Liar’s Market A beautiful Chinese woman is
pushed over her luxury apartment balcony to her death. An innocent eighteen-year-old
American girl is gunned down in front of the London embassy. What do these incidents have
in common? Drum MacNeil is the son of a
noted, five-star Army general who has not lived up to his father’s expectations or
reputation. Tall and handsome, his past is rowdy, vague and filled with extracurricular
work and personal escapades. Then, out of the blue, he was accepted into the CIA and
quickly rose through the ranks. Now he’s the CIA’s senior deputy in London, a
late forties man twenty years older than his second wife, Carrie, whom he met in
Africa—she was with the Peace Corp; he was with the CIA. They returned to the US
shortly after their son was born and a few years later were posted to London. They moved
back to the US shortly after the embassy shooting since Drum had been promoted to CIA
deputy. Once back in the US and living at his family estate on the Potomac with his
mother, their relationship continues to deteriorate. Then Drum disappears. Unbeknownst to Carrie,
Britain’s MI-6 had had Drum under surveillance while they still lived in London since
they believed him to be a traitor and murderer. That surveillance continued when Drum and
family returned to the US. Part of the story is told in
flashback as Carrie is interrogated by the FBI as though she knows where her husband is
and knows about all the nasty things he’s accused of doing. It’s a quick read
and well worth the surprise. |