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MP-5 CIA #2
The Shot To Die For
The body of Marine Corporal Jason Briggs, missing for eight days, has been found in a Baghdad, Iraq field. Investigating the death is an elite 4-man CIA team first seen in M.H. Sargent’s thriller, Seven Days From Sunday. Even though the team, including an attractive female doctor, has seen their fair share of bodies before, this one is different – they discover a computer flash drive embedded in the body.
Meanwhile, a photographer with The Iraq National Journal newspaper has been kidnapped. He unwittingly took a picture of someone in a compromising situation and the kidnappers want the digital memory card.
The owner of the newspaper and the man’s family, all of whom had worked with the CIA team some months before to stop a major terrorist attack, appeal to operatives to help find him. Analyzing data on the flash drive, the team learns that Corporal Briggs death and the missing photographer are tied to the same insurgent group – a Palestinian terrorist cell that is desperate to recover the photographer’s memory card.
But what is on the memory card? And does it have anything to do with the sudden collapse of Iraq’s major banks?
Meanwhile, a photographer with The Iraq National Journal newspaper has been kidnapped. He unwittingly took a picture of someone in a compromising situation and the kidnappers want the digital memory card.
The owner of the newspaper and the man’s family, all of whom had worked with the CIA team some months before to stop a major terrorist attack, appeal to operatives to help find him. Analyzing data on the flash drive, the team learns that Corporal Briggs death and the missing photographer are tied to the same insurgent group – a Palestinian terrorist cell that is desperate to recover the photographer’s memory card.
But what is on the memory card? And does it have anything to do with the sudden collapse of Iraq’s major banks?
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First published March 23, 2010
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February 24, 2011
I encourage all of you to give this guy a shot. The books flow, are easy reads and very enjoyable. I read the first book in the series and quickly downloaded the other 3. The characters are real and you should easily be able to pick out a favorite.. Anyways, I know I get emails often about what/who I am reading and I got wrapped up in this new unknown author.
March 18, 2019
I’ve set a goal to read the large number of books that have been sitting unread on my Kindle. I got this book from Amazon for free and have had it on my Kindle for a while.
The story takes place in Iraq and has CIA agents, American military, Palestinian terrorists and Iraqi civilians mixed up in an intriguing conspiracy. The action was suspenseful and moved quickly. I liked reading about the way the different groups like the military and CIA work to solve the mystery. The main characters were flat. I didn’t realize until after starting this book that it is a second in a series and maybe I missed the character development from the first book which also have on my Kindle. I will eventually go back to read that one as well. The book needed a little bit of editing for misspelled words. For now this was a three star read.
The story takes place in Iraq and has CIA agents, American military, Palestinian terrorists and Iraqi civilians mixed up in an intriguing conspiracy. The action was suspenseful and moved quickly. I liked reading about the way the different groups like the military and CIA work to solve the mystery. The main characters were flat. I didn’t realize until after starting this book that it is a second in a series and maybe I missed the character development from the first book which also have on my Kindle. I will eventually go back to read that one as well. The book needed a little bit of editing for misspelled words. For now this was a three star read.
April 19, 2019
Great series
This adventure series brings back the memories of combat arenas with no real relax time. The storyline with the ever changing leads and the interaction with native population is realistic. Great reading.
This adventure series brings back the memories of combat arenas with no real relax time. The storyline with the ever changing leads and the interaction with native population is realistic. Great reading.
January 23, 2024
Worth reading g
The short to die for was very entertaining and characters were very memorable. The action was a bit slow developing but the picture did finally take form thus ending in a good read.
The short to die for was very entertaining and characters were very memorable. The action was a bit slow developing but the picture did finally take form thus ending in a good read.
August 10, 2017
See my review of the three-book set. Books 1 & 3 were four stars - this one a little weaker - 3 stars.
July 6, 2015
Second verse same as the first.
This book is just as mediocre as the first one, but they have added in a romance that seems totally unnecessary and gratuitous. At the end of the day Sargent is not a good writer. The content is mostly fine, and it really is interesting reading about how military investigations supposedly work.
The characters are flat and undeveloped. There is a romance blooming between two CIA agents, and it is so pointless. Unless it is going to become central to the plot I'm not sure why it is there. It just perpetuates this idea that women are incapable of not falling for the men with whom they work.
Naturally despite the fact I didn't love the book (or the first one) I've already started the third. I got all three books for free on my Nook, and I'm short on summer reading material.
This book is just as mediocre as the first one, but they have added in a romance that seems totally unnecessary and gratuitous. At the end of the day Sargent is not a good writer. The content is mostly fine, and it really is interesting reading about how military investigations supposedly work.
The characters are flat and undeveloped. There is a romance blooming between two CIA agents, and it is so pointless. Unless it is going to become central to the plot I'm not sure why it is there. It just perpetuates this idea that women are incapable of not falling for the men with whom they work.
Naturally despite the fact I didn't love the book (or the first one) I've already started the third. I got all three books for free on my Nook, and I'm short on summer reading material.
December 12, 2012
Nice character development with likable protagonists, but I would have liked about 100 more pages exploring Heisman's Afghanistan connection. Maybe that's in the next book. Overall great read by a great author.
August 31, 2012
This is a great read.
December 4, 2012
The series is addicting. Great beach reads, if you can handle beach reads with a bit of murder and mayhem.
January 27, 2014
Good story, easy read, likeable characters.
March 9, 2016
Good read
Interesting story line. Not as thrilling as the first book but still good. The ending is a little abrupt though..
Interesting story line. Not as thrilling as the first book but still good. The ending is a little abrupt though..
June 28, 2015
TV?
MP5 could be a great television series....although some of the events and language would need edited. Otherwise very good story.
MP5 could be a great television series....although some of the events and language would need edited. Otherwise very good story.
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