Part of Paul Madriani, book 12
First published 2011
Paul Madriani's daughter Sarah breaks away from her security detail for a morning jog in Ohio. She doesn't know that Liquida, the deadly assassin she's hiding from, lurks nearby in the shadows. Meanwhile in California, two men sit in a car planning the profitable sale of classified technology to dangerous buyers. These separate threads pull Madriani into a web of international terrorism and weapons trafficking. The defense attorney teams up with Joselyn Cole and law partner Harry Hinds to track down both the cold-blooded killer stalking his family and the traitors selling state secrets. Their hunt becomes a race against time as the stolen technology threatens to become the ultimate weapon of mass destruction. Madriani must navigate the deadly world of international espionage to save his daughter and prevent global catastrophe.
Genres: adventure, suspense, action, mystery-thriller, espionage, legal-thriller
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, race-against-time
Setting: Ohio, California
390 pages · Hardcover · William Morrow
Content warnings: violence