Having read the first book in this series last week, I jumped right into this one eagerly—and that’s exactly how it felt: as though I was immediately plunged into thrilling, non-stop action, from cover to cover. The book never lets up, even for one page. My only criticism, though, is that there w...
When King walked back into his office, Zhai Jintao, China’s ambassador to the United States, was seated in front of his desk. Jintao was fifty years old. He had a neatly coiffed head of black hair that was a tad long, and wore a stylish pair of round, tortoiseshell eyeglasses. Unlike many of his ...
He ransacked her suitcases, purse, handbags, coat pockets, and anything else he could find. He went into the bathroom and dug into her toiletries kit, keeping the muzzle of his gun aimed out the open door at Katya. “What are you looking for?” she asked. “Do you know who I am?” Dewey returned to t...
The guards at the entrance stepped back, for while protocol dictated that all visitors be carded and their identification checked, all six Revolutionary Guard soldiers knew who Paria was. They saw the anger in his gait, the hatred in his eyes, and, perhaps most important, they all noted the handg...
As late afternoon gave way to evening, the pub was packed with locals and tourists. Opened in 1875 to serve workers from the now defunct Lion’s Den Tin Mine, the pub had a kind of grubby, disheveled, beer-soaked charm, a place where you could have a pleasant conversation with a stranger from anot...
Several stories belowground, the 7:42 A.M. Amtrak Acela train from Washington, D.C., arrived on schedule. It was packed. Commuters, businessmen and -women, tourists, families, students, and, sprinkled about the train in random cars like poison, nine men, all in their late teens or early twenties,...
EDGAR HOOVER FBI BUILDING Two doors down the hallway from her office, Jessica walked into the windowless conference room. The table was large enough to accommodate more than twenty people, and it was packed. “Okay, everyone,” Jessica said as she moved to a seat in the middle of the table. “I apol...