James Dain
The series · in reading order

Hard Knocks

Blue-collar heroes fight for their lives in the school of hard knocks.

  1. 1Cover of The Body in the Alley by James Dain — Hard Knocks book 1
    Novella

    The Body in the Alley

    There's a body in the alley, and Keith Gainey is going to prison—unless he can beat the gangster who's trying to frame him.

    When ex-Afghanistan vet Keith Gainey bounces a guy from a Philly nightclub, he thinks he has the situation under control—until violent mobster Shawn Toomey joins the fight and kicks the patron to death. Now there's a body in the alley, and Keith's going to prison—unless he can beat the gangster who's trying to frame him.

    Paperback · $9.95
    Ebook · $3.49
  2. 2Cover of Everyone Dies in Youngstown by James Dain — Hard Knocks book 2
    Novel

    Everyone Dies in Youngstown

    Even a dead crack addict deserves justice—and his brother's going to get it.

    • Audiobook available
    Paperback · $18.95
    Ebook · $4.99
  3. 3Cover of Blood on the Mountain by James Dain — Hard Knocks book 3
    Novel

    Blood on the Mountain

    A young skier is killed on the slopes. Her fiancé knows it's no accident. But why is she dead?

    Paperback · $18.95
    Ebook · $4.99
Hard Knocks · Book 4 · Coming soon

The Little Guy Always Gets Screwed

Tell me when it's out.

Cover of Leaving Venice by James Dain — Twisted book 1
Free short story

Read Leaving Venice free

A Hitchcock-style short story. Love and death in the city of canals.

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