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May 2009Introducing David Trevellyan, a man trained by the Royal Navy to be, well, a kind of super agent. He’s the guy you want around when a sticky situation comes up. He carries the right tools, and his cavalier attitude sends signals that he’s not worried about the bad guys getting the upper hand. They haven’t so far…

It’s a pleasure observing Trevellyan’s methods. You have to love his philosophy. Take, for example, his approach to finding a needle in a haystack: “So a needle’s in there, and we need it back. No problem. Get some matches. Hay burns. Needles don’t.” This is a man who prefers the direct approach. More importantly, he is highly capable, not to mention highly irreverent, delightfully witty, and deadly in his work.

Even will blow your socks off. Andrew Grant pulls his readers in with the first page and doesn’t let go until he’s finished with them. Kind of like David Trevellyan. Thriller fans won’t find a better book this season.—Kate Ayers