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Includes the bonus short story "Paranoid Enough for Two," a finalist for the Edgar Award!
ROGUE WARS
With the U.S. seemingly linked to a terrorist bombing in a Baltic nation and a Russian troop buildup just over the border, the covert Gray Outfit sends Thomas Laker to untangle the mess. But after a second attack leaves him out in the cold, Laker's on his own.
Five thousand miles away in Miami, Laker's partner and NSA codebreaker Ava North is investigating the murder of a fellow agent. When tracks lead to a Cuban-American billionaire in bed with the Jersey Mob, Ava's superiors want her to lay off. Not a chance. Though oceans apart, Laker and Ava discover their separate missions are tied to one explosive plot. The only way out is to breach all protocol and play by their own rules . . .
"Deserves the accolade ripped from the headlines . . . a tour de force, utterly unputdownable." —Criminal Element
Praise for John Lutz
"John Lutz knows how to make you shiver." —Harlan Coben
"Lutz offers up a heart-pounding roller coaster of a tale." —Jeffrey Deaver
"One of the masters of the police novel." —Ridley Pearson
"A major talent." —John Lescroart
"John Lutz just keeps getting better and better." —Tony Hillerman
"Lutz knows how to seize and hold the reader's imagination from the start." —Cleveland Plain Dealer
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- ISBN: 9780786040964
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- ISBN: 9780786040964
- File size: 1506 KB
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Starred review from February 15, 2019
Thomas Laker works for the covert Gray Outfit. When a terrorist bombing in Estonia is linked to America, Laker draws the assignment to sort it out. The danger for agents working for the Gray Outfit is that they are essentially on their own. If trouble erupts, the Outfit won't help, and trouble erupts with a second terrorist attack linked to explosives stolen by an American from a NATO military base. As Laker begins the arduous journey home across Russia, he learns of a freighter with dangerous cargo apparently heading toward the Americas. Meanwhile, Laker's lover, Ava, an NSA operative, investigates a resort project near Havana, whose dredging of a nearby bay, ostensibly to accommodate large cruise ships, has had disastrous environmental consequences. Ava learns the venue is a scam, so why expand the depth of the bay? Lutz has collected virtually every award in the mystery field, and deservedly so. Here, the parallel plots fuse in an unexpected, pulse-pounding conclusion; the dialogue sizzles; and the secondary characters are richly and carefully drawn. The primary villain is a Florida dealmaker who specializes in resorts; he's lent his name to the Havana project because he has more than greed on his mind. This is a top-notch thriller from a genre master.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2019, American Library Association.)
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