Dead Man's List (Danny Cortez Thrillers, #1)

They killed his partner. Burned his career. Erased his name.Now the cartel kingpin who took everything just escaped prison—and Danny Cortez is next on his list.

L.T. Ryan, the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Jack Noble and Rachel Hatch series, teams with Andre Gonzalez to launch Danny Cortez—a new action hero for fans of Reacher, Orphan X, and The Gray Man.

For three years, former DEA intelligence agent Danny Cortez has lived like a ghost. One duffel bag. Three fake IDs. A Glock 19 he sleeps beside. No home. No friends. No past. Just survival. Hiding from the cartel he helped destroy. But when a note bearing his dead partner’s name surfaces, everything Danny’s fought to protect unravels.

Within hours, news the cartel kingpin Danny put away has escaped from a maximum-security prison. The same man who swore revenge. The same man who took everything from him.

To protect his mother—and to finally learn what happened to his partner—Danny has to step back into the shadows he barely survived the first time. But the deeper Danny digs, the more he cartel-money flowing into DEA accounts, evidence disappearing, agents promoted after suspicious deaths. The cartel didn't just infiltrate the DEA—they OWN it.

From the snow-covered peaks of Colorado to the dust-choked deserts of New Mexico,
Dead Man’s List
is a relentless, emotionally charged thriller about guilt, loyalty, and how far one man will go to make things right.

Like Jack Reacher, Danny operates alone. Like Orphan X, he's erased his past. But unlike them, Danny's enemy is PERSONAL—and he's fighting for family, not principle.