Books by Barry Hoffman

The eyes were always watching. Probing. Hungry. Shara could feel them as she huddled there, naked, vulnerable, in an iron cage in a twisted man's basement.

But now she's free. She's isn't vulnerable anymore. She's the one with the power, the need to close the eyes. And she'll close them all. When she's done, there will be no more...

Lysette had seen it all. As a child, she has witnessed her parents' gruesome murder, and as an adult, she had seen men leering at her as she worked the strip clubs. But that night in the subway, the night she shot the mugger, she saw something else. She saw the mugger, dying and bleeding, at her feet. And she saw her mission in life. That night, The Nightwatcher was born. That night, the terror began.

Shara doesn't kill anymore. At one time she was a vigilante killer, vicious and effective, stalking her victims one by one. But those days are over. She still has a need for the hunt, but now she's able to quell her inner demons legally — as a bounty hunter. She still hunts her prey with the same chilling efficiency, but without the need to kill.

Shara has accepted a private bounty to hunt Mica Swann, in many ways a kindred spirit. Mica is on a killing spree, driven by mysterious forces within her that urge her on to more and more bloodshed. But Shara and Mica have more than murder in common. There is a strange psychic connection between them that allows Shara to peer into Mica's mind, an ability that Shara hopes will enable her to bring her prey to ground. But nothing is more dangerous than cornered prey.

In Blindsided, the 4th book in Barry Hoffman's Shara Farris/Renee LeShay suspense series, reporter Deidre Caffrey is murdered, allegedly by a drug dealer. To Shara's chagrin, she learns she's been made executor of Deidre's estate and is shocked to find out that Deidre has a younger sister, a heroin addict. If Shara can get Deidre's sister clean, the sister inherits a good deal of money. The more Shara learns about Deidre's sister, the more she comes to understand Deidre had secrets of her own which led to her death. And there's far more to Deidre's sister than a weak-willed drug addict.

Barry Hoffman returns with his fifth book in the critically acclaimed Shara Farris/Renee LeShay series. Teenager Renee LeShay has been kidnapped by Norman Flowers, an unhinged victim of homicide detective Lamar Briggs, who thinks he has abducted Briggs's daughter Alexis. Shara Farris, a bounty hunter and Renee's legal guardian, has to unmask and locate the abductor before he tires of torturing Renee and kills her. Renee, aware she is not the intended victim, assumes Alexis' identity and engages in a battle of wills with her kidnapper. A taut tale of full of twists and turns with Renee's sanity and life in the balance.

In the sixth book of Barry Hoffman's Shara Farris/Renee LeShay suspense series BLIND RAGE, bounty hunter and private investigator Shara Farris is hired to take a second look at the conviction of erotic photographer Elena Rousseau, accused of murdering her teenage daughter. Rousseau had published three books centered around the sexual awakening of her three children and was convicted with flimsy evidence due to the jury's distaste for the photographer. The list of suspects grows as secrets about what went on at the Rousseau house are unveiled.

BLIND RAGE also contains a bonus novella, "Trial By Fire", an alternate ending and a deleted chapter.

After learning a sex tape has been released online high school student Darlene Winslow is harassed and bullied by fellow students. In a fit of rage she stabs her boyfriend who she is certain leaked the tape, critically injuring him.

Renee LeShay is hired to investigate the incident when Darlene's boyfriend swears he didn't release the video. Renee's investigation takes her to BAVA (Born Again Virgins Anonymous) a church sponsored support group for born again Christians looking to reclaim their virginity.

Can Renee unearth the culprit or will she become a victim when the investigation takes a violent turn?