Kim Cresswell
Kim Cresswell resides in Ontario, Canada. Trained as a legal assistant, Kim has been a story-teller all her life but took many detours including; working in legal and adult education before returning to her first love, writing. Her debut romantic suspense, REFLECTION, has won numerous awards:
Kim's short novel thriller LETHAL JOURNEY won RomCon®'s 2014 Readers' Crown award and was a finalist in From the Heart Romance Writers (FTHRW) Golden Gate Contest (2003). Her action-packed thrillers have been highly praised by reviewers and readers. As one reviewer said, "Buckle up, Hang on tight!" Kim recently entered the true crime writing arena. Real Life Evil - A True Crime Quickie (two short stories) was published in January 2014 followed by The Killer Truth. You can read her latest true crime stories in Serial Killer Quarterly, a new quarterly e-magazine published by Grinning Man Press. |
Reflection (A Whitney Steel Novel)
Romantic Suspense
Florida investigative reporter, Whitney Steel, has lived in the shadow of her legendary father long enough. To prove herself she needs to find the "Big" story. She found it. Now it may kill her. After receiving a lead pointing to the world's first cloned human, now a small child, Whitney vows to unravel the truth. However, sifting through the facts proves to have dangerous results, including death threats and murder. When she's nearly killed, but is saved by undercover FBI Special Agent, Blake Neely, he refuses to let her get in the way of his own objective--at least not right away. Caught in a lethal game between a billionaire obsessed with genetic perfection, his hit man's thirst for retribution, and a Colombian drug lord fresh out of prison determined to make Blake pay for his twin brother's death over a decade ago... Can they save an innocent child before it's too late? Faced with tough choices, with deadly consequences for many--Whitney soon realizes that sometimes a story becomes more than just a story. |
Lethal Journey
Thriller
Manhattan District Attorney, Lauren Taylor, is about to take on the most important case of her career, prosecuting Gino Valdina, acting mob boss of New York's most influential crime syndicate. For three decades, Gino Valdina has led New York's Valdina crime family. Since his recent indictment for murder, the leadership of the family is in turmoil, appalled by the death of one of their own, Gino's wife, Madelina. Without the support of the family behind him, Valdina will do anything to save himself. But Lauren soon discovers, things aren't always as they seem when she's tossed into a mystery, a deadly conspiracy that reaches far beyond the criminal underworld and a journey into the past makes her a target...and anyone she's ever loved. |
Real Life Evil - A True Crime Quickie (Book One)
True Crime
Many serial murders go unsolved, others take decades to unravel but one thing is certain...serial killers walk among us--hiding in plain sight. A compelling collection of TWO true crime short stories. "Hiding in Plain Sight" is the chilling account of serial killer Jack Unterweger, one of the most clever, manipulative predators of the twentieth century...and the most dangerous. "A Message from the Grave" examines the events surrounding the unsolved Gilgo Beach murders, a case which would spawn the largest murder investigation in Long Island, New York's history as an elusive serial killer continues to elude authorities. |
Retribution (A Whitney Steel Novel)
Romantic Suspense, Action, Thriller
Investigative reporter Whitney Steel is back in book two of the action-packed Whitney Steel Series! THE WAR HAS JUST BEGUN… Once the top leader of the Sur del Calle cartel, Colombia’s largest drug trafficking organization, Pablo Sanchez has declared revenge against Blake Barnett, the FBI agent who’d killed his twin brother over a decade ago. After one failed attempt forced him to flee the United States, Pablo has a bold new plan and he’s even more determined to kill Blake and his fiancée, Whitney Steel. From Las Vegas to the militant infected jungles of Bogota, Blake has no choice but to risk his life and infiltrate the cartel’s inner world and eliminate the ruthless drug lord. The price of failure is higher than ever as he's forced to use the woman he loves as a pawn in a deadly game—where the events of the past and present collide. |
JET: Oblivion (Kindle Worlds Novella - Survival Series Book One)
Action/Thriller
**Featuring JET from Russell Blake's bestselling action-adventure thriller series and characters from Kim Cresswell's action-packed Whitney Steel suspense series!** After a catastrophic terrorist attack at a nuclear plant in California, JET, Mossad’s former deadliest operative, is leading a quiet life off the grid two-hundred-and-seventy miles away with her young daughter. But peace is short-lived when former FBI agent, Hal Decker, and ex-intelligence officer, Angela Donahue, track Jet down and blackmail her into helping them stop a new threat. In a race against the clock the team must hunt down an al Qaeda terrorist cell working with the Sur del Calle cartel before a dirty bomb is smuggled out of Colombia and into the United States unleashing a deadlier attack at a second nuclear facility. |
JET: Duplicity (Kindle Worlds Novella - Survival Series Book Two)
Action/Thriller
**Featuring JET from Russell Blake's bestselling action-adventure thriller series and characters from Kim Cresswell's action-packed Whitney Steel suspense series!** After eliminating an al Qaeda terrorist cell and destroying a dirty bomb in Colombia destined for the United States, JET, Mossad’s former deadliest operative is hidden half around the world in Bangkok finally living the life she's always wanted with her daughter, Hannah. But when a Russian troll farm wreaks havoc by circulating rumors that Jet and her team killed the leader of the Sur del Calle cartel, unexpected enemies surface, and a past adversary with a thirst for revenge hunts down the team vying for the big payoff—kill JET. If you're a fan of 24, Quantico and Blindspot you will enjoy this action-packed sequel to JET: OBLIVION. |