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J.R. Barns
J.R. Barns

Ray Hodges is the author of Almost: A Childhood Survived, a powerful memoir of resilience, and the Justice Series written under his pen name J.R. Barns. His stories blend raw emotion, psychological tension, and small-town secrets into page-turning reads that stay with you long after the last word. When he’s not writing, Ray is building sheds, designing shirts, or spending time with his wife Lisa in Oklahoma. He believes stories can both haunt and heal—and he writes to do both.

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A Mother’s Justice (The Justice Series Book 1)

A Son’s Reckoning
Book #1 from the series: The Justice Series

Relatives keep dying in a small Oklahoma town, a poisoned glass of sweet tea, a fall from a porch step, a beam that shouldn’t have shifted.

Each time, Kay Hughes is there. Each time, her son Dustin is watching. And always, in the shadows, Grandpa is lurking.

A Mother’s Justice is a chilling psychological thriller about survival, silence, and the...

The Burden of Justice (The Justice Series Book 2)

Book #2 from the series: The Justice Series

The Burden of Justice (Book 2 of the Justice Series) finds Dustin Hughes torn between uncovering the truth and surviving it. As he digs deeper into the seams of his mother’s case, he uncovers corruption that reaches farther than he imagined. Detective Harper is back in the picture—offering help Dustin can’t fully trust—while Kay’s fate hangs in...

Final Justice (The Justice Series Book 3)

Book #3 from the series: The Justice Series

Final Justice (Book 3 of the Justice Series) brings Dustin Hughes to the edge of everything he’s fought for. With his grandfather trying to take the fall, Kay trapped between survival and ruin, and Detective Harper’s secrets closing in, the truth threatens to explode. Loyalties will shatter, the real killer will emerge, and Dustin must face the...