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  • Bibliography:
    47 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 2009
  • Latest Book:
    June 2022
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Full Series List in Order

Dani Ripper

1 - Call Me! (Nov-2011)
2 - Promise You Won't Tell? (Jun-2013)
3 - Teacher, Teacher (Feb-2014)
4 - Don't Tell Presley! (May-2015)
5 - Abbey Rayne (Jan-2016)
6 - Hot Mess Express (Jun-2017)

A Donovan Creed Novel

1 - Lethal People (Jul-2011)
2 - Lethal Experiment (Jul-2011)
3 - Saving Rachel (May-2012)
4 - Now & Then (Jun-2010)
5 - Wish List (Feb-2012)
6 - A Girl Like You (May-2011)
7 - Vegas Moon (May-2011)
8 - The Love You Crave (Aug-2011)
9 - Maybe (Dec-2011)
10 - Callie's Last Dance (Jun-2012)
11 - Because We Can (Aug-2013)
12 - This Means War! (Dec-2014)
13 - The President's Daughter (Dec-2017)
14 - The Day Miriam Lost Her Sh*t! (May-2019)
15 - A Woman Scorned (Apr-2020)

A Dr. Gideon Box Novel

1 - Bad Doctor (Apr-2012)
2 - Box (Feb-2013)
3 - Outside the Box (Oct-2013)
4 - Boxed In! (Dec-2015)

An Emmett Love Western

1 - Follow the Stone (Oct-2011)
2 - Don't Poke the Bear! (Oct-2011)
3 - Emmett & Gentry (Nov-2011)
4 - Goodbye, Enorma (Jun-2013)
5 - Rag Soup (Feb-2015)
6 - Spider Rain (Oct-2016)

Book List in Order: 47 titles




  • COULD YOU BETRAY ALL YOU'VE EVER KNOWN, FOR THE LIFE YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED? Donovan Creed was once an assassin for the CIA. Now he's a freelance killer who works for anyone who can pay - and double crosses anyone who can't. Creed's about to spend some...



  • WOULD YOU GIVE UP THE WOMAN YOU LOVE TO SAVE THE WORLD? Rachel Case went to the doctor for a routine blood exam. Now she's the most valuable woman in history, for Rachel possesses a unique gene - a marker that holds the key to protecting the world fr...



  • TO SAVE YOUR LIFE, WHAT CRIME WOULD YOU COMMIT? In order to save his own life, Donovan Creed signs on as bodyguard to the most famous gambler in Las Vegas history, Jim 'Lucky' Peters. Lucky, worth millions, has hit a losing streak and must raise a lo...



  • HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD IT TAKE TO MAKE YOU A KILLER? One day a total stranger walks into your home and offers you $100K in cash. The only condition is that if you do, someone will die. The twist is, that person has killed before. Would you take the mon...



  • WOULD YOU LET A CHILD DIE IF YOUR FAMILY WAS IN DANGER? Every night, Donovan Creed sleeps in an FBI holding cell. Every morning, he makes his friends at the CIA test weapons of torture on him. Donovan Creed - practiced seducer, ruthless assassin - is...



  • WHEN YOU'VE ALREADY BETRAYED EVERYONE YOU LOVE, WHO CAN YOU TURN TO FOR HELP? Former CIA assassin Donovan Creed finds himself at odds with mob-connected Tony Spumoni and practically everyone else he knows, including his boss Darwin, lover Gwen, daugh...



  • The saga of Emmett and Gentry continues in Don't Poke the Bear! the second book in the Emmett Love western adventure series. After the former gunslinger and prostitute open a saloon in Dodge City, Kansas, Emmett kills a man in self-defense and winds ...



  • International best-selling author John Locke (Saving Rachel, Wish List, Now & Then, Lethal People, Lethal Experiment) tackles a new genre, with hilarious results. Follow the Stone (An Irreverent Western Adventure) is a good-hearted, rollicking story ...






  • Synopsis for Call Me!In this first book of a brand new series by Dani Ripper and New York Times Best Selling author, John Locke, a young, beautiful private detective is determined to find the infamous killer, ManChild. To support herself while search...



