O'Farrell's Law
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Publisher Description
On the eve of a vital CIA assignment, an agent’s hesitation leads him to the brink of disaster
His grandfather was a lawman too. That’s how Charles O’Farrell rationalizes his work. He keeps a picture of his ancestor by his bed, a faded sepia portrait of a short, plain-looking man made remarkable only by the long-barreled Colt strapped to his hip. His grandfather killed to make the frontier safe—O’Farrell has the faded newspaper clippings to prove it. In the service of America, O’Farrell kills too. But his killings never make the front page. A trained CIA assassin, O’Farrell lives like a machine, operating according to a perfect routine because routine keeps him sharp. Routine keeps killers from getting killed. But now, as he readies his next hit, a terrible twist will disrupt his once meticulous process. Doubt has begun to creep into Charles O’Farrell’s mind, and in a business where even the smallest hesitation can spell certain death, doubt is very dangerous indeed. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Brian Freemantle including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Freemantle ( Betrayals ) takes perhaps too much time getting his thriller off the ground, but once aloft it becomes a fascinating, deadly flight. Charles O'Farrell, 46, is a loving husband and father, a patriotic Vietnam vet and would-be biographer of his U.S. Marshall great-grandfather. He is also an executioner for a top-secret CIA department, a job he sees as similar to his ancestor's dispensation of frontier justice. O'Farrell may be having a midlife crisis, and he's definitely developing a drinking problem--complete with the drunk's denial of it--as he loses his stomach for assassination. His latest mission, against a drug- and arms-dealing Cuban diplomat in London, goes disastrously awry; only family troubles and superiors' manipulations propel him to finish the job. As the Cuban and a Belgian arms dealer make their own moves, bleak disaster looms for almost everyone. A sturdy tale, notable for Britisher Freemantle's near-perfect rendering of American English.
