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The Protege
Paperback
Series: Jack Malone Detective Mysteries, Book 2
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 12 2026
Pages: 210
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.53 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Every mentor creates a legacy. Some are deadly.
Fifteen years ago, Jack Malone made a mistake that never stopped following him.
Once a legendary criminal mastermind, Jack walked away from the life after prison-rebuilding himself as a security consultant who helps law enforcement stop the very crimes he once planned. Redemption, he thought, was possible.
He was wrong.
A string of flawless, high-profile thefts rocks Philadelphia-executed with surgical precision, zero mistakes, and an unmistakably familiar signature. Someone is following Jack's old playbook. Someone who knows his methods better than anyone alive.
His former protégé.
As the thief escalates toward an audacious final target, Jack is forced into an impossible choice: protect the life he's built-or expose the truth about his past to stop the one person he trained too well.
Because this time, the crime isn't about money.
It's about proving that no one ever really changes.
The Protégé is a tense, cerebral crime thriller about mentorship, moral reckoning, and the cost of believing you can outrun your past-perfect for readers who enjoy intelligent cat-and-mouse suspense with emotional depth.
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