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In James Patterson's new stand-alone thriller, one secret can bring down a government when the President's affair to remember becomes a nightmare he wishes he could forget. Sally Grissom is a top secret service agent in charge of the Presidential Protection team. She knows that something is amiss when she is summoned to a private meeting with the President and his Chief of Staff without any witnesses. But she couldn't have predicted that she'd be forced to take on an investigation surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the First Lady--with strict orders to keep it a secret. The First Lady's absence comes in the wake of the scandalous, public revelation of the president's affair, so at first it seems as though she is simply cutting off all contact as she recuperates at a horse farm in Virginia. What begins as an innocent respite quickly reveals itself as a twisted case when the White House receives a ransom note along with the First Lady's finger.
About the Author
Brendan DuBois of New Hampshire is the award-winning author of 21 novels and more than 150 short stories. His latest novel, "Storm Cell," will be published in November 2016 by Pegasus Books. He is currently working on the 11th book in the Lewis Cole series, along with other novels and short stories. His short fiction has appeared in Playboy, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Analog, Asimov's SF Magazine, The Strand, and numerous other magazines and anthologies including "The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century," published in 2000 by Houghton-Mifflin and edited by Tony Hillerman and Otto Penzler. In addition, a number of original anthologies and other works of fiction, including his three-novel Empire of the North series --- "The Noble Warrior," "The Noble Prisoner," and "The Noble Prince" --- are available on the Kindle platform.His short stories have twice won him the Shamus Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, and have also earned him three Edgar Allan Poe Award nominations from the Mystery Writers of America. He is also a "Jeopardy!" game show champion and a co-winner on "The Chase" trivia game show.During the past several months, he has also been working with NYT bestselling author James Patterson on several projects.Visit his website at www.BrendanDuBois.com
