Part of A Brit in the FBI, book 2
First published 2014
Nicholas Drummond has just finished training at Quantico when he catches his first case. Someone has stabbed John Pearce on Wall Street. Drummond and his partner Mike Caine discover that Pearce dealt in rare books and antiquities, but the victim hid deeper secrets. Pearce had spent years hunting for a World War I German submarine that went down with gold bullion aboard. Now both of Pearce's grown children, Adam and Sophia, have vanished. Drummond has only Pearce's dying words to guide him: "The key is in the lock." The investigation pulls the agents into an international chase. They face off against a wealthy industrialist who wants the submarine's gold for himself. But the gold may be the least dangerous thing hidden in that sunken U-boat. The billionaire plans to use whatever else lies in the wreckage to build a weapon that could change warfare forever.
Genres: adventure, suspense, mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: international-chase, race-against-time
Setting: Wall Street, Quantico
Period: World War I
464 pages · Hardcover · G.P. Putnam's Sons