  • The saga of Donovan Creed's ancestors continues in Emmett & Gentry, the third book in the Emmett Love western adventure series. Still in chains after serving twenty-eight months for a crime he didn't commit, former gunslinger and sheriff, Emmett Love...



  • When an angry, unemployed chemist unleashes a bio-terrorist attack against women and children, the President of the United States asks Donovan Creed to get involved. It's just one more thing on Creed's plate....



  • New York Times Best Selling Author, John Locke, in print for the first time for the special price of $4.99.Featuring Donovan Creed, ex-CIA assassin and hit man with a heart of bronze and a weakness for hookers, Wish List is a rambunctious, nail-biter...



  • “When you’re in my hospital you’re not family. You’re prey!“If you’re coming after me, don’t do it in a hospital. That’s my domain. And don’t piss me off in the real world and expect a smooth hospital stay because I have a long memo...



  • New York Times Best Selling Author, John Locke, in print for the first time for the special price of $4.99.What if the best morning of your life suddenly turned into your worst nightmare? Sam Case is about to find out. Saving Rachel is the story of w...



  • With the Director of Sensory Resources recently murdered, the powerful people behind the scenes at Homeland Security attempt to block Donovan Creed’s promotion. Unfortunately from them, he’s the only game in town. Meanwhile, in Las Vegas, Willow ...



  • Young, beautiful, thirty-year-old Emma Wilson arrives by taxi in a small tourist town at 7:55 a.m. Her clothes are filthy, her appearance disheveled. She has no purse, no wallet, no luggage, but her back pocket is stuffed with hundred dollar bills. S...



  • Dr. Gideon Box, world-famous surgeon, is extremely good at his job. He’s never lost a patient…but he has issues. He’s antisocial. Doesn’t mix well with others. Breaks into people’s homes and assumes their identities. Occasionally kills othe...



  • In this hilarious, free-wheeling western adventure, Sheriff Emmett Love works overtime to protect the town’s most popular resident, a 14-year-old early-blooming female aptly named Enorma Stitz. Enorma, coveted by every man within 100 miles of Dodge...






  • “I think something might have happened to me Saturday night. Something bad.” Private Investigator Dani Ripper’s client list is nuttier than the Looney Tunes conga line, but she diligently solves one crazy case after another, waiting for a game-...



  • Official Description: As Donovan Creed and Callie Carpenter’s personal relationship rapidly deteriorates, urban terrorist Ryan Decker wages an all-out war against the United States. Preliminary Review: “In this 11th installment of the Creed serie...



  • Dr. Gideon Box attempts to move his new girlfriend, Trudy Lake, into his Manhattan penthouse and high society lifestyle. Problem is, Trudy’s a backwoods Kentucky girl with more baggage than the Lost & Found warehouse at LaGuardia!PRELIMINARY REVIEW...



  • Kaylee and Ivy, both 19, are enjoying Nashville’s Music Fest outdoor concert when they notice a gang of drunks abusing a handsome young businessman who’s on the ground, passed out. Women have written lewd messages on his body with lipstick, and t...



  • Beth Conroy: young, beautiful, Tennessee Teacher of the Year?is shocked to learn she?s been accused of sexual misconduct with a student. Facing a scandal of epic proportions, Palmer School retains private investigator Dani Ripper to sort out the trut...



  • Donovan Creed emerges from the darkest phase of his life, just in time to romance his houseguest, Trudy Lake, and deal with an unprecedented nuclear threat from a Syrian national who wants to get laid before blowing up the White House. Add to the mix...



  • Sheriff Emmett Love thought he had his hands full with two witches, two wives, Hopeful Harold, and a passel of flirty, determined women who won’t take no for an answer. But when a mysterious man shows up in Dodge City, unannounced, things really ge...



  • Presley French is young, beautiful, and someone wants her dead. Someone else -- her former English teacher -- wants to physically assault her. Someone else -- the FBI -- wants to interrogate her as a possible terrorist suspect. Someone else -- Dani R...



  • Dr. Gideon Box might be a pig of a man, but he’s also the surgeon of last resort for hopeless case infants other doctors have given up on. Over the past six years 72 children have been wheeled into his operating room with no chance of surviving, an...



