third Veronica Speedwell mystery highlight a killer week of…
The Drifter by Nicholas Petrie is an explosive thriller debut that introduces Peter Ash, a veteran who finds that the demons of war aren’t easily left behind. It's nominated for an Edgar Award for Best First Novel. When Peter Ash returns home from war, he just wants everything to be normal. But it isn’t. Every…
Burning Bright by Nicholas Petrie is the 2nd book in the Peter Ash series, where Ash has a woman’s life in his hands—and her mystery is stranger than he could ever imagine (available January 10, 2017). One week ago, investigative journalist June Cassidy lost her mother. Two days ago, men in a black SUV tried to…
