Fifteen murdered. Seven witnesses. One by one, they fall.
As crime reporter Will Finch puts the final touches on his latest book, private investigator Eve Noon makes her way to his remote island retreat. But someone is watching. Someone is waiting. And before she arrives, the nightmare has already begun.
That night, a haunted Iraq War veteran knocks on their door with a dire warning: "There’s trouble coming. For all of us." Finch dismisses him―until they find themselves trapped in a deadly game with a man known only as Nine.
From the war-torn deserts of Iraq to the back alleys of San Francisco, from the hidden lairs of a tech mogul in Seattle to the highest levels of power in Washington, Finch and Eve must unravel a conspiracy before they become its next victims.
Open Chains is a gripping thriller of power, betrayal, and deadly secrets. Once you're in, there’s no escaping the truth.
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Praise for the Will Finch Mystery Thriller Series:
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Imaginative plot, characters you’re drawn to, writing so vividly descriptive, you are there.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ There are plenty of twists and turns to keep you guessing.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Definitely a "must read" from my viewpoint. Enjoy!
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Good character development with locale descriptions you can vividly see in your mind.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This is a nail biter.
In 2015 D. F. (Don) Bailey published The Finch Trilogy ― Bone Maker, Stone Eater, Lone Hunter ― three novels narrated from the point-of-view of a crime reporter in contemporary San Francisco. Following the trilogy’s success, Second Life (2017) launched a new saga based on the characters introduced in the first three books. The series prequel, Five Knives, came out in 2018. The Finch chronicle continues with Open Chains (2019), Run Time (2020), and White Sphere (2022). His first psychological thriller, Fire Eyes, was a W.H. Smith First Novel Award finalist. His second novel, Healing the Dead, was translated into German as Todliche Ahnungen. The Good Lie (2008) is set in his adopted hometown, Victoria. His fourth novel, Exit from America, appeared in 2013. Following his birth in Montreal, Don’s family moved around North America from rural Ontario to New York City to Mississippi and New Jersey. “After years of seeking the ideal place to live,” he says, “I finally landed on my feet on Vancouver Island ― where I live next to the Salish Sea in the city of Victoria.” For twenty-two years he worked at the University of Victoria where he taught creative writing and journalism and coordinated the Professional Writing Cooperative Education Program ― which he co-founded. From time to time he also freelanced as a business writer and journalist. In the fall of 2010, Don left the university so that, “I could turn my pre-occupation with writing into a full-blown obsession.” An Amazon bestselling author, he’s also a ManyBooks.com Book-of-The-Month Award winner and a Whistler Independent Book Award finalist.
