Broken Codes

by John Shannon

The Old Man is losing his grip. New forces in the Agency are taking control. In a desperate last bid for power, the Old Man reclaims Sloane, an over-the-hill American operative living in a fragile seclusion and runs him as bait. The Old Man's enemies bite. The shadow stalking Sloane through the underground train tunnels is not his own...

302 pages, Paperback

First published March 17, 2014

About the author

John Shannon is a contemporary American author, lately of detective fiction. He began his career with four well-reviewed novels in the 1970s and 1980s, then in 1996 launched the Jack Liffey mystery series. He cites as his literary influences Raymond Chandler, Graham Greene, Robert Stone and Jim Harrison.