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    Wild Justice
    Wild Justice
    Wild Justice
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    Wild Justice

    Written by Kelley Armstrong

    Narrated by Jennifer Ikeda

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    About this audiobook

    The long-awaited final installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling author' s Nadia Stafford series Since Kelley Armstrong wrapped up book two of the Nadia Stafford series, fans have been eager to know what happens to the tough-as-nails contract killer. At last, Wild Justice brings Nadia back for the series' thrilling conclusion-- an action-packed tale that will dazzle fans of the series as well as those who are only familiar with Armstrong' s bestselling paranormal books. In Wild Justice , Nadia is confronted with her most difficult task to date: going after the man who killed her cousin Amy twenty years prior. But when it turns out that someone else has already taken justice into their own hands, she is drawn into a complex situation where everything she knows and loves is thrown into the path of danger. Nadia is forced to take matters into her own hands, ultimately requiring her to confront her darkest secrets-- and her deepest desires-- in a way that she never thought possible.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
    ISBN9781490601052
    Wild Justice
    Author

    Kelley Armstrong

    When librarians finally granted Kelley Armstrong an adult card, she made straight for the epic fantasy and horror shelves. She spent the rest of her childhood and teen years happily roaming fantastical and terrible worlds, and vowed that someday she'd write a story combining swords, sorcery, and the ravenous undead. That story began with the New York Times bestselling Sea of Shadows and continues with Empire of Night. Armstrong's first works for teens were the New York Times bestselling Darkest Powers and Darkness Rising trilogies. She lives in rural Ontario with her husband, three children, and far too many pets.

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    • 5/5
      I seriously love this series. There are many good series from Kelley Armstrong but this is definitely my favourite one.

      Jack brings Nadia information about the rapist of her cousins. When they break into his house, they discover that the man is dead and his murder has been faked for suicide. Soon someone sends a hitman to kill Nadia and this is just a beginning of the threat for her life.

      Nadia is such an fascinating, complicated heroine. And not just because she works as a professional killer but because of her character that is rooted deeply in her past. And Jack is a good pairing for her. It's great that their relationship finally moves one a bit. The suspense/action part is great with all those twists and unexpected events.

      I wish there is another book dedicated to Nadia and Jack, them working a case together or something.
    • 5/5
      I really enjoyed this concluding book to the Nadia Stafford series. I found the writing engaging. I especially liked the dialog between Nadia and Jack. I also enjoyed watching them finally take a chance on having a relationship. I found it amusing that two contract killers who faced physical danger all the time would be so fearful of taking emotional risks.When the story begins, Nadia is in a tough place mentally. She has just broken up with fellow contract killer Quinn because they had different expectations for their relationship. She is feeling guilty that she might have led him on. She is also facing professional difficulties because she didn't kill the man she was hired to kill and shortly later he kills his wife, wounds his infant daughter and kills himself. Nadia passed on the hit because the wife and daughter were there and she wasn't willing to kill him in front of them. Now she is feeling guilty because they died or were injured because she didn't take the shot. Her mentor Jack comes to see her with a gift. He has located Drew Aldritch - the man she believes killed her cousin twenty years earlier but who was acquitted at the trial. Nadia was there at the isolated cabin at the time but managed to escape and run for help. She feels guilty that she didn't do anything to save her cousin. She has had nightmare about the whole thing for years. They are especially bad when she gets in another situation where her actions cause harm to an innocent. Drew Aldritch has changed his name a few times but hasn't changed his ways with young girls. Jack thinks that Nadia will feel better if she kills him herself but Nadia is more in favor of turning him in to law enforcement.Unfortunately, while they are watching Drew, someone gets there first and kills him. Worse than that, someone has hired hit men to kill Nadia - perhaps because Drew Aldritch recognized her. Jack and Nadia have to figure out who is trying to kill her. Quinn gets involved in the case too which is incredibly awkward for Nadia who has finally started a relationship with Jack after years of missed signals.Complicating things even further is that Nadia recalls things about the time of her cousin's death that she had completely blocked out of her memory. Things that her family had known and Jack had guessed but which Nadia had repressed. Dealing with those new memories rocks her world.This story was excellent. I can't wait to get a keeper copy for my bookshelf.
    • 5/5
      What a great ending to this trilogy. Finally!
    • 5/5
      This was the third (and final) volume of the Nadia Stafford series. I thought it was an excellent conclusion to this mystery/thriller series. I really enjoyed this whole series a lot and loved how this book wrapped up. Only complaint is that I feel like the ending was a bit rushed.In this volume Nadia is finally forced to confront her past when Jack hunts down the man that killed Nadia’s childhood friend Amy. Unfortunately for Nadia someone gets to her friend’s killer first and Nadia is left trying to figure out how Amy’s death is wrapped into a much bigger mystery.I zipped right through this book and had a tough time putting it down. I loved all the mystery, action, and suspense. This is also the book where Nadia and Jack finally start to sort out their relationship issues; this was both painful and absolutely awesome to read through.I enjoyed how things were tied up in a hopeful and realistic way. The ending does feel a bit rushed; a ton happens in the last couple chapters.Overall this was a fantastic conclusion to the Nadia Stafford series. I really enjoyed this high octane series about a hit woman who is trying to lead a dual life. It’s a bit different from other mystery/thrillers I have read and I really enjoyed it. Armstrong has become a go to author for me, she rarely disappoints and I look forward to reading more of her books in the future.
    • 5/5
      Nadia `Dee' Stafford is a hitman. After a disastrous career move as a cop, that saw her shoot an unarmed criminal and get kicked off the force, Nadia took herself into the wilds of Canada where she bought a lodge and started a B&B. But to keep her new life afloat she started taking jobs as a gun for hire. Early in her side-career she was taken under the wing of veteran hitman, `Jack', and the two of them have been through a few near-misses and gruelling assignments together.

