The Lori Anderson Bounty Hunter Series

Lori Anderson #1-4

by Steph Broadribb

Get the first four books in the breathtakingly fast-paced, both hard-boiled and heart-breaking Lori Anderson series in one GREAT-VALUE box set.

Single mum and part-time Florida bounty-hunter Lori Anderson is no super-hero, but she's skilled, smart and fiercely determined ... and she'll stop at nothing when her family is threatened. An electric, action-packed, blisteringly authentic series of thrillers by one of the most exciting names in crime fiction.

Deep Down Dead (Book One)
Lori Anderson manages to keep her career as a part-time bounty-hunter separate from her role as single mother to nine-year-old Dakota, who suffers from leukaemia. But when the hospital bills start to rack up, she has no choice but to take her daughter along on a job that will make her a fast buck. And that's when things start to go wrong. The heart-wrenching, explosive first instalment in the nail-biting, bestselling Lori Anderson series.

Deep Blue Trouble (Book Two)
With her lover, JT, behind bars and heading for death row, single-mother Florida bounty-hunter Lori Anderson takes on an off-the-books job that could threaten everything... Breathlessly paced and bursting with high-voltage action and edge-of-your-seat jeopardy, Deep Blue Trouble is the unmissable next instalment of the Lori Anderson series, featuring one of the most memorable and fearless female characters in crime fiction.

Deep Dirty Truth (Book Three)
Single-mother Florida bounty-hunter Lori Anderson returns in another nail-biting, high-voltage read. When Lori is kidnapped, and her family threatened, she has 48 hours to save them ... or lose everything. In this race, only the winner gets out alive. The breathtaking, breakneck third instalment in the addictive Lori Anderson series.

Deep Dark Night (Book Four)
Fearless but vulnerable Florida bounty-hunter Lori Anderson travels to Chicago to trap the head of a notorious crime family, in a high-stakes, nail-biting mission that sees her trapped in one of the city's tallest buildings during a blackout... The fourth, breathtaking instalment in the nerve-shattering Lori Anderson series.

1382 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 3, 2021

About the author

Steph Broadribb was born in Birmingham and grew up in Buckinghamshire. A prolific reader, she adored crime fiction from the moment she first read Sherlock Holmes as a child. She’s worked in the UK and the US, has an MA in Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) and trained as a bounty hunter in California.

Her latest novel is DEATH IN THE SUNSHINE - the first book in her new Retired Detectives Club series featuring four recent retirees living in a luxury 55+ resort community in Florida, USA.

Her other novels include the Lori Anderson bounty-hunter series and the Starke/Bell psychological police-procedural books (writing as Stephanie Marland). Her books have been shortlisted for the eDunnit eBook of the Year Award, the ITW Best First Novel Award, the Dead Good Reader Awards for Fearless Female Character and Most Exceptional Debut, and longlisted for the Guardian Not The Booker Prize.

She provides coaching for new crime writers via www.crimefictioncoach.com.

You can find out more about Steph at www.stephbroadribb.com, and get in touch via Facebook (@CrimeThrillerGirl) and Twitter (@crimethrillgirl).

Reviews

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

11:30 p.m.: “I’ll read just one more chapter” … then suddenly it’s 3 a.m.
Good stories. Each book stands alone, but each book leads directly to next book, so the 4 books can also be read as one long story. Writing so-so. Author should avoid Americanisms and “class” language in dialogue—so poorly done and inconsistent that it’s jarring at times.

[D. Starr · Rating 4 out of 5]

Four Book Series

For Mature readers

4.5 Stars - 1/2 star taken off because of editing issues not addressed. The author stated in her notes after book #1 that as a person who is from England and who still lives there, she faced challenges with the language in a story about Americans and using American styles. She stated that she had American friends who helped. For the most part, this was well done. The colloquial wordings of people from Florida was very well done. Example: "Me and JT...." Any English Teacher would cringe, since the correct usage would be "Jt and I...."
However in book 2 and even more in 3 and 4 her American editors must not have been as diligent since there were repeated distracting English spellings such as tyre instead of tire, kerb/curb, favourite/favorite, mould/mold, civilised/civilized, etc.

There are other random grammar mistakes, but I don't want to exhaust anyone reading this any more than I already have.

*Sex
*Violence
*Suspense
*Foul language

Main Characters:
Lori Anderson, a former saloon employee turned bounty hunter after her best friend was murdered.
JT, Bounty hunter who taught Lori everything she knows and who we realize quickly is the man she loves.
Setting: First 3 books Florida; 4th book Chicago
Present time
Quick plots summary - no spoilers:
Lori, who does not carry a gun for reasons of her own, draws the attention of some of the worst of the worst mobsters. With the reluctant help of JT, she brings about justice. However she consistently gets herself and others in danger. The twists and turns of the various plots are well-done.

Since this was a 4-book release, I'd assume this was a marketing choice to get more readers for the author, who is worthy of more readers. Hopefully word choices and random grammar mistakes will be addressed as the books are published individually.
Don't let my criticism stop you from choosing to read this collection. The books are entertaining, fast-paced, and enjoyable for those of us who like action/adventure/detective books.

[Sara Caldwell · Rating 2 out of 5]

On the face of it, the stories are entertaining. But they got worse as the series went along. My biggest complaint was the writing style. The author went from ‘British speak’ to what she thinks is ‘American speak’, and I thought it very disconnected and distracting. I found some of her American slang offensive. Sadly, there are plenty of grammatical and spelling errors. (I’m not counting her using British spelling for things like kerb/curb, or that she always uses the term torchlight instead of flashlight, but that just added to my frustration of the disjointed voice of the books.)
In the last book: ‘She didn’t response.’ Um, what? All in all, it was kind of a train wreck, but I finished it out of spite.

[RICHARD DELIBERTY · Rating 3 out of 5]

Here's a series of books about a stripper who quits her job and becomes a bounty hunter. Not the classiest or best written books, but I had a fhard time putting them down. Ms. Broadrib has a British and American background, and they get confused here in a jarring way. I mean, I could live with "police" being spelled "polis" throughout. However there is a painful section where the author is teaching us how to play poker. Not in Miami, Chicago, London, or Glasgow does a simple flush beat four of a kind.

[Mredeye · Rating 4 out of 5]

Best for Last

The first three books were good but the fourth one is best by far. Although there is a lot of blood and mayhem in the first three, the last on is very good and the plot is extremely complex. The characters are great and the action furious and realistic . Great ending,!

[Samantha Hulsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent series

I have to admit I stayed up late reading because these 4 books were just too intense to find a good stopping place. They were totally worth being tired when the alarm went off. Instead of binge watching I was binge reading. I wish the series continued.

[carol williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read!!

I had a really hard time putting this book down!
I had never read any of Steph's books before and am very excited to have found her series.
They're fast paced, exciting, and make your emotions go crazy.
And I loved every single book.
Thank you Steph!!

[Dean Gonzales · Rating 5 out of 5]

If it's action you like

Bite the edge of your nail seat exciting! It's so hard to put down, like my nose was glued it.

[Jeff Hughes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hughesdjr

I was so engrossed in this book, I did not want to put it down. It was written in such detail, I was living in it. I can't wait to read another very soon!

[Dave T · Rating 5 out of 5]

Action galore

For those hungry for stories that are rich with action, you would not be disappointed with this series. I really enjoyed it.

[J C · Rating 3 out of 5]

The books were OK. The storyline was interesting, but the interjection of children and relationships were a put off for me. I had trouble believing one could do what had to be done while thinking about other things all the time.