Clean Hands
- SKU: 9780802129536
- Category: Detective & Mystery, Law & Criminology, Thrillers
Enter ex-CIA officer Valencia Walker, a high-priced fixer who gets called in when governments, corporations, and plutocrats need their problems solved discretely. But things get complicated when the missing phone is retrieved: somebody has already copied the documents, and now they're blackmailing the firm. The situation gets murkier still when stories about the documents start appearing in the press and a tragic suicide seems staged, hinting that darker forces may be churning below the surface. With billions of dollars on the line, Elizabeth and Valencia must maneuver and outmaneuver whomever is behind this, and, most importantly, keep their hands clean.
This is a world of private security, private diplomacy, and private justice. A sharply drawn cast of characters--dirty lawyers, black-market traders, Russian criminals, and extra-judicial actors, all take part in this breakneck tour through New York. Authentic, tense, and impossible to put down, Clean Hands gives a vivid look at the connections between corporations, government, and the underworld.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Patrick Hoffman
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Published: 06/02/2020
ISBN: 9780802129536
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.30d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 02/24/2020
Enter ex-CIA officer Valencia Walker, a high-priced fixer who gets called in when governments, corporations, and plutocrats need their problems solved discretely. But things get complicated when the missing phone is retrieved: somebody has already copied the documents, and now they're blackmailing the firm. The situation gets murkier still when stories about the documents start appearing in the press and a tragic suicide seems staged, hinting that darker forces may be churning below the surface. With billions of dollars on the line, Elizabeth and Valencia must maneuver and outmaneuver whomever is behind this, and, most importantly, keep their hands clean.
This is a world of private security, private diplomacy, and private justice. A sharply drawn cast of characters--dirty lawyers, black-market traders, Russian criminals, and extra-judicial actors, all take part in this breakneck tour through New York. Authentic, tense, and impossible to put down, Clean Hands gives a vivid look at the connections between corporations, government, and the underworld.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Patrick Hoffman
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Published: 06/02/2020
ISBN: 9780802129536
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.30d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 02/24/2020