      But never far from Nadia's mind is the truth of why she became a cop in the first place, and maybe why killing comes so naturally to her . . . when she was just 13-years-old, Nadia and her cousin Amy were kidnapped. Nadia got away, Amy didn't. After a botched trial, her murderer walked free.

      Drew Aldrich and the memory of Amy's death have haunted Nadia ever since, but when Aldrich resurfaces (under a new alias) finding him sets off a chain-reaction in the murky underworld of hired assassins and puts Nadia in grave danger.

      After waiting what seemed an eternity for this book it's finally here and does not disappoint. Loved every minute of it! I've read that this is the last in this series, I certainly hope that somewhere, somehow Nadia and Jack will continue.
    • 5/5
      Excellent series and I'm sorry to see it end.

      Wild Justice was well written and engrossing with a satisfying ending.
    • 4/5
      I didn't realise that this was going to be a trilogy and this is the last book, I'm sad to leave Nadia's world. She's an OCD Canadian ex-cop wilderness lodge owner and an assassin who picks and chooses her hits. Unfortunately someone's gunning for her after Jack tracks down the man who was responsible for the death of her cousin Amy. There's a lot of dealing with the past trauma and memories as she investigates further, as well as dealing with her breakup with a US Marshall/hitman and her growing attraction to her mysterious mentor. The romance triangle was a bit off putting after such a hard hitting series, but the groundwork had been laid for the attraction and it was interesting to see how the two of them negotiated it. The stalking heavy gun fights were intense and detailed. The way Nadia and Jack kept Quinn from knowing about all the dirty details was interesting to read as well. I'm sad not to see more in this series
    • 3/5
      Nadia Stafford owns a lodge in the wilderness of Northern Ontario. She used to be a cop. Now, she’s a hitman. But a hitman with a code of ethics, a conscience and a need to right a wrong that can never really be made right again.

      You would think it would be difficult to like a character that kills people for a living, but like Dexter, Nadia only kills the bad guys.

      This is the third and final book in this trilogy, so I was anxious to see how all the elements introduced in the first two books were resolved in this last book. I must say I wasn’t disappointed. Ms. Armstrong wrapped everything up very nicely. I enjoy Ms. Armstrong’s books and this one was no exception, however, I cannot say if it’s because she is loathe to let her characters go or if she just felt a need to wrap up the series so finished Nadia’s story, but Wild Justice seemed quite repetitive in places. Scenarios and conversations kept repeating so I wasn’t as compelled by the action as I felt I should have been. It was a nice last visit with the characters anyway.
    • 3/5
      I received a copy of this novel through Goodreads Giveaways. It was an OK book, not boring but didn't keep me on the edge of my seat. I haven't read the previous two books in the series, so can't compare them, but I don't feel that I lost anything in not reading them. The book stands alone fine. There was a bit more focus on the romantic relationships than I expected, but I may just be off in my expectations. With that said the romantic storyline was decent and even a bit steamy in places.
    • 3/5
      The conclusion to this thriller series about a female killer for hire has her solving the attack on herself as a child and murder of her cousin. It turns out that things are not quite how she remembers them from the attack and things turn interesting when hired killers start coming after her. A good solid ending to the book and I'm not left wondering at the end about now what.
    • 5/5
      Finally, finally! I have been waiting years for this and Armstrong did not disappoint! Lots of twists and turns that were unexpected as well as revelations about the past. Best of all, a relationship development and closure on Nadia's past trauma. I had some disappointment when the female character took a passive female role in several instances. I don't mind realistic vulnerability but I don't care for the moments where you think "dumb girl" about the protagonist. Most of the time Nadia was kick-ass as expected and appropriately traumatized as if she had PTSD. The relationship is torturously slow but it is consistent with previous books. Although Jack's history is revealed a little more, he's still a stand-offish character and it takes minor characters to flesh him out. A few technical things were a little too convenient but otherwise a very satisfying ending to the trilogy.
    • 4/5
      Oh yes!! The final installment in the Nadia Stafford series. Well worth waiting for.

      What I liked: It seems like forever since I read the first two books in this series and enjoyed them so much. I got all I wanted in Wild Justice and then some. Jack has been my favorite character in this series and he's front and center with Nadia and the upheaval her life has become. Lots of secrets revealed and explained in a logical, creative way!! Ms Armstrong ties everything together and reveals so much about the characters that I couldn't put Wild Justice down. This series shows the versatility of Ms Armstrong as an author. She's not a one trick pony with her urban fantasy series. Women of the Otherworld is a great series and she writes good fascinating heroines. This series is different but with the same strong characters.

      What I didn't like: The series ended. I will miss Nadia and the crew and especially Jack!

      The prices for Wild Justice are reasonable for a best selling author. The Kindle version is $7.99 and the paperback is $8.48


      Highly recommend!!
    • 5/5
      Our Review, by LITERAL ADDICTION's Pack Alpha - Chelle:Wild Justice was an incredible conclusion to a wonderful crime drama series, and worth the wait (even though it sucked to have to...). :)Our heroine, Nadia Stafford, is a former police officer turned assassin. She also owns and runs a wilderness lodge in Canada. She is independent, tough as nails, and a little quirky. Her moral code is a little different than most assassins, wherein... she has one. She generally only takes jobs that border on vigilantism, righting a wrong where justice wasn't served as it should have been. Her past built her that way, and instead of turning inward, she uses her dark sides to 'help others, while using her double life to live the way she's always wanted. Wild Justice starts out with a bang. There is a job that goes awry, and it messes with Nadia's head a bit. After this, Kelley fully immerses us in a whirlwind of revelation, mystery, character growth, action, drama, emotion and heat. We learn that things we suspected in previous books about Nadia's past are correct (and even worse than we had imagined), we learn more about the mysterious Jack, the clandestine society that has been courting Nadia is revealed and its true colors are shown, the persons responsible for Nadia's tragic past are heavily involved in the storyline and make for some gripping page time, Jack and Nadia finally stop dancing around the inevitable, and it's all tied up nicely with a bunch of action, drama, and intrigue.I was very pleased with the conclusion of the series. It felt 'real' to me, and was true to the characters - nothing seemed forced or hurried. Kudos to Kelley for giving us NADIA STAFFORD fans what we had been waiting and hoping for. Still (and probably forever) a Kelley Armstrong fangirl!
    • 4/5
      I received this book as a free book from Librarything's Early Reviewer group.This is book three of three of Armstrong's Nadia Stafford series. I tend to figure that anyone who's read the previous two books has a pretty good idea of what this book will be like, too. I wouldn't recommend reading the books out of order.Nadia is a wilderness lodge owner in Ontario, Canada, a former police officer, and an occasional contract killer. The various aspects of her life sometimes conflict which results in a story for a novel.I liked the previous books and liked this book reasonably well also. My only problem with it was about halfway through the novel, when Nadia and Jack, another contract killer she knows, are talking about what is acceptable for them personally and for each other in the killing business. Until then I could understand the code she lived by, though I certainly didn't agree with it. Afterwards, I felt like she had made the move from "heroine" to "antihero" which made it harder for me to like the book.Aside from that, I'll stick with my implication from above. Anyone who liked the previous books should like this one as well.
    • 4/5
      I love Kelley Armstrong's Otherworld series but when this Nadia Stafford series came out, I passed on it. I didn't think I would like it due to the subject matter. I was WRONG, I really liked it and am sorry it is the last book in the series. The writing is excellent. The characters are well rounded. Having not read the first two books didn't matter too much. Every thing was clear.
    • 5/5
      This is a wonderful conclusion to an exciting trilogy. All the ongoing threads are neatly tied and snipped.Nadia is an even more sympathetic character as we learn more of her backstory. Jack's terse manner of speaking is irritating but understandable as the story unfolds.I for one am glad that Armstrong doesn't draw her series out endlessly. I'm always excited to see where her outstanding talent will take us next.
    • 5/5
      I am a HUGE fan of Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series. Kelley is superb with a paranormal thriller story. She is just as superb with a normal thriller. One wouldn't think that a hit woman would be a sympathetic character, but then who'da thunk that a reader would want to cheer on a serial killer (Dexter anyone?).I started at the end of the trilogy and I'd love to read the first two, but I don't think it's necessary (but the first two are on the WWBL). Kelley does enough backstory that the reader is aware and this could be read as a standalone. Nadia takes only the jobs that she sees necessary and they are against people who fall through the cracks of justice. Vigilante, yes, but understandable. Kelley writes an intricate, but never convoluted novel. A superb turn-the-page-fast-I-NEED-to-know-NOW thriller.
    • 4/5
      An excellent wrap-up of an exciting trilogy! You really got to know the characters even better than in earlier books in the series, proving that character development can continue past the first book when the author is skilled at their craft. Lots of plot twists kept me reading way past my bedtime. And although many issues for our heroine were resolved by the end of this story, the door is still left ajar for future adventures.
    • 5/5
      This is the final title in the trilogy that Kelley Armstrong has written about Nadia Stafford, lodge owner and killer for hire. It is also the most emotionally gripping, focusing on Nadia's relationships and psyche following the reveal of family secrets. Even though this is less about her marks and the things that Nadia does as a hitman, there is no lack of action or plot twists with a good mystery still at the heart of the novel.Whether writing urban fantasy or mystery, Kelley Armstrong is a fantastic storyteller. Each book hooks me from the first page and keeps me engrossed until the last. Much as I love the Otherworld series, this book may be one of my favorites.
    • 4/5
      Nadia Stafford, former police officer, barely makes a living owning a lodge in the Canadian wilderness. What keeps her afloat is the few side jobs she does a year as an assassin. When a job goes sour on a very emotional level, Jack, her assassin mentor, is there with something new to focus on, and she’s not sure she wants it. The man who got away with raping and killing her cousin twenty years ago has been found and with it comes a great deal of emotional baggage and a lot to be learned about what really took place.It’s been almost five years since the release of the last book in the series and I wondered how easy this was going to be to pick up after all this time. Not difficult at all. There’s enough back story to jog your memory without overloading the book and I believe it would be easy for someone new to the series to enjoy it without being lost.There is plenty of action and this time assassins are coming after Nadia while she, Jack, Quinn and Evelyn search for the truth and the person trying to kill her. If I recall correctly, this story differs from the others in the level of emotions Nadia experiences, as well as sexual tension. We finally learn Jack’s story.The only thing that I dislike about the story is Jack’s way of speaking. I realize this is part of his character, but I find his two to three word sentences choppy and uncomfortable to read. I do like him as a character—we are given a lot of good reasons to like him--but his speech patterns make the story somewhat uncomfortable for me.I give the book 4 stars for the story, what takes place and how what Nadia experiences makes me feel, but only 3 stars for my enjoyment of it overall.Read as an ARC via Library Thing.
    • 4/5
      Note: There are no spoilers for this book in this review.Thank you Kelley Armstrong for ending this series so perfectly. Or at least, I think it is the end of the series. But if it’s not? I’m sure not complaining!This is book three in a series about Nadia Stafford, 33, a former policewoman who supplements her income running a wilderness retreat lodge in the Ontario region by working as an occasional hitwoman. She has three main colleagues in this latter endeavor: her mentor Jack: sexy, somber, secretive; Jack’s mentor Evelyn: connected, manipulative, smart; and Quinn, a federal agent with a hitman sideline, who is fervent, committed, and brash. Quinn is openly is after Nadia, and as for Jack? We sense the chemistry between Nadia and Jack, but whether either or them will admit to it, and/or do anything about it, is a big question as we move into book three.Indeed, at the beginning of Wild Justice, Nadia has been dating Quinn. It’s so easy with him: he’s eager, he’s open, and he communicates. But with Jack, there would be a huge risk. Is it possible that Nadia or Jack would ever take a chance, risking rejection and humiliation? And anyway, how can they find the time when someone is always trying to kill Nadia? To complicate matters, the people trying to kill Nadia seem to be connected with the source of all her nightmares: a horrible event that happened twenty years earlier.Evaluation: Kelley Armstrong does everything right with this book, at least as far as I was concerned. But she kept me guessing right till the end: I kept jumping up, and threatening her in absentia! Fans of the Nadia Stafford series should not miss this wind-up. And if you haven’t read the first two? Yes, you can read this one as a standalone, but then you’d miss so much of the background and buildup, and it’s such a good series, you won’t want to do that!
    • 5/5
      I always look forward to the Nadia Stafford series, this was not a disappointment. Story moved right along andkept my interest to the end. This series is so different from her Otherworld stories but quite good in it's own right.I find with authors I might like one series but not another. Not here I just wish she would put out more Stafford stories.Love them.