The CIA has a problem. One of its senior members - an Assistant Deputy Director of Intelligence (ADDI) - is suspected of being involved in drug trafficking. The Assistant Inspector General of the CIA cannot use his own staff to investigate out of fear that the ADDI will be alerted. He also must keep
The Gatekeeper
β Scribed by James Byrne
- Book ID
- 110643054
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Publishing Group
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 546 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781250805775
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β¦ Synopsis
**James Byrne's The Gatekeeper introduces Dez Limerick in the most anticipated new thriller in years.
**
A highly trained team of mercenaries launches a well-planned, coordinated attack on a well-guarded military contractor - but they didn't count on one thing, the right man being in the wrong place at the right time.
Desmond Aloysius Limerick ("Dez" to all) is a retired mercenary, and enthusiastic amateur musician, currently in Southern California, enjoying the sun and sitting in on the occasional gig, when the hotel he's at falls under attack. A skilled team attempts to kidnap the Chief legal counsel of Triton Expeditors, a major military contractor - in fact, Petra Alexandris is the daughter of the CEO - but their meticulously-planned, seamlessly executed scheme runs into the figurative 'spanner-in-the-works,' Dez himself.
After foiling the attack, and with nothing better to do, Dez agrees to help Alexandris with another problem she's having...
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