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While in Las Vegas on his way to a family Fourth of July celebration, FBI bomb expert Paul Grale hears a deep blast and sees the smoke rising. In an unfolding nightmare, Grale discovers his sister, brother-in-law, and many friends were caught up in the explosion. Grief stricken, he is pulled from the main bomb investigation to sift orphan leads. Quietly he begins a relentless search for the bomb maker.When the FBI suspects his friend and disgruntled former drone pilot for the blast, Grale thinks they're getting it all wrong. Propelled by deep personal loss and an intense need to do the right thing, he picks his way through the smallest of leads and into a maze of twists, turns, and sudden dead ends. When he uncovers another threat, time is already quickly running out. With the lives of so many at stake, Grale won't let himself fail - and he won't rest until there's justice for his family.Adrenalized, gripping, and all too timely, Signature Wounds brings terror to Vegas and introduces FBI special agent and bomb tech Paul Grale, a man whose specialized skill and fierce determination are a lethal combination.
About the Author
I'm an inveterate reader. I'll read across the board but as a writer crime fiction hooked me for the way the genre let's you write at something morally ambiguous without getting stranded in it. I've written nine crime novels. In Shell Games, Night Game, Dead Game, Redback, and Die-Off a California Fish and Game lieutenant is running an undercover team called the Special Operations Unit. Three more recent, A Killing in China Basin Counterfeit Road, and One Through The Heart, are with a San Francisco homicide inspector. Most of it is in country I know, but none of it would have worked without the help of the real life Fish and Game undercover team and two San Francisco homicide inspectors. Which is another good thing about crime fiction. My latest, Signature Wounds, launches a new series with FBI special agent bomb tech, Paul Grale. It's a topical story. One that could happen. My wife, Judy Rodgers, co-owner of San Francisco's Zuni Cafe and great chef, died too young three years ago of cancer, a very hard reminder that it all goes by too fast. After Judy's death I resolved to write stories that are about now. About our times. Grale is part of that. For more visit kirkrussellbooks.com
