![]() Check out the interview, followed by the review. Packed with pulse-pounding action, fascinating characters, and electrifying intrigue, Brad Thor does it again and proves why he is known around-the-world as the “Master of Thrillers.”Įven better than the summary is the interview on The Real Book Spy. ![]() Hired on a black contract, Harvath will provide the deniability the United States needs, while he breaks every rule along the way. In a race against time, the CIA taps an unorthodox source to get answers: Navy SEAL turned covert counterterrorism operative, Scot Harvath. Where was he headed? What was he planning? And could he be connected to the “spectacular attack” they have been fearing all summer? Identified as a high value terrorism suspect (who had disappeared three years prior), his name sends panic through the Central Intelligence Agency. ![]() “With his latest pulse-pounding adventure, Brad Thor puts the rest of the genre on notice- Use of Force is the thriller to beat in 2017.”-The Real Book Spyįrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor.Īs a storm rages across the Mediterranean Sea, a terrifying distress call is made to the Italian Coast Guard. Join us at The Poisoned Pen on Thursday, June 29 at 7 PM when Brad Thor returns to discuss his latest thriller featuring Scot Harvath, Use of Force. ![]()
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Now she is back at Dalloway School to finish her senior year she wants to make a new start, but she is haunted by memories of Alex… and possibly by Alex herself. ![]() I was pretty excited to read it we have similar taste in books, and if you’ve read any of my reviews you probably already know that I’m eternally questing for a great fantasy novel with sapphic characters.Īfter the traumatic, violent death of her secret girlfriend Alex, Felicity took some time off of school to recover emotionally and to put distance between herself and the rumors that she killed Alex. 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