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Avanti Centrae is the author of the international award-winning VANOPS thriller series. She's honored to have won fifteen literary awards, including a Chanticleer Genre grand prize for both The Lost Power and Solstice Shadows. The Doomsday Medallion won Best Political Thriller at the annual BestThrillers.com contest and Cleopatra’s Vendetta took home a gold medal in the Conspiracy Thrillers category at the Readers’ Favorite Awards ceremony. Also, the Picasso Job won Book of the Year.

Her books have hit the Top 100 bestseller lists in the United States, Canadian, and Australian Amazon Kindle stores as well as the Barnes & Noble Nook store.

She’s appeared on ten radio shows, including NPR, and has been featured in dozens of podcasts and intervi ...more

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Average rating: 4.12 · 2,004 ratings · 507 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Lost Power (VanOps, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 930 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Solstice Shadows (VanOps #2) 4.18 avg rating — 391 ratings — published 2020 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cleopatra's Vendetta (Stryker, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 285 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Doomsday Medallion (VanOps, #3) 4.41 avg rating — 262 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Picasso Job (Phoenix #1) 4.20 avg rating — 134 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Picasso Job: A Phoenix Thriller it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	VanOps Thriller Series Books 1-3: VanOps Box Set really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Solstice Shadows: A VanOps Thriller 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Picasso Job: Phoenix Thriller Series, Book 1 by Avanti Centrae (Goodreads Author), Tim Campbell (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Picasso Job stole Book of the Year

I'm honored to announce my latest thriller, THE PICASSO JOB, stole Book of the Year honors at BestThrillerBooks.com.

Each year, BestThrillers.com celebrates the most exciting new books in the mystery and thriller landscape. This year, Avanti Centrae’s The Picasso Job takes top honors, delivering a globe-spanning adventure that blends art-world intrigue, emotional stakes and relentless danger.

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Series by Avanti Centrae

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Cleopatra's Vendetta (Stryker, #1)

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“The victor will not be asked whether he told the truth.” —Adolf Hitler”
― Avanti Centrae, Cleopatra's Vendetta

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“Perception is all, dear child, perception is all.”
― Avanti Centrae, The Lost Power

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