The Risk Agent (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic) - Hardcover

Pearson, Ridley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410452530 ISBN 13: 9781410452535

Publisher: Thorndike Press, 2012

Synopsis

When a Chinese National and his security guard are kidnapped in broad daylight off the streets of Shanghai, an international hostage recovery organization recruits forensic accountant Grace Chu and combat specialist John Knox to pursue dangerous leads without exacerbating international tensions. (suspense).

About this title

About the Author:

Ridley Pearson is the author of more than two dozen novels, including the New York Times bestsellers In Harm’s Way, Killer Summer, Killer View, and Killer Weekend; the bestselling Lou Boldt crime series; and many books for young readers. He lives with his wife and two daughters, dividing his time between St. Louis and Hailey, Idaho.

From Publishers Weekly:

As one of the two leads of this contemporary suspense novel set in China is female forensic accountant (and, conveniently, former Chinese intelligence agent) Grace Chu, narrator Todd Haberkorn must create a compelling and believable woman's voice. Fortunately, he does, which removes any barrier to an effective rendering of the first book, about efforts to rescue an employee of an American company snatched in China, in a promising new series from Pearson. The other protagonist, John Knox—an importer with security training based in Shanghai—who's introduced somewhat the worse for wear after more than a week in the jungles of Cambodia, could come across as a cliché, the typical macho action hero, but Haberkorn helps to make him more than that, injecting an undertone of wry gallows humor to his performance. A Putnam hardcover. (June)

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1410452530
• ISBN 13: 9781410452535
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 654