Secret Service agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are linked by separate, career-ending failures occurring eight years apart. In the past, King was distracted for a single moment, resulting in the assassination of a presidential candidate he was assigned to protect. In the present, Maxwell loses a high-ranking politician under her watch in a mirrored security breach. When King’s former office is targeted and a body appears in his legal practice, the two disgraced agents join forces. They investigate a series of abductions and murders that suggest their past mistakes were not random lapses in judgment but parts of a coordinated conspiracy aimed at the heart of the American political establishment.
Readers of investigative procedurals and political suspense will find a detailed look at the internal mechanics of federal protection details and the psychological toll of professional disgrace. The narrative provides an analysis of security protocols and the vulnerability of public figures during high-stakes campaigns. Readers walk away with a technical understanding of how small navigational errors in physical security can be exploited by calculated adversaries. It serves those interested in the logistical intersection of private investigation and national intelligence operations.
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
