The "grand spy-chase novel... highly successful and realistic" that introduced the international operative with a lethal touch (
Publishers Weekly).
Secret agent Joe Gall has a puzzle to put together that stretches from the streets of Laredo, Texas, to the steamy island of Trinidad-and along the way, he must deal with a New Orleans nun with some surprising fighting skills as well as civil unrest in a small southern town...
As he battles bad guys using all the smarts and survival tactics he learned from the CIA, there are two beautiful women who may hold the answers-but Gall has to start asking the right questions-in the debut thriller of this action-packed series that would go on to earn an Edgar Award nomination.
"I admire Philip Atlee's writing tremendously." -Raymond Chandler