Jack Heath

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About Jack Heath

Jack Heath is the bestselling and award-winning author of 30 thrillers for adults and children, including the LIARS series and HANGMAN. His books have been translated into several languages and adapted for film and TV.

In high school Jack was frustrated by the slow pace and lack of excitement in most teenage fiction, so he started writing his own novel. It was picked out of a slush pile and published while he was still a teenager, and it soon became an international success.

In the course of his research, Jack has toured morgues and prisons, performed as a street magician and travelled through eleven countries, including Russia. His enthusiastic presentations at schools and festivals have gotten thousands of kids hooked on reading. He lives on the land of the Ngunnawal people in Gunghalin, Australia.

He's a proud member of the ACT Writers Centre, the Children's Book Council of Australia and the Australian Crime Writer's Association, and an ambassador for the ACT Chief Minister's Reading Challenge. He is represented by Curtis Brown Australia, and does speaking engagements through Booked Out.

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Liars #5: Armageddon Sep 1, 2019

by Jack Heath

( 9 )

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Jarli has lost a day. His missing memories may reveal the identity of Viper—who just announced a plan to DESTROY the town of Kelton. Meanwhile, Doug is trapped in Viper’s hidden prison. He’s been given up for dead by his family and friends...but he has a daring plan to ESCAPE. Jarli and his friends are close to unmasking Viper, but the master criminal has spies everywhere. Can Jarli tell his friends from his enemies in time to thwart Viper’s final, terrible scheme? The TRUTH won’t set them free...

Other Formats: Paperback

Lockdown (Liars Book 4) Jun 1, 2019

by Jack Heath

( 2 )

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ARMED MERCENARIES invade a hospital and start taking hostages. Some school students barricade themselves in a surgical theatre. But the mercenaries are HUNTING an injured man... and he’s in there with them. Jarli, creator of the Truth app, is one of the students TRAPPED in the hospital. All the phones are jammed. The building is locked down. No help is coming.

The mercenaries work for Viper, a ruthless and deadly criminal. Jarli and his friends have outwitted Viper before—can they do it again? The TRUTH is deadly...

Other Formats: Paperback

Liars #3: The Set-Up Mar 1, 2019

by Jack Heath

( 9 )

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A robot battle turns sinister when Jarli is approached by government agents. They want him to use his lie-detector app to prove the defence minister is telling the truth. The minister may not be lying, but someone else is. A shock attack occurs and Jarli becomes the prime suspect. He can’t even use the Truth app to prove his innocence because someone has hacked it. Soon Jarli is on the run from the police, unable to trust anyone. Only one person could be behind this diabolical plan. Can Jarli stop Viper before it’s too late? The truth won’t stay buried for long . . .

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Just One Bite: A Novel (Timothy Blake) Jun 4, 2019

by Jack Heath

( 47 )

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“Heath’s boundless imagination and singular voice have produced a truly unique thriller.” —Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author, on Hangman

The shocking, fast-paced and queasily funny follow-up to Jack Heath’s international bestselling thriller, Hangman

Timothy Blake, ex-consultant for the FBI, now works in body disposal for a local crime lord. One night he stumbles across a body he wasn’t supposed to find and is forced to hide it. When the FBI calls Blake in to investigate a missing university professor, Blake recognizes him as the dead man in his freezer.

Then another man goes missing. And another.

There’s a serial killer in Houston, Texas, and Blake is running out of time to solve the case. His investigation takes him to a sex doll factory, a sprawling landfill in Louisiana and a secret cabin in the woods.

As they hunt the killer together, FBI agent Reese Thistle starts to warm to Blake—but she also gets closer and closer to discovering his terrible secret.

Can Blake uncover the killer without being exposed himself?

Other Formats: Audible Audiobook , Hardcover , Paperback , Audio CD

Hangman Jun 12, 2018

by Jack Heath

( 108 )

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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

“Brilliant!” —Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author

“Two well-chewed thumbs up.” —Gregg Hurwitz, New York Times bestselling author

An addictive debut thriller starring an FBI consultant with a peculiar taste for crime and punishment…

A boy vanishes on his way home from school. His frantic mother receives a ransom call: pay or else. It’s only hours before the deadline, and the police have no leads. Enter Timothy Blake, an FBI consultant with a knack for solving impossible cases but whose expertise comes at a price. Every time he saves a life, he takes one, trying to satisfy an urge he fears he can only control for so long.

And this time Blake may have met his match. The kidnapper is more cunning and ruthless than any he’s faced before. And he’s been assigned a new partner within the Bureau: a woman linked to the past he’s so desperate to forget. Because he has a secret, one so dark he will do anything to keep it hidden.

For fans of Dexter and Hannibal, Hangman introduces a darkly mesmerizing character whose skill at finding criminals comes from a knowledge that can only be learned firsthand.

Other Formats: Audible Audiobook , Hardcover , Paperback , Mass Market Paperback , MP3 CD

The Truth App (Liars Book 1) Feb 25, 2020

by Jack Heath

( 8 )

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In this pulse-pounding techno-thriller, Jack Heath creates a world where everyone knows when you lie—and telling the truth doesn’t always set you free.

