Paris is choking on tear gas, burning barricades, and a workforce pushed too far. While the streets fill with protesters fighting for their livelihoods, Étienne Varese sits above it all—cutting jobs, replacing workers, and quietly cashing in on the global chaos he helped create.
To the world, he’s untouchable.
To Jane, it’s personal.
The job should be simple: get close at an exclusive Ritz dinner, play along, and make his death hurt. But when the city outside starts to burn and the night spirals into something far more volatile, simple goes out the window.
Good. Because I’m not just here for a quick kill. I’m here to send a message.
Brutal Little Uprising is a razor-edged assassin thriller set against the fury of May Day in Paris—where power meets resistance, the streets fight back, and sometimes the only way to tip the scales…
…is to burn it all down.
Joan De La Haye writes dark and twisted thrillers featuring dangerous women, cold-blooded assassins, and survivors who turn the tables—violently. Her stories push boundaries and revel in the kind of justice that doesn’t play by the rules. Her characters don’t wait for permission—they take control, exact revenge, and refuse to be victims.
If you enjoy thrillers with bite, grit, and unapologetically fierce heroines, you’ve just found your new favourite author.