Hi, I'm John T. Leonard

I have worked for the emergency services for over twenty-five years, between the fire service and the police.

In this time, I have seen the best and worst society offers, and this inspires some gritty realism into my written work.

NOVEL GENRES

I describe most of my work as crime thrillers, though some of my writing falls into other genres:

Browse through John T Leonard Crime Thrillers on the Novel List.

'Blood On My Hands' - a father's diabolical dilemma when his daughter is kidnapped in Egypt.

Super Hero Alex Mayne with the 'Heart of a Lion' battles through a series of fantastical adventures.

'The Arc' - a high tech story about virtual realities and real world issues, and how to deal with them.

A LIFE'S WORK

Addicted... Couldn't put it down. Finished in 3 days. The only other author to do that was Dan Brown. Leonard really manages to get you inside the protagonist's heads. His skills in creating suspense are impressive. On to the next...

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PRIMUS

Primus is a crime suspense novel like no other I've ever read. I can normally guess the plot straight away but not this time... I was fully immersed in this book, imagining walking alongside Tom while his whole life is turned upside down...

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FALLEN VICTIM

I was particularly excited to read this book as I haven't read many crime thrillers where the good guys are allegedly the bad guys. Even though you hear about stuff like this happening in 'real-life', this book is pure fiction!

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