Praise for BLOOD ON THE TRACKS

“The aptly titled Blood on the Tracks offers a fresh and starkly original take on the mystery genre. Barbara Nickless has fashioned a beautifully drawn hero in take-charge, take-no-prisoners Sydney Parnell, former Marine and now a railway cop battling a deadly gang as she investigates their purported connection to a recent murder. Nickless proves a master of both form and function in establishing herself every bit the equal of Nevada Barr and Linda Fairstein. A major debut that is not to be missed.”
—Jon Land, USA Today bestselling author

“Blood on the Tracks is a must-read debut. A suspenseful crime thriller with propulsive action, masterful writing and a tough-as-nails cop, Sydney Rose Parnell. Readers will want more.”
—Robert K. Tanenbaum, bestselling author of the Butch Karp thrillers

“Part mystery, part antiwar story, Nickless’s engrossing first novel … skillfully explores the dehumanizing effects resulting from the unspeakable cruelties of wartime as well as the part played by the loyalty soldiers owe to family and each other under stressful circumstances.”
—Publishers Weekly

“In Blood on the Tracks, Barbara Nickless delivers a thriller with the force of a speeding locomotive and the subtlety of a surgeon’s knife. Sydney and Clyde are both great characters with flaws and virtues to see them through a plot thick with menace. One for contemporary thriller lovers everywhere.”
—Cindy A. Matthews, Authorlink

“Fast-paced and intense, Blood on the Tracks is an absorbing thriller that is both beautifully written and absolutely unique in character and setting. Barbara Nickless has written a twisting, tortured novel that speaks with brutal honesty of the lingering traumas of war, including and especially those wounds we cannot see. I fell hard for Parnell and her four-legged partner and can’t wait to read more.”
—Vicki Pettersson, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Swerve

“Nickless’ writing admirably captures the fallout from a war where even survivors are trapped, forever reliving their trauma.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“Blood on the Tracks is a bullet train of action. It’s one part mystery and two parts thriller with a compelling protagonist leading the charge toward a knock-out finish. The internal demons of one Sydney Rose Parnell are as gripping as the external monster she’s chasing around Colorado. You will long remember this spectacular debut novel.”
—Mark Stevens, author of the award-winning Allison Coil Mystery Series

“Nickless captures you from the first sentence. Her series features Sydney Rose Parnell, a young woman haunted by the ghosts of her past. In Blood on the Tracks, she doggedly pursues a killer, seeking truth even in the face of her own destruction. The true mark of a heroine. Skilled in evoking emotion from the reader, Nickless is a master of the craft, a writer to keep your eyes on.”
—Chris Goff, author of Dark Waters

“…an interesting tale… the fast pace will leave you finished in no time. Nickless seamlessly ties everything together with a shocking ending…”
—RT Book Reviews

Praise for DEAD STOP

“A deliciously twisted plot that winds through the dark corners of the past into the present where nothing—and nobody—is as they seem. Dead Stop is a first-rate, can’t-put-down mystery with a momentum that never slows. I am eager to see what Barbara Nickless comes up with next—she is definitely a mystery writer to watch.”
—Margaret Coel, New York Times bestselling author

“… riveting suspense. Nickless writes with the soul of a poet. Dead Stop is a dark and memorable book.”
—Gayle Lynds, New York Times bestselling author

“Nothing less than epic… A fast-paced, action-packed, thriller-diller of a novel featuring two of the most endearing and toughest ex-jarheads you’ll ever meet.”
—Mysterious Book Report

“A story with the pace of a runaway train.”
—Bruce Most, award-winning author of Murder on the Tracks

“Want a great read, here you go!”
—Books Minority

“Nickless is on my favorite writers list now.”
—Writing.com

Praise for AMBUSH

“Ambush truly kicks butt and takes names, crackling with tension from page one with a plot as sharp as broken glass. Barbara Nickless is a superb writer.”
—Steve Berry, #1 Internationally bestselling author

“Exceptional… Nickless raises the stakes and expands the canvas of a blisteringly original series. A wholly satisfying, rollercoaster of a thriller that features one of the genre’s most truly original heroes.”
—Jon Land, USA Today bestselling author

“Ambush is modern mystery with its foot on the gas. Barbara Nickless’s writing―at turns blazing, aching, stark, and gorgeous―propels this story at a breathless pace until its sublime conclusion. In Sydney Parnell, Nickless has masterfully crafted a heroine who, with all her internal and external scars, compels the reader to simultaneously root for and forgive her. A truly standout novel.”
—Carter Wilson, USA Today bestselling author

“Ambush… makes you laugh and cry as the pages fly by.”
—Tim Tigner, internationally bestselling author

Praise for GONE TO DARKNESS

“A gritty, hard-boiled crime novel with breathless action and deep, sturdy characters. Detective Sydney Parnell and her partner Clyde, a police dog, are a tantalizing duo, and the story’s narrative and dialogue are authentic and witty and demand compulsive reading. Gone to Darkness is everything you want in thriller fiction.”
—Robert Dugoni, #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author

“Nobody does atmosphere better than Barbara Nickless. With deft strokes, she draws impending doom within bleak settings and then colors them with vivid action and brilliant characters, both human and canine. Gone to Darkness is mystery and suspense writing at its best!”
—Margaret Mizushima, award-winning author

“Barb Nickless’s Gone to Darkness is another stellar entry in the Sydney Rose Parnell series. Even though she’s now a Denver police detective, Sydney and Clyde catch a case involving trains, a unique milieu that Nickless masterfully evokes. Readers who enjoy an atmospheric setting, a kick-ass yet vulnerable heroine, solid police procedurals, fast-paced yet lyrical writing, and/or the closeness of a human-dog partnership should immediately buy or borrow every book in this series. (I stop short of suggesting stealing a copy, but if that’s your only option…)”
—Laura DiSilverio, award-winning and national bestselling author

“Barbara Nickless creates characters who matter―to each other and to the reader, who is fortunate to journey with them. With Gone to Darkness, Nickless expertly crafts a dark tale brightened with heart, humor, and humanity. It’s a tightly woven, always escalating, keeps-you-up-past-your-bedtime novel. And Sydney Parnell is my favorite kind of detective: a relentless empath on a mission to solve herself as well as the crime, navigating her demons to ensure justice for the victims of evil.”
—Matt Goldman, Emmy Award winner and New York Times bestselling author

“In the fourth episode of her popular, bestselling Sydney Rose Parnell series, award-winning thriller writer and fan favorite Barbara Nickless leaves no doubt that she’s on the fast track to A-list stardom. In Gone to Darkness, the action never slows, and the suspense ratchets up in every chapter of this delightfully twisted and energetic page-turning thriller from the mind of a budding superstar!
—Mysterious Book Report