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Devil's Brew
Every now and again a thriller comes along so extraordinary, so exciting, so disturbing that
it lingers forever in the minds of those who read it. Devil's Brew is one such thriller.
Keith Spence's powerful debut novel concerns David Jourbet, a penetration agent for the CIA
with a very big he's just gunned down the Agency's chief of counterintelligence in
cold blood. Fort Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary awaits. A life sentence for murder.
Then he's offered a way out. A simple deal, really. Help the Agency locate a missing
operative and all charges will be dropped. Just like that.
Except this isn't just any agent who's gone missing. It's Marlena Cory, David's lifelong
love, a woman he jilted at the altar two years earlier.
Before the mystery of Marlena's disappearance can be solved, David must return to the scene
of some of some of his most traumatic childhood memories, battling demons both past and
present, real and imagined.
And through it all, he will find himself plunging deeper and deeper into a spiritual and
emotional Hell that makes a lifetime at Leavenworth seem like an inviting alternative.
About the
Keith Spence has been a freelance journalist and public relations specialist for the past
twenty years. Nationally, his work has appeared in publications from Maine to Florida.
His articles have also been picked up for regional and national release by the Associated
Press and other major news and wire services.
Devil's Brew is his first novel. He is currently at work on his second suspense thriller,
tentatively titled Aftershock.
The author lives in North Carolina with his wife, two children, and one cat.
it lingers forever in the minds of those who read it. Devil's Brew is one such thriller.
Keith Spence's powerful debut novel concerns David Jourbet, a penetration agent for the CIA
with a very big he's just gunned down the Agency's chief of counterintelligence in
cold blood. Fort Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary awaits. A life sentence for murder.
Then he's offered a way out. A simple deal, really. Help the Agency locate a missing
operative and all charges will be dropped. Just like that.
Except this isn't just any agent who's gone missing. It's Marlena Cory, David's lifelong
love, a woman he jilted at the altar two years earlier.
Before the mystery of Marlena's disappearance can be solved, David must return to the scene
of some of some of his most traumatic childhood memories, battling demons both past and
present, real and imagined.
And through it all, he will find himself plunging deeper and deeper into a spiritual and
emotional Hell that makes a lifetime at Leavenworth seem like an inviting alternative.
About the
Keith Spence has been a freelance journalist and public relations specialist for the past
twenty years. Nationally, his work has appeared in publications from Maine to Florida.
His articles have also been picked up for regional and national release by the Associated
Press and other major news and wire services.
Devil's Brew is his first novel. He is currently at work on his second suspense thriller,
tentatively titled Aftershock.
The author lives in North Carolina with his wife, two children, and one cat.
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First published October 31, 2001
About the author
Keith M. Spence
2 books8 followersKeith M. Spence spent years chasing down facts as a legal investigator and solving problems under car hoods, skills that translate surprisingly well to plotting thrillers. His critically acclaimed novels have earned Speak Up Talk Radio's prestigious international Firebird Book Award and the Literary Titan Gold Book Award, establishing him as a rising voice in thriller and suspense fiction.
When he's not running his auto repair shop in North Carolina, Keith crafts the kind of tightly wound thrillers that would make Alistair MacLean, Bill Granger, and Adam Hall proud. An English major who took the scenic route to publication, he writes because he can't help himself. Even when his characters dig in their heels and refuse to follow the outline, he keeps going.
He lives in eastern North Carolina with his family, his cat Callie, and enough books beside his favorite chair to constitute a fire hazard.
When he's not running his auto repair shop in North Carolina, Keith crafts the kind of tightly wound thrillers that would make Alistair MacLean, Bill Granger, and Adam Hall proud. An English major who took the scenic route to publication, he writes because he can't help himself. Even when his characters dig in their heels and refuse to follow the outline, he keeps going.
He lives in eastern North Carolina with his family, his cat Callie, and enough books beside his favorite chair to constitute a fire hazard.
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