J.D. Barker

About J.D. Barker

The Faces of Marcus Blake: A dying inmate makes one last deliver a letter. Volunteer prison chaplain Thomas Reyes has broken the rules for the men inside before; what harm could one small act of mercy do? By morning, the inmate is dead. So is an orderly. And a man walks out of the prison gates wearing a face that doesn't belong to him. Marcus Blake is not who he says he is. He never is. A holy man. A killer. A miracle of flesh made clay, the result of an experiment that should never have happened, hunting the scientist who created him and burning through every life in his way. Now Reyes's simple kindness has marked him.

Upcoming Titles

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  The Faces of Marcus Blake February 16, 2027

  A dying inmate makes one last deliver a letter. Volunteer prison chaplain Thomas Reyes has broken the rules for the men inside before; what harm could one small act of mercy do? By morning, the inmate is dead. So is an orderly. And a man walks out of the prison gates wearing a face that doesn't belong to him. Marcus Blake is not who he says he is. He never is. A holy man. A killer. A miracle of flesh made clay, the result of an experiment that should never have happened, hunting the scientist who created him and burning through every life in his way. Now Reyes's simple kindness has marked him.

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Earlier Books

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  The First Scarlet Door September 22, 2026

  Charleston, 1999. Fifteen-year-old Anson Bishop didn't mean to kill—not the first time, anyway. Raised by parents who taught him that murder was simply survival, Anson thought he'd escaped his dark past when his home burned and his mother vanished with stolen mob money. He was wrong. Someone is hunting Charleston's forgotten children—the runaways, the addicts, the ones no one will miss.

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  The Probability of Murder June 2, 2026

  When brilliant math professor Ivy Reeves receives a cryptic note bearing her name at a crime scene, she's drawn into a deadly game where probability becomes a matter of life and death. Thirteen victims. Complex mathematical puzzles. A killer who understands that some games are designed to be lost. As Detective Vaughn Ryan races against the clock, he needs Ivy's genius to decode the twisted logic behind each murder. But the closer they get to the truth, the more personal the game becomes.

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  The Lies We Tell June 10, 2025

  Sierra Coleman awakens from a horrific crash, her mind a blank slate. But as she claws her way back to reality, she discovers her amnesia is just the tip of a sinister iceberg. Every "truth" she uncovers is another lie, every ally a potential enemy. With a daughter she can't remember and a life she doesn't recognize, Sierra is thrust into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse. As bodies pile up and shocking betrayals come to light, she realizes the key to her survival lies buried in her forgotten past.

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  Something I Keep Upstairs May 13, 2025 View on Amazon: Something I Keep Upstairs
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  We Don't Talk About Emma February 4, 2025 View on Amazon: We Don't Talk About Emma
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  Behind A Closed Door May 6, 2024 View on Amazon: Behind A Closed Door

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