Courier
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
It's 1972
The Watergate scandal has Washington on edge. Rick Putnam, a Vietnam veteran and motorcycle courier for one of the leading national news networks, is trying to get on with his life after a nightmarish ordeal in the war--riding a big bike as fast as possible is one way to forget.
WhenRick picks up film from a news crew interviewing a government whistleblower, his life begins to unravel. First, everyone involved in the story is dead within hours of the interview and then Rick realizes that he's being hunted.
Written by a four-time Emmy Award-winning writer and producer, this is a killer blend of action, suspense, and and surprises with enough of a basis in real history to make you wonder. It's certain to appeal to fans of James Ellroy, Dennis Lehane, and Lee Child.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Peabody Award winner Irving, a veteran TV news writer and producer, uses his own formative experiences in the business as the starting point for this conspiracy thriller set in Washington, D.C., in 1972. Rick Putnam survived his tour of duty in Vietnam, but remains haunted by his experiences there. He now works as a courier for the Associated Broadcast Network, transporting film from the field back to the studio on his motorcycle. After Rick picks something up from the network's top investigative journalist, Joe Hadley, a hit man takes out Hadley and his crew, the first of a number of murders carried out to conceal the contents of the images Rick was given. The next victim is an accountant Hadley interviewed who worked for the Committee for the Reelection of the President. Though that revelation signals that the bloodshed is connected with the White House, Irving uses a lesser-known allegation of Nixonian villainy as his payoff. The fast-paced action will appeal to Baldacci and Meltzer fans. (BookLife)
