![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() At 495 pages, the book is a little on the long side. Marquis has woven a tight plot with genuine suspense. Soon, they find themselves targets as they race to bring the murderers to justice and stop them from killing again. ![]() When he runs into old flame Jennifer Odden, a journalist who is working undercover at AMP, the two decide to team up to figure out who is behind the killing and how far up the conspiracy goes. Meanwhile, as AMP seeks to convince the new president, Republican Katherine Fowler, to carry out its own agenda now that she’s in the White House, FBI agent Ken Patton tries to solve the assassination case. But when she loses her heart, she must decide whether she’s willing to continue playing the game. Though she is bankrolled by an ultra-right-wing Christian organization called American Patriots (AMP) and its charismatic leader, Benjamin Locke, Skyler herself acts only out of self-interest-and a hatred of men, because she was abused by them for most of her life. As the novel opens, a female assassin known by her code name, Skyler, pulls off the ultimate coup: she shoots and kills the U.S. Marquis ( Blind Thrust, 2015, etc.) uses the perspectives of multiple characters to narrate a contemporary political thriller. An FBI agent and an intrepid reporter uncover a vast right-wing conspiracy to gain control of the U.S. ![]()
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