The Bishop's Pawn
A heart-stopping and thrilling action-adventure novel from the New York Times bestselling author
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Publisher Description
'Fast action, brilliant storytelling' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Stayed up past my bedtime to finish reading it' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'An extraordinary read' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
History notes that the ugly feud between J. Edgar Hoover and Martin Luther King, Jr., marked by years of illegal surveillance and the accumulation of secret files, ended on April 4, 1968 when King was assassinated by James Earl Ray.
But that may not have been the case.
Now, fifty years later, former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone must reckon with what really happened on that fateful day in Memphis.
It all turns on an incident from eighteen years ago, when Malone, a young Navy lawyer trying hard not to live up to his maverick reputation, is asked by Stephanie Nelle at the Justice Department to help with an investigation.
He soon discovers that the Department and the FBI are at war over a hugely valuable rare coin - and a cache of secret files containing explosive revelations about the King assassination, information that could ruin innocent lives and threaten the legacy of the civil rights movement's greatest martyr.
Malone's decision to see his first case through to the end - from the clear waters of the Dry Tortugas to the halls of power in Washington D.C. itself - not only changes his own life, but the course of history.
Don't miss the next action-packed instalment in the Cotton Malone series from New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry, perfect for fans of Dan Brown and David Baldacci!
Readers LOVE The Bishop's Pawn and the Cotton Malone series:
'My kind of thriller' Dan Brown
'Enjoyed it immensely! Brilliant' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Berry raises this genre's stakes' The New York Times
'Wow! What a thought-provoking book. Actual history is brought together with a good story to create an amazing book!' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I love this guy' Lee Child
'Once you start this book you won't put it down until it's done!' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'As always with Steve Berry, you're educated about significant things while your knuckles are turning white and the pages are flying by' David Baldacci
'If you are a Cotton Malone fan, this is a must-read. If you are new to Cotton, this is a great way to get to know a great character and a great storyteller'
Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Berry's 13th thriller featuring U.S. government operative Cotton Malone (after 2017's The Lost Order) is an effective conspiracy yarn centered on Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. In the present, Malone has a secret meeting in Atlanta with an unnamed man who sent him a note stating, "Fifty years have passed. Bring them." Flash back to 18 years earlier. Malone, a member of the JAG Corps, is recruited by the Justice Department's Stephanie Nelle to handle a special assignment to retrieve a waterproof case containing a stolen Double Eagle coin, worth millions, from a sunken boat off the south Florida coast. Malone makes the dive, only to find that he hadn't been told the truth; the case is also the target of some armed men and turns out to contain confidential documents relating to an FBI program connected with King's murder in Memphis in 1968. Berry makes Malone accessible to newcomers by presenting his numerous rookie mistakes as a field operative, but the anticlimactic reveal may disappoint some readers. 400,000-copy announced first printing.)
