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A Violent Life

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A fractured mind conceals the ultimate killer… Tom Lewis survived a childhood brain injury, but he didn't wake up alone. He shares his body with Jimmy Blue, a ruthless killer hellbent on avenging ...
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  • 14 July 2026
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Do you choose a violent life, or does it choose you?


Set four years before the events of Winter Falls, Jimmy Blue wants to complete his training with a teacher in California.



Kai—previously a mercenary and off-the-books assassin for the CIA—has chosen a new path, and refuses to share her knowledge with the cold and deadly Jimmy. But when she encounters the helpless and damaged Tom Lewis, she shelters him and guides him to a new level of awareness. Tom flourishes and gains confidence’ Jimmy's murderous presence fades.


But then Kai is murdered and Jimmy returns, vowing to punish those responsible.


This time, he’s not alone. Kai's ex-partner from her black ops days, a man as compromised and dangerous as Blue, seeks the same revenge.


The unlikely pair form an uneasy alliance and follow the chain of command to find out who ordered Kai’s death. They uncover a political scandal stretching to the White House, and a target protected by the Secret Service.


The odds of success are impossibly high, but that never stopped Jimmy Blue before.



From Kindle Storyteller Award winner Ian W. Sainsbury, the addictive Jimmy Blue series.

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Price: $19.99
Pages: 414
Publisher: Vinci Books Ltd
Imprint: Vinci Books Ltd
Series: Jimmy Blue Revenge Thrillers
Publication Date: 14 July 2026
Trim Size: 7.80 X 5.10 in
ISBN: 9781036712006
Format: Paperback
BISACs: FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, Psychological thriller, FICTION / Thrillers / General, Thriller / suspense fiction
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Winner of the Kindle Storyteller Award 2019 for The Picture On The Fridge

Born at an early age, Ian W Sainsbury quickly learned to talk about himself in the third person, meaning a career in the arts was all but inevitable. In 1987, he ran away from university to join the circus, playing in a band providing accompaniment for monkeys riding on pigs. Finding it hard to match such early success, Ian played piano on cruise ships before spending over a decade singing in European piano bars. He also ran (and still does) a choir or two, singing pop stuff in a pub. The next career move was obvious, and no one was surprised when Ian spent five years as a stand-up comic. He also began writing music and material for ventriloquist Paul Zerdin, including co-writing Zerdin’s Vegas show in 2016. After music, circuses, puppets, comedy and choirs, Ian pooled his earnings to date and was able to buy a palatial two-man tent and a skateboard. It was at this point that he decided the world might be ready for a novel or two. Since The World Walker appeared on Amazon in 2016, Ian has—to his amazement—found he is one of those people who does what he loves for a living without having to sell a kidney. He lives in East Anglia, UK, with Mrs S, two children, and a flatulent dog. Email ianwsainsbury@gmail.com, and/or visit ianwsainsbury.com (Thanks for reading - I've loved reading all my life, and my ambition is to write the kind of books that readers can get lost in. Ian.)