The Directive (Mike Ford 2)
a gripping thriller from the author of The Night Agent
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
Never bet in another man's game, they say, but what if that man is your brother and the hand he's been dealt is lethal?
Michael Ford has worked tirelessly to escape his criminal past and finally has it all: a beautiful fiancée and a promising career. Yet his brother Jack's return threatens to unravel everything. Embroiled in a billion-dollar conspiracy against the Federal Government, the only way Jack can come out alive is with Mike's help.
Sucked back into the dark criminal underworld against his will, Mike soon realises the only way to secure his future is to walk straight back into his past.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Washington, D.C., political fixer Mike Ford wouldn't flinch at a .45 to the temple, but as his wedding to the woman of his dreams, fellow lawyer Annie Clark, approaches, he begins to freak out, in Quirk's fast-paced sequel to The 500. And that's even before some mysterious heavies threaten to kill Annie unless Mike helps them pull off a risky high-tech heist involving breaching the security of the New York Federal Reserve. In addition, Mike discovers that his partner in crime ostensibly also strong-armed will be his long-estranged brother, Jack, an inveterate con man who embodies the toxic past that Mike has struggled so hard to put behind him. Quirk keeps the action credible, from Beltway backstory to the white-knuckle caper at the New York Fed, but all the triple-crosses can't conceal the fact that most of the characters serve as little more than action figures in a game whose biggest surprise many readers will guess in advance.
