New Valorie Dawes Thriller
(Releases Tuesday, June 28, 2026)
The Image of Valor
The Engineer has a mission: to clean up the human gene pool.
His method: killing women who have what he considers “defective” DNA.
His primary victims are members of a self-help therapy group focused on body-shaming and body-image issues. The group includes two of Val Dawes’s closest friends–and before long, Val becomes a target as well.
Now the youngest-ever detective in the Clayton City Police, Val goes undercover to track down how the killer is identifying and isolating his victims. Soon the group becomes a powerful tool for her addressing own latent body-image issues.
When her favorite, quirky barista goes missing, Val goes all out, willing to do whatever it takes to stop “The Engineer” before his killing spree reaches epidemic proportions.
Can Val find her friend before she, too, falls victim to a deranged vigilante?
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“Suspenseful, character-driven, and full of twists and turns that will keep you guessing until the very end… Five out of five stars. Can I give it a sixth?”
– Briar’s Reviews
“Gary Corbin should be considered the John Grisham of the PNW!”
– Amazon reviewer D. McCall
More Novels by Gary Corbin
In the tradition of Philip Margolin, Scott Turow, David Baldacci, Lisa Scottoline and Michael Connelly, mystery author Gary Corbin’s thrillers feature complex, realistic characters, revealing their inner struggles as they strive to achieve their own unique concepts of justice.
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The Valorie Dawes Thrillers
Valorie Dawes is a woman on a mission. |
Lying Injustice Thrillers
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The Mountain Man Mysteries
Mountain Man Lehigh Carter fears only two things: dogs and women. |
About Gary Corbin
Gary Corbin is a writer, editor, playwright, and actor in Camas, WA, a suburb of Portland, OR.Originally from New England, Gary has called the Portland, OR area home since 1993 after exploring the options in Louisiana, Indiana, and Washington, DC.
Lying in Judgment, his Amazon.com best-selling legal thriller, was released in early 2016. Lying in Judgment was selected as Bookworks.com “Book of the Week” for July 11-18, 2016 and is one of six novels worldwide featured in the Literary Lightbox “Indie Spotlight” for Autumn/Winter 2016-17.
Gary is a member of PDX Playwrights, the Willamette Writers Group, the Northwest Independent Editors Guild, the Portland Area Theater Alliance, and the Writing Dojo Writers Workshop, and participates in workshops and conferences in the Portland, Oregon area.
A homebrewer as well as a maker of wine, mead, cider, and soft drinks, and an avid home roaster of fresh coffee, Gary is a member of the Oregon Brew Crew and a BJCP National Beer Judge. He loves to ski, cook, and garden, and someday hopes to train his dogs to obey. And when that doesn’t work, he escapes to the Oregon coast with his sweetheart.