The Ambassador
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4.8 • 6 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A retired ambassador's life is in Andy Roark's hands in this explosive, fast-paced mystery featuring the Vietnam veteran turned private investigator.
"Page-turning . . . the balance of plot and character is perfect" Publishers Weekly Starred Review
"Roark is genuinely likeable (not too tough, but not a patsy)" The New York Times
Boston, 1985. Private Investigator - and former Special Forces operative - Andy Roark knows he doesn't fit in with the regular clientele at the Harvard Club, and that's fine by him. He's at the elegant bar for one reason only: to meet with the former ambassador of Laos. Ambassador Gordon Stevenson has a job for him . . . and Roark's here to turn it down.
So what if Stevenson's been getting death threats? After what he did during the Vietnam war, the lives lost under his incompetent command, Roark's almost tempted to cheer his would-be assassin on. But then Roark finds out why he's been headhunted for the job. The FBI believe one of Roark's old army comrades is behind the threats, and only a fellow Green Beret can hunt the culprit down.
Too many of Roark's brothers in arms are dead. If he can save an old friend from making a terrible mistake, he has no choice but to set his feelings aside and take the case. But old grudges and dark secrets are at play, and Roark soon finds it's not just the ambassador's life that's in danger - it's his own.
Written by a US Army veteran and New England police officer, The Ambassador is full of dry wit, page-turning action and shocking twists - if you haven't met Peter Colt's complex, intriguing hero, it's a great place to start.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
It's 1985 in Colt's stellar fourth mystery featuring Boston gumshoe Andy Roark (after 2022's Death at Fort Devens), and Gordon Stevenson, the former U.S. ambassador to Laos who during the Vietnam War presided over the secret military campaign in Laos, arranges to meet Roark, who served in Special Forces in Vietnam, at Boston's Harvard Club, where the working-class Roark feels ill at ease ("I was most definitely not Harvard Club material"). Stevenson has been receiving death threats, apparently from someone who was in Special Forces. Despite his disgust at Stevenson's role in the conflict, Roark agrees to help, motivated by a desire to prove that someone other than a former comrade-in-arms has been sending the threats. Colt plays with conventions of the subgenre; at one point, Roark explains why his wisecracks, unlike those of Rex Stout's Archie Goodwin, fall on deaf ears. The page-turning story line, which includes Roark's relevant memories of the Vietnam War, never flags, and the balance of plot and character is perfect. This continues to be a grittier alternative to Robert B. Parker's Spenser series.
Customer Reviews
The Ambassador
Another great Andy Roark mystery. Fast paced and with enough twists and turns to keep you guessing right to the end. Can’t wait for the next one.