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Title details for Shock Wave by James O. Born - Available

Shock Wave

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by James O. Born
Gene Engene
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Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent Bill Tasker is still smarting from a run-in with the FBI that almost got him killed when he reluctantly teams up with them again on a case involving a stolen Stinger missile. The op goes smoothly enough (though the feds take all the credit; what else is new?), but something about the whole set-up just doesn't feel right to him. He pokes around a bit and stirs up more trouble than a nest of rattlesnakes: with his boss, with the FBI, with the ATF, and worst of all, with a certain gentleman who loves to see things blow up...bigger and bigger things, as it turns out.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Bill Tasker

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    December 16, 2008

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781605481777
      • File size: 301753 KB
      • Duration: 10:28:39

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 21, 2005
      An eccentric cast and a credible plot lift Born's second Florida-set crime novel (after 2004's Walking Money
      ). Bill Tasker, agent in Florida's Department of Law Enforcement, is recovering from his divorce as well as from nearly being set up for arrest by a rogue FBI agent. He comes up against the usual local lowlifes when he busts the would-be seller of a black market Stinger missile. He suspects others might be involved, at first believing Daniel Wells, a repairman with a beautiful wife, to be in on the business. When evidence turns up that suggests otherwise, Wells is released—after which it is revealed that he might have been responsible for a recent deadly bombing and could be planning something even bigger. With the help of his friend, Miami cop Derrick Sutter, and the limited assistance of ATF agent Camy Parks, Tasker starts to dig. Wells has an uncanny ability, however, to stay just ahead of his pursuers. Brisk if a little confusing at the beginning as the plot threads are worked into place, the narrative picks up considerable speed and comes to a satisfactory, if open-ended, conclusion. Agent, Peter Rubie. (Apr. 21)

      FYI:
      A member of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement himself, Born has been advising Elmore Leonard on inside cop stuff since 1988 and was the technical consultant for the fall 2003 ABC TV series
      Karen Sisco.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

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