Jarli likes to think he’s an honest guy. He’s a big believer in telling the truth, no matter what. So he develops The Truth App, a mobile application that listens in on your conversations and can tell when someone’s lying. Then his app goes viral and, suddenly, Jarli is an internet sensation.

But, soon enough, Jarli realizes that being famous can be dangerous—especially when you’ve just exposed everyone’s deepest, darkest secrets. Now his entire town is out to get him; kids at school, teachers, the police, even his own family.

Also, an underground network of criminals has just added Jarli to their hit list. Sometimes, exposing the truth comes with a price…

Other Formats: Hardcover , Paperback

Remote Control May 24, 2010

by Jack Heath

( 17 )

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Agent Six of Hearts has never had so much to lose, in this second thriller from Jack Heath.

Agent Six of Hearts, 16-year-old superhuman, is on a mission. His brother Kyntak has been kidnapped. A strange and sinister new figure is rising in power. Six is suspected of being a double agent. The Deck has been put into lockdown by the Queen of Spades. A mysterious girl has appeared who acts as Six's guardian angel. Who can he trust?
As the clock ticks steadily against Kyntak's life, Six of Hearts is on the run: from his past, from his fellow agents at the Deck, even from his own DNA....

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The Lab (Agent Six of Hearts) Jun 1, 2010

by Jack Heath

( 15 )

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The beginning of a fantastic new action / adventure series from a twenty-year-old author who knows how to thrill - now in paperback!Meet a 16-year-old superhuman: Agent Six of Hearts. He's the strongest, most effective agent in the Deck, a team of special agents fighting to uphold justice in a completely corrupt world. Six would be invincible if not for a deadly secret. He is the product of an illegal experiment by the Lab - a ruthless division of the corporation that controls his world. When the Deck begins to investigate the Lab, Six walks a tightrope between his two worlds, trying to keep his origin a secret.

Other Formats: Hardcover , Paperback , Mass Market Paperback

Bullet Train Disaster (Countdown to Danger Book 1) Feb 1, 2016

by Jack Heath

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30 dangerous paths. 1 brave reader. 30 minutes to escape. YOU CHOOSE THE PATH TO SURVIVE!

You are strapped tightly into your seat on the bullet train. The mountain track is so steep, the aisle is a staircase. As the train accelerates at top speed, a passenger slips out of his seat and begins to fall to the back of the train. He will probably die. Do you unstrap yourself to save him, or do you stay in your seat?

Countdown the minutes in Jack Heath’s terrifying story of your survival — or your demise! You decide.

Read the story in real time! 30 minutes to survive, in 30 minutes* of reading time!
*Based on average reading speed

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400 Minutes of Danger (Countdown to Disaster 2) Mar 2, 2021

by Jack Heath

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Ten life-or-death situations. Ten brave kids. Ten linked stories. Each ordinary hero in this thrilling middle-grade adventure collection has only 40 minutes to escape!

Brad has fallen into a lion enclosure, and the big cats are hungry. Charith has to take the wheel of an out-of-control bus after an explosion. Tak's class trip to an army base is interrupted by an experimental military robot that's hunting them. How will they save themselves? This fast-paced short story collection stars everyday young heroes who must fight to survive . . . with only 40 minutes to figure out how to escape! Kids will be on the edge of their seats following these ten linked stories—even as a clock on the margins of every page counts down the seconds.

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300 Minutes of Danger (Countdown to Disaster 1) Mar 2, 2021

by Jack Heath

( 4 )

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Ten stories. Ten life-or-death situations. Ten brave kids.
And each hero has only 30 minutes to escape. What would you do? A new death-defying series written by an in internationally bestselling author.

George is trapped in a falling airplane with no engine and no pilot. Milla is covered in radioactive waste—and her hazmat suit is running out of air. Otto is in the darkest depths of the ocean, where something hungry is circling. How will they save themselves? This collection of ten linked short stories with a twist will thrill and terrify kids. Each nail-bitingly dangerous drama, set in the near future, takes 30 minutes to play out—and you get to read it in real time!*

What would you do if you found yourself . . .
- Abducted by two thugs . . . who have locked you in the trunk of a car and abandoned it on the railroad tracks?
- In a mobile medical unit, ready to vaccinate people against a deadly disease—and a bomber demands all your medicine?
- Trapped in a burning building, with deadly smoke filling the air?
- Poisoned . . . with only 30 minutes more to live?
- In a spaceship with a punctured hull?

*Based on average reading speed

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Blake: Thriller (Timothy-Blake-Serie 1) (German Edition) Dec 17, 2018

by Jack Heath , Angelika Naujokat

( 30 )

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Amerika, Gegenwart. Timothy Blake ist ein genialer Profiler und steht als inoffizieller FBI-Mitarbeiter auf keiner Gehaltsliste. Er hat nämlich ein geheimes Laster und wird nicht mit Geld entlohnt, sondern mit etwas, das seine dunklen Triebe befriedigt. Als Blake mit seiner neuen Partnerin Special Agent Reese Thistle eine heikle Geldübergabe einfädelt, geht die Sache schief: In einem gestohlenen Wagen finden sie eine Schaufensterpuppe mit einer menschlichen Niere darin. Blake, der sein finsteres Geheimnis sorgsam hüten muss, gerät unter Verdacht …

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