Nick Heller is a private spyâ??an intelligence operative based in Boston, hired by lawyers, politicians, and even foreign governments. A high-powered investigator with a penchant for doing things his own way, he's called to Washington, DC, to help out in this delicate, potentially explosive situation.
Nick has just forty-eight hours to disprove the story about the chief justice. But when the call girl is found murdered, the case takes a dangerous turn, and Nick resolves to find the mastermind behind the conspiracy before anyone else falls victim to the maelstrom of political scandal and ruined reputations predicated upon one long-buried secret.
I received this book through NetGalley. This was my first book by Joseph Finder and I was not disappointed. I'm a not a patient reader. In other words, if I'm not interested in the first few chapters I probably won't keep reading. This book had me hooked in the first few paragraphs. I needed to know what was going to happen next and that was the tone of the book. The main character, though flawed is someone who you want to see succeed. He is pulled into a case to clear a Supreme Court Justice of having a liaison with an escort from an exclusive agency. He only has 48 hours to disprove this before an online "rag" publishes the story. And the clock starts ticking..... ( )
Great thriller. Nick Heller goes back to DC to deal with the usual politics, scandal & corruption. the thriller has a couple unique twists. Nick Heller continues to be a strong, many-faceted and likeable lead character who wriggles his way out of many seemingly impossible situations. The book seemed done at 5.5 hours, but then it was only half done and another story emerged. ( )
New York Times bestselling author Joseph Finder delivers an exhilarating and timely thriller exploring how even the most powerful among us can be brought down by a carefully crafted lie and how the secrets we keep can never truly stay buried.
Nick Heller is a private spyâ??an intelligence operative based in Boston, hired by lawyers, politicians, and even foreign governments. A high-powered investigator with a penchant for doing things his own way, he's called to Washington, DC, to help out in this delicate, potentially explosive situation.
Nick has just forty-eight hours to disprove the story about the chief justice. But when the call girl is found murdered, the case takes a dangerous turn, and Nick resolves to find the mastermind behind the conspiracy before anyone else falls victim to the maelstrom of political scandal and ruined reputations predicated upon one long-buried secret.
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