Part of Ewert Grens, book 7
First published 2017
Piet Hoffmann lives under a false identity in Cali, Colombia with his wife and two sons. The Stockholm police believe he died years ago. Now he serves two masters: he works as an enforcer for a Colombian cocaine cartel while secretly feeding information to the DEA. Only his former police contact Erik Wilson knows his real location and double life. The FBI adds his fake name to their Most Wanted list to strengthen his cover story. Everything unravels when cartel members kidnap the Speaker of the House during an official visit to Colombia. Hoffmann becomes part of the biggest political kidnapping in years. The government launches what they call the Final War on Drugs. The DEA abandons Hoffmann and cuts all contact on orders from Washington. His family becomes stranded in hostile territory. Hoffmann must protect his children while maintaining his dangerous roles with both the cartel and American intelligence. His survival depends on rescuing the Speaker and returning him to the United States. He needs help from Ewert Grens, the persistent Stockholm detective who remembers their violent confrontation at Aspsas prison.
Genres: crime, thriller, action, espionage
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: double-agent, enemies-to-lovers, family-in-peril
Setting: Aspsas, Cali, Colombia, Stockholm, United States
Period: Contemporary
472 pages · Hardcover · Quercus
Content warnings: kidnapping, violence