The Deceived

✍ Scribed by Brett Battles

• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group;Delacorte Press
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 200 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

_"Unputdownable."

• _ "Brilliant and heart-pounding."
• • "A tightly written page-turner."
• • • Brett Battles won rave reviews for his debut novel, The Cleaner , which introduced hero Jonathan Quinn. A freelance operative and professional "cleaner," Quinn knows better than to get emotionally involved in any of his jobs. But in this superb powerhouse of suspense, Quinn's latest job is different. A friend and old colleague has been murdered. A woman has gone missing. And for Jonathan Quinn, this time it's personal.**
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      Anonymity. Trust. Professionalism. In his world, Jonathan Quinn has a few rules. He'll get rid of bodies that have to disappear; nothing ever gets traced back to him. But when Quinn is called to a busy Los Angeles port where a shipping container has just come in from the sea, it's clear his rules have been violated. Inside the crate is a dead man--a man who once saved Quinn's life. And while no one knows how CIA...