  • Private Investigator Dani Ripper works her way through a bevy of nuthouse clients while trying to maintain her delicate personal relationship with Sophie Alexander. Dani desperately wants a life-changing case. But what she gets is a killer case. Abbe...






  • After suffering a horrific childhood in foster care, the only thing Nicki Hill ever wanted was a perfect family. Now, engaged to Michael Thorne, she finally gets her wish: Michael’s parents (David and Alison), and his sister (Jessie) have fallen in...



  • It’s business as usual for Emmett Love as he attempts to overcome terminal illness; murderous, cave-dwelling cannibals; looters; schemers; fraudsters; bounty hunters; mercenaries; and the crazy cast of characters who are somehow beating him in his ...



  • It starts the usual way: one minute you and your parents are screaming at each other, and the next you find yourself in the middle of a terrifying home invasion. Three men armed with assault rifles intend to rob your house and kill your family. But o...




  • Vicky Armstrong, a famous, powerful executive, wants Dani Ripper to find her missing grandson, and Dani's eager for the case. Unfortunately, gangster Vinny The Prick's new girlfriend has also gone missing, and Dani can't say no to The Prick. Can she ...



  • You're Maddie Conover, and you were home last week, but your husband, Seth, reported you missing. The police find blood evidence of foul play, and are convinced Seth murdered you, but it all turns out to be a misunderstanding until your bank confirms...



  • Kidnapping is a hinky business, fraught with pitfalls. Under normal circumstances, Donovan Creed wouldn’t kidnap a family pet, much less a high-profile target. But Creed’s billion-dollar Swiss bank account has been cleaned out by an unknown hacke...



  • How far would you go to save your marriage, your home, your job, and your life’s savings?Tinley Cooper -- beautiful, ambitious, married, and desperate -- needs a lot of cash in a short period of time. Turning to her Secret Admirer for help, she fig...



  • Wives need a reason to cheat; husbands just need a place. This is the lesson 28-year old Cameron Poole learns from her philandering husband, Jake, who readily admits he's not likely to win any Husband of the Year awards. The question Cameron must ans...



  • After trying on a bathing suit that’s too small for her middle-aged body, Miriam Smith loses it. Her subsequent decision to squeeze every last drop of excitement life has to offer makes for a hilarious journey that exposes Miriam and her bewildered...






  • Allie McPherson has a secret she’s been hiding for the past four years: she killed a man in cold blood. Beat him to death with a tree branch after he threatened to rape her. But what started as self-defense became problematic for two reasons. First...



  • With a billion-dollar bounty on their lives, Donovan Creed and Callie Carpenter learn yet again that no one—not even their lovers and friends—can be trusted. Virtually broke, they turn to embarrassing home invasions and petty hits to re...



  • Recently divorced single mom Corey Lane tries to start a new life while keeping her rebellious 19-year-old daughter in line. But it's not easy considering the young college student seems to excel at all the wrong activities, including theft, cocaine ...



  • In the hospital, fighting for her life after being brutally raped, stabbed, and left for dead, 19-year-old Sarah Lawrence learned she was pregnant. After much soul-searching, she decided to give life to her baby and life in prison to her rapist. Unfo...



  • Shortly after arriving in Eddyville, Kentucky, successful landscape architect James Flynn's entire world is turned upside down. In a good way, he thinks.After all, what could be better than having the two prettiest young ladies in Lyon County vying f...



  • Both Jenna and Fallon—best friends since childhood—married handsome, successful men. Publicly, the two couples get along famously. But beneath the happy façade, both women knowshocking secrets about each other's husbands they've ...



  • The Enemy Next DoorIn Louisville, Tobie Turner meets her disagreeable next-door neighbor. In Las Vegas, Jack Henry meets a mousy brunette. To reveal anything else at this time would result in spoilers.Advance Praise for The Enemy Next Door The Enemy...



  • An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is a work by John Locke concerning the foundation of human knowledge and understanding. It first appeared in 1689 with the printed title An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. He describes the mind at birth ...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

John Locke has published 47 books.

John Locke does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding iilustrated, was published in June 2022.

The first book by John Locke, Second Treatise on Civil Government, was published in June 2009.

Yes. John Locke has 4 series.