Brian helping out an old friend in New York gets all kinds of complicated when the president of Iran is assassinated outside the UN. But when the case against a disgruntled U.S. soldier unravels, not even the assassins know who is actually responsible.
TJ Waters is a mystery-thriller writer in Central Florida.
His debut novel SECRET SIGNS won the International Book Award for multicultural fiction in 2011. His digital-only thriller series THE SUICIDE SQUAD, based on actual CIA case officers, is described as 'Mission Impossible meets Ocean's 11'.
TJ Waters spent four years as a co-team leader at US Special Operations Command. Prior to this he was in counterintelligence for US Central Command and under cover for the Central Intelligence Agency.
The President of Iran is assassinated while visiting the UN, and it's up to a rag tag group of misfits to figure out who the culprit is. And when I say “rag tag group of misfits”, I mean a rogue group of spies, that instead of being prosecuted for their hasty actions, are not working for the CIA as a “counterintelligence team”.
While I have only read this book in the series, I have to say, it was really easy to jump into. There was just enough backstory that I never stopped and said “Wait, who are these people, and what is going on?” The plot was intriguing and exciting, kind of a must have for any good spy/espionage story. After reading this book, I read the author's bio blurb on Amazon, and was not surprised at all to see that he worked in counterintelligence, and with the CIA. There was a kind of knowledge and realism that you normally only see when someone has first-hand experience in that area.
I have the habit of picking up series in the middle, and after reading this one, I definitely want to go back, and start from the beginning. I highly recommend it!