Behind a Closed Door

Soon to be a major motion picture!
Would you kill a total stranger to save someone you love?

Sugar & Spice is the latest app craze taking the world by storm, but for Abby and Brendan Hollander, downloading it leads to a dangerous game of life and death. When the app assigns them a series of increasingly taboo tasks, they soon find themselves caught up in a twisted web of seduction and violence in this sexually charged dark thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Fourth Monkey—master of suspense, J.D. Barker.


Praise -
"J.D. Barker is a one-of-a-kind writer and that's a rare and special thing. Stephen King comes to mind and Lee Child, John Sandford. All one-of-a-kinds. Don't miss anything J.D. writes."
—James Patterson, #1 International Bestselling Author

"A talented writer with a delightfully devious mind!"
—Jeffery Deaver, NY Times Bestselling Author

"I don't say this lightly: J.D. Barker is a force to be reckoned with."
—Tosca Lee, NY Times Bestselling Author

"Every one of his books is a must-read thriller."
—Eric Rickstad, NY Times Bestselling Author

"J. D. Barker is quickly becoming one of the best thriller writers working today."
—Book Reporter

"Devilishly dark."
— Library Journal

"Barker is a master wordsmith."
— AudioBookReviewer

"Masterful storytelling."
— Bookish

"J.D. Barker knows how to set a scene."
— Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"...on par with Stephen King, Joe Hill and especially, Dan Simmons. Riveting and relentless."
— BookTrib

"J.D. Barker was born to write suspense thrillers."
—The Real Book Spy

"Barker's slight of literary hand is absolute genius. He builds tension and then rips the rug right out from under you, just to do it all over again."
—Quitterstrip

"Mr. Barker may have begun by following in the footsteps of such literary royalty as Stephen King, Thomas Harris, and Dean Koontz, but he has blazed a unique path all his own."
— Fresh Fiction

"J.D. Barker is quite frankly one of the best crime thriller writers out there who should be on everyone's radar!"
— Novel Delights


"Barker's mastery of character and dialogue is noteworthy."
— Booklist

"Barker is the Mozart of thrillers!"
— GoodReads

"Barker is such a skilled and exciting writer, delivering a chilling, slow-build thriller, a final, jaw-dropping twist, and a cliffhanger ending that leaves readers dangling precariously by their fingertips."
— Lancashire Evening Post

"Mr. Barker doesn't just tell a story, he paints pictures with his words."
— BookBub

"If you haven't read any J.D. Barker, I strongly suggest you start now."
— Goodreads