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From Publishers Weekly
Clichéd prose mars this tale of revenge from Irish author Carson (Betrayal). Scott Nolan, a mild-mannered American doctor who's recently moved to Dublin, and his adored wife, Laura (she of the dancing blue eyes that mocked and taunted), enjoy a wonderful life filled with love (They kissed, long and lovingly, wet and hungrily). When Laura is shot dead in an ambush aimed at Ireland's antidrug-crusading justice minister, Harry Power, Scott enlists the help of his Irish cop brother-in-law, Mark Higgins, to find and kill the mastermind behind the attack. Ireland's senior police officer, Commissioner Peter Cunningham, and Power agree to a secret plan whereby Scott uses his medical skills to extort information from drug dealers he and Higgins kidnap in their effort to track down the villain. The modern Dublin setting may interest U.S. readers who otherwise will find the writing itself out-of-date. (June)
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Book Description

From the No. 1 bestselling author of Cold Steel and Final Duty, comes his most ambitious and gripping thriller yet.

Scott Nolan's life is shattered one wintry Dublin morning when his young wife Laura is brutally murdered on her way to work. Scott, an Irish-American doctor is devastated, the more so since he realizes that the bullets had been meant for him, as payback for his involvement in the government's anti-drug campaign. In a desperate attempt to claim his life back and to find the man responsible for his wife's death, Scott partners up with Laura's brother, Mark Higgins. Together they begin to infiltrate the drug scene. Snatching dealers from the street, they administer interrogation narcotics to them so as to gather intelligence and compile names from the Irish drug cartel.

Bit by bit, names emerge: Patrick Mulligan, an ex-drug squad detective, and his henchman, Sean Kennedy. Although the government's fierce anti-drug campaign temporarily put them out of business, they are now engaged in the final stages of an operation that will set them up for life. But they are hearing strange stories of dealers disappearing, and turning up a few days later, disoriented and unable to remember where they've been.

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