Having foiled an al-Qaeda plot targeting Time Square in 2006’s The Faithful Spy (which won an Edgar for best first novel), maverick CIA agent John Wells returns in this sequel, which PW called “pulse-pounding. . . [although] the characters and the perils they face aren’t as nuanced as those in John le Carre or even David Ignatius, the author’s plausible scenario distinguishes this from most spy thrillers